Philosopher

Notable philosopher recorded in the archive.

T

Timothy Smiley

philosopher

Died Oct 21, 2026
Age 95 years
Jean Borella

Jean Borella

philosopher, theologian

Died Oct 11, 2026
Age 96 years
İoanna Kuçuradi

İoanna Kuçuradi

philosopher, university teacher, writer

Died Oct 2, 2026
Age 89 years
Kalki Bhagawan

Kalki Bhagawan

philosopher, spiritual teacher

Died Sep 29, 2026
Age 77 years
Robert Alexy

Robert Alexy

university teacher, jurist, legal historian, philosopher of law, philosopher

Died Sep 5, 2026
Age 80 years
Luigi Negri

Luigi Negri

Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, Catholic bishop

Died Dec 31, 2021
Age 80 years
Vishwesha Tirtha

Vishwesha Tirtha

philosopher

Died Dec 29, 2019
Age 88 years
B

Brian McGuinness

philosopher, university teacher

Died Dec 23, 2019
Age 92 years
S

Stephen F. Barker

philosopher

Died Dec 16, 2019
Age 92 years
J

James Griffin

philosopher, university teacher

Died Nov 21, 2019
Age 86 years
L

Lech Szczucki

historian, philosopher

Died Nov 19, 2019
Age 86 years
L

Lu Youquan

writer, translator, educator, philosopher

Died Nov 12, 2019
Age 76 years
P

Phillip E. Johnson

writer, lawyer, university teacher, jurist, philosopher

Died Nov 2, 2019
Age 79 years
D

David Bostock

philosopher, philosophy historian, university teacher

Died Oct 29, 2019
Age 83 years
Carlo Strenger

Carlo Strenger

psychologist, writer, philosopher, psychoanalyst, university teacher, journalist

Died Oct 25, 2019
Age 61 years
M

Michael Detlefsen

philosopher, mathematician

Died Oct 21, 2019
Age 71 years
B

Barrie Karp

painter, philosopher, photographer

Died Sep 27, 2019
Age 72 years
A. James Gregor

A. James Gregor

political scientist, historian, university teacher, sociologist, philosopher

Died Aug 30, 2019
Age 90 years
G

George I. Mavrodes

philosopher, university teacher

Died Jul 31, 2019
Age 92 years
D

Daniel Callahan

philosopher

Died Jul 16, 2019
Age 88 years
Y

Yu Dunkang

philosopher, philosophy historian

Died Jul 14, 2019
Age 89 years
Claudio Naranjo

Claudio Naranjo

philosopher

Died Jul 12, 2019
Age 86 years
J

John Gardner

jurist, law professor, philosopher, university teacher

Died Jul 11, 2019
Age 54 years
Jean-Louis Chrétien

Jean-Louis Chrétien

philosopher, poet, university teacher, writer

Died Jun 28, 2019
Age 66 years
R

Randall Dipert

philosopher

Died Jun 23, 2019
Age 68 years
Michel Serres

Michel Serres

philosopher, historian of science, university teacher, Romanist, historian, researcher, writer

Died Jun 1, 2019
Age 88 years
Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier

writer, philosopher, Catholic theologian

Died May 7, 2019
Age 90 years
Jacques Taminiaux

Jacques Taminiaux

philosopher, historian

Died May 7, 2019
Age 90 years
G

Gilbert Hottois

philosopher, science fiction writer, university teacher

Died Mar 16, 2019
Age 72 years
A

Anita Silvers

philosopher

Died Mar 14, 2019
Age 78 years
P

Pamela Huby

philosophy historian, philosopher, university teacher, translator

Died Feb 18, 2019
Age 96 years
Anthony de Jasay

Anthony de Jasay

economist, philosopher, political scientist

Died Jan 23, 2019
Age 93 years
Etienne Vermeersch

Etienne Vermeersch

philosopher, university teacher, author, euthanasia activist

Died Jan 18, 2019
Age 84 years
Viktoria Suchantseva

Viktoria Suchantseva

philosopher, writer, musicologist

Died Jan 10, 2019
Age 69 years
M

Murray Murphey

philosopher, historian, americanist

Died Dec 6, 2018
Age 90 years
H

Hans-Günther Thalheim

philosopher

Died Dec 3, 2018
Age 94 years
Paul Virilio

Paul Virilio

philosopher, writer, urban planner, sociologist, architect, photographer, art theorist, painter, exhibition curator, opinion journalist, university teacher, critic, theorist, urban theorist

