Daniel Dennett

Daniel Dennett

male, 67 years old
Analytic philosopher, Brights movement, Brights, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Tufts University, From Boston…University of Oxford, philosophy of biology, Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, philosopher
Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a prominent American philosopher whose research centers on philosophy of...
John Searle

John Searle

male, 77 years old (Berkeley, California, United States)
Philosophy of mind, UC Berkeley faculty, Chinese Room experiment, 20th century philosopher, philosopherofmind, professor…philosophy of language, University of California, Berkeley faculty, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, University of California, Berkeley, Analytic philosopher
John Rogers Searle (born July 31 1932 in Denver, Colorado) is the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is...
William James

William James

male, deceased (1910)
James Frazer, W.E.B. Du Bois, Astor House, Religion academic, Academic, from New York City…philosopher, philosopherofmind, Center of His Vision
William James was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational...
Jerry Fodor

Jerry Fodor

male, 74 years old (NYC, New York, United States)
philosopher, Philosophy of mind, Rutgers University faculty, philosophy, modules, functionalism…modularity of the mind, language of thought, modularity of mind, philosopherofmind, Analytic philosopher
Jerry Alan Fodor (born 1935) is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist currently teaching at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He is the...
Donald Davidson

Donald Davidson

male, deceased (2003)
Stanford University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, rockefeller university, Donald Herbert Davidson, philosopher…philosopherofmind, Philosophy of mind, Analytic philosopher, Philosopher of language, University of California, Berkeley
Donald Herbert Davidson (March 6, 1917 - August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher, who served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the...
Hilary Putnam

Hilary Putnam

male, 83 years old
type-identity, metaphysicians, type physicalism, Philosopher of science, quasi-empiricism in mathematics, thought experiment…Causal theory of reference, philosophy of language, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, Philosophy of mathematics, Philosopher of language
Hilary Whitehall Putnam (born July 31 1926) is an American philosopher who has been a central figure in Western philosophy since the 1960s,...
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

male, deceased (1951)
philosophy, Philosopher of language, Logician, philosophy of language, From Vienna, Wittgensteinian philosopher…philosopher, Analytic philosopher, philosopherofmind, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (April 26, 1889 in Vienna, Austria - April 29, 1951 in Cambridge, England) was an Austrian philosopher who...
Alan Turing

Alan Turing

male, deceased (1954) (london)
computer scientist, computer pioneer, turing machine, British computer scientist, British cryptographer at Bletchley Park, scientist…LGBT history of the United Kingdom, cause of death disputed, Order of the British Empire, Academic of the University of Manchester, University of Manchester
This short on-line biography of Alan Turing is based on the entry I wrote for the British Dictionary of National Biography in 1995. The eight parts...
Jaegwon Kim

Jaegwon Kim

male, 75 years old
Daegu, From daegu, Korean American, Brown University, philosopherofmind, epistemology…mind-body problem, philosopher
Jaegwon Kim (born 1934, Daegu, South Korea) is a Korean-born American philosopher, currently at Brown University. He is best known for his work on...