Died Sep 10, 2018
Age 86 years
M

Michael Lockwood

philosopher, university teacher

Died Jun 24, 2018
Age 74 years
Stanley Cavell

Stanley Cavell

philosopher, university teacher, autobiographer, aesthetician, writer

Died Jun 19, 2018
Age 91 years
M

Marcel Hénaff

philosopher

Died Jun 11, 2018
Age 75 years
Yirmiyahu Yovel

Yirmiyahu Yovel

philosopher, writer, translator

Died Jun 10, 2018
Age 82 years
Michael Halliday

Michael Halliday

linguist, philosopher, pedagogue, university teacher, sinologist

Died Apr 15, 2018
Age 93 years
J

Jean Jolivet

philosopher, medievalist, university teacher, historian

Died Mar 8, 2018
Age 93 years
M

Myroslav Popovych

philosopher, writer, historian, university teacher, pedagogue

Died Feb 10, 2018
Age 87 years
G

Germain Grisez

philosopher, theologian

Died Feb 1, 2018
Age 88 years
G

Gene Sharp

philosopher, writer, university teacher

Died Jan 28, 2018
Age 90 years
J

John P. Anton

philosopher, classical scholar

Died Dec 10, 2014
Age 94 years
Otto Pöggeler

Otto Pöggeler

philosopher, university teacher

Died Dec 10, 2014
Age 85 years
W

Werner Callebaut

university teacher, philosopher

Died Nov 6, 2014
Age 62 years
L

Leslie Armour

philosopher

Died Nov 1, 2014
Age 83 years
D

Dudley Knowles

philosopher, university teacher

Died Oct 26, 2014
Age 67 years
David Shepherd Nivison

David Shepherd Nivison

philosopher, sinologist

Died Oct 16, 2014
Age 91 years
F

Fred Sommers

rabbi, philosopher, university teacher

Died Oct 2, 2014
Age 91 years
E

Edward Nelson

mathematician, philosopher, university teacher, physicist

Died Sep 10, 2014
Age 82 years
Howard A. Ozmon

Howard A. Ozmon

writer, philosopher

Died Sep 6, 2014
Age 84 years
Wolfhart Pannenberg

Wolfhart Pannenberg

writer, philosopher

Died Sep 4, 2014
Age 85 years
Shlomo Kalo

Shlomo Kalo

writer, philosopher, composer, translator, poet

Died Aug 30, 2014
Age 86 years
Victor J. Stenger

Victor J. Stenger

philosopher, writer

Died Aug 27, 2014
Age 79 years
C

Carlo Dalla Pozza

philosopher

Died Jul 18, 2014
Age 71 years
W

Werner J. Dannhauser

academic, editor, political scientist, writer, philosopher

Died Apr 26, 2014
Age 84 years
Eliseo Verón

Eliseo Verón

semiotician, university teacher, philosopher, anthropologist, sociologist, social scientist

Died Apr 15, 2014
Age 78 years
K

Kurt Rudolf Fischer

philosopher, university teacher

Died Mar 22, 2014
Age 92 years
C

Charles Magel

philosopher

Died Mar 22, 2014
Age 93 years
K

Kostis Papagiorgis

journalist, linguist, translator, columnist, essayist, philosopher

Died Mar 21, 2014
Age 66 years
E

E. J. Lowe

philosopher

Died Jan 5, 2014
Age 63 years
Ian Barbour

Ian Barbour

physicist, university teacher, writer, philosopher, theologian, naturalist

Died Dec 24, 2013
Age 90 years
P

Peter Geach

philosopher, university teacher

Died Dec 21, 2013
Age 97 years
Albert Jacquard

Albert Jacquard

essayist, geneticist, biologist, philosopher

Died Sep 11, 2013
Age 87 years
F

F. John Clendinnen

philosopher

Died Jul 25, 2013
Age 88 years
Kenneth Waltz

Kenneth Waltz

university teacher, political scientist, philosopher, politician

Died May 12, 2013
Age 88 years
H

Hugh J. Silverman

philosopher

Died May 8, 2013
Age 67 years
Ronald Dworkin

Ronald Dworkin

lawyer, philosopher, law professor, jurist

Died Feb 14, 2013
Age 81 years
K

Krzysztof Michalski

philosopher, university teacher

Died Feb 11, 2013
Age 64 years
David Hartman

David Hartman

philosopher

Died Feb 10, 2013
Age 81 years
Leonardo Polo

Leonardo Polo

philosopher, university teacher

Died Feb 9, 2013
Age 87 years
T

Thakurdas Bang

economist, philosopher

Died Jan 27, 2013
Age 95 years
Gour Khyapa

Gour Khyapa

philosopher, singer

Died Jan 26, 2013
Age 65 years
Ruth Barcan Marcus

Ruth Barcan Marcus

philosopher, writer, logician

Died Feb 19, 2012
Age 90 years
F

Frits Staal

philosopher, university teacher

Died Feb 19, 2012
Age 81 years
Roberto Busa

Roberto Busa

linguist, university teacher, Catholic priest, computer scientist, philosopher, Catholic theologian

Died Aug 9, 2011
Age 97 years
N

Niall Shanks

philosopher

Died Jul 13, 2011
Age 52 years
Valentin Turchin

Valentin Turchin

physicist, human rights defender, computer scientist, mathematician, cyberneticist, philosopher

Died Apr 7, 2010
Age 79 years
F

Fouad Zakariyya

philosopher

Died Mar 11, 2010
Age 82 years
Bernard Narokobi

Bernard Narokobi

diplomat, journalist, jurist, philosopher, politician, lawyer

Died Mar 9, 2010
Age 67 years
Masanobu Fukuoka

Masanobu Fukuoka

agronomist, teacher, philosopher, writer, farmer, botanist, environmentalist, microbiologist

Died Aug 16, 2008
Age 95 years
A

Abdel Wahab El-Messiri

philosopher, writer, political scientist, historian

Died Jul 2, 2008
Age 70 years
L

Ludovico Silva

writer, poet, literary critic, philosopher

Died Dec 4, 1988
Age 50 years
M

Morris Janowitz

philosopher, sociologist, university teacher, political scientist

Died Nov 7, 1988
Age 69 years
H

H. G. Adler

writer, historian, philosopher

Died Aug 21, 1988
Age 78 years
J

Jean-Paul Aron

writer, journalist, philosopher, historian

Died Aug 20, 1988
Age 63 years
Ernst Simon

Ernst Simon

historian, philosopher

Died Aug 18, 1988
Age 88 years
H

Heinz Pagels

physicist, university teacher, non-fiction writer, philosopher, scientist, political activist

Died Jul 23, 1988
Age 49 years
J

Jarava Lal Mehta

philosopher

Died Jul 11, 1988
Age 75 years
Liang Shuming

Liang Shuming

philosopher, politician, writer, pedagogue

Died Jun 23, 1988
Age 94 years
Charles Malik

Charles Malik

diplomat, philosopher, politician, writer

Died Dec 28, 1987
Age 81 years
G

Giorgio Prodi

writer, philosopher, oncologist, university teacher

Died Dec 4, 1987
Age 59 years
B

Brand Blanshard

philosopher

Died Nov 19, 1987
Age 95 years
Carlos Cossio

Carlos Cossio

lawyer, philosopher

Died Aug 24, 1987
Age 84 years
I

Irving Thalberg Jr.

philosopher

Died Aug 21, 1987
Age 56 years
Václav Černý

Václav Černý

philosopher, university teacher

Died Jul 2, 1987
Age 82 years
Álvaro Vieira Pinto

Álvaro Vieira Pinto

mathematician, philosopher

Died Jun 11, 1987
Age 77 years
Raya Dunayevskaya

Raya Dunayevskaya

philosopher, economist, activist

Died Jun 9, 1987
Age 77 years
J

Joseph Leon Blau

philosopher, university teacher, Judaic scholar

Died Dec 28, 1986
Age 77 years
R

Rolf Schock

philosopher, university teacher

Died Dec 5, 1986
Age 53 years
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

politician, philosopher, university teacher, writer, essayist, sociologist

Died Sep 11, 1986
Age 83 years
Raymond Abellio

Raymond Abellio

politician, writer, philosopher, astrologer

Died Aug 26, 1986
Age 78 years
Ismail al-Faruqi

Ismail al-Faruqi

philosopher, university teacher

Died May 27, 1986
Age 65 years
J

Jaideva Singh

musicologist, philosopher, Indologist

Died May 27, 1986
Age 92 years
Cornelia Johanna de Vogel

Cornelia Johanna de Vogel

philosopher, theologian, university teacher, convert

Died May 7, 1986
Age 81 years
M

Margaret Masterman

linguist, philosopher, computational linguist

Died Apr 1, 1986
Age 75 years
R

Ruth L. Saw

philosopher, university teacher

Died Mar 23, 1986
Age 84 years
Moshe Feinstein

Moshe Feinstein

theologian, rabbi, philosopher

Died Mar 23, 1986
Age 91 years
R

René Joffroy

philosopher, university teacher

Died Feb 5, 1986
Age 70 years
François Châtelet

François Châtelet

philosopher, university teacher, philosophy historian

Died Dec 26, 1985
Age 60 years
Pavle Stefanović

Pavle Stefanović

philosopher, essayist, writer, critic, musicologist

Died Oct 29, 1985
Age 84 years
M

Muhammad Mustafa Jauhar

philosopher

Died Oct 24, 1985
Age 90 years
Gábor Bódy

Gábor Bódy

actor, philosopher, writer

Died Oct 24, 1985
Age 39 years
H

Hedley Bull

political scientist, university teacher, philosopher

Died May 18, 1985
Age 52 years
Jean Dubuffet

Jean Dubuffet

philosopher, artist

Died May 12, 1985
Age 83 years
L

Lynn de Silva

philosopher, missionary, theologian

Died May 22, 1982
Age 62 years
W

William Harry Jellema

philosopher, university teacher

Died May 16, 1982
Age 89 years
Robert Havemann

Robert Havemann

chemist, dissident, resistance fighter, politician, university teacher, philosopher, political activist, physicist, naturalist, colloid chemist

Died Apr 9, 1982
Age 72 years
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

playwright, philosopher, novelist, screenwriter, literary critic, essayist, journalist, science fiction writer, writer

Died Mar 6, 1982
Age 77 years
R

Raymond O. Faulkner

philosopher

Died Mar 3, 1982
Age 87 years
Gershom Scholem

Gershom Scholem

philosopher, historian, writer, university teacher

Died Feb 21, 1982
Age 84 years
René Dubos

René Dubos

philosopher, non-fiction writer, university teacher, agronomist, physician, microbiologist, environmentalist, biochemist

Died Feb 20, 1982
Age 81 years
Lanza del Vasto

Lanza del Vasto

philosopher, poet, writer, sculptor, jurist

Died Jan 5, 1981
Age 79 years
M

Magdalena Aebi

philosopher, philologist, art historian

Died Sep 12, 1980
Age 82 years
W

Walter Kaufmann

translator, philosopher, university teacher, writer, poet

Died Sep 4, 1980
Age 59 years
Dumitru D. Roșca

Dumitru D. Roșca

philosopher, translator, university teacher

Died Aug 25, 1980
Age 85 years
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

ulema, Islamic jurist, marji', philosopher, economist, politician, intellectual

Died Apr 9, 1980
Age 45 years
Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes

philosopher, literary critic, university teacher, semiologist, sociologist, mythographer, literary theorist, essayist, writer, ontologist

Died Mar 26, 1980
Age 64 years
Tobie Goedewaagen

Tobie Goedewaagen

philosopher, politician, university teacher, writer

Died Jan 4, 1980
Age 84 years
Mohammad Mofatteh

Mohammad Mofatteh

politician, philosopher, writer, akhoond, theologian

Died Dec 18, 1979
Age 51 years
S

Stanley Victor Keeling

philosopher

Died Nov 28, 1979
Age 85 years
É

Étienne Souriau

philosopher, university teacher

Died Nov 19, 1979
Age 87 years
M

Mieko Kamiya

psychiatrist, psychologist, physician, writer, translator, philosopher

Died Oct 22, 1979
Age 65 years
A

Alf Ross

jurist, judge, philosopher

Died Aug 17, 1979
Age 80 years
Gilbert Cesbron

Gilbert Cesbron

philosopher

Died Aug 13, 1979
Age 66 years
Georges Florovsky

Georges Florovsky

university teacher, philosopher

Died Aug 11, 1979
Age 85 years
Herbert Marcuse

Herbert Marcuse

philosopher, sociologist, political theorist, university teacher, political scientist

Died Jul 29, 1979
Age 81 years
S

Stein Rokkan

political scientist, sociologist, philosopher, university teacher, politician

Died Jul 22, 1979
Age 58 years
Sir Herbert Butterfield

Sir Herbert Butterfield

historian, philosopher, university teacher, librarian

Died Jul 20, 1979
Age 78 years
Charles Frankel

Charles Frankel

philosopher, university teacher, diplomat, politician

Died May 10, 1979
Age 61 years
C

Charles W. Morris

philosopher, university teacher, writer

Died Jan 15, 1979
Age 77 years
Ernst Bloch

Ernst Bloch

philosopher, university teacher, theologian

Died Aug 4, 1977
Age Not available
Loren Eiseley

Loren Eiseley

anthropologist, philosopher, poet, naturalist

Died Jul 9, 1977
Age Not available

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