Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

male, deceased (1406)
Muslim, 1406 AD, 1332 AD, Prolegomenon, Sociologist, Early Muslim sociology…Historiography of early Islam, philosophyofhistory, Islamic philosophy, Theories of history, University of Texas at Austin
Ibn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH), was a famous Arab Muslim polymath, historian, historiographer, d...
Hayden White

Hayden White

male
tropes, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz faculty, causality, University of California, Santa Cruz, comparative literature…philosophyofhistory
Hayden White (1928-) is an historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work "Metahistory: The Historical...
Benedetto Croce

Benedetto Croce

male, deceased (1952)
from the Province of L'Aquila, Aesthetics, philosopher, Idealist, Member of the Italian Liberal Party, liberal…philosophyofhistory, idealist philosophy
Benedetto Croce (February 25, 1866 - November 20, 1952) was an Italian critic, idealist philosopher, and politician. He wrote on numerous topics,...
Raymond Aron

Raymond Aron

male, deceased (1983)
Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron, Jewish person, Sociologist, Political scientist, Erasmus Prize winner…University of Paris, Social philosophy, Alumni of Sciences Po, University of Toulouse, Paris Institute of Political Studies
Raymond-Claude-Ferdinand Aron (March 14, 1905 - October 17, 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist and political scientist. He was known for...
J. B. Bury

J. B. Bury

male, deceased (1927)
Protestant, victorian era, cambridge university, historian, trinity college, Philologist…University of Cambridge, Regius Professor of Modern History, philosophyofhistory
John Bagnell Bury (16 October 1861 - 1 June 1927), known as J.B. Bury, was an eminent Protestant Irish historian, classical scholar, Byzantinist...
Arthur Danto

Arthur Danto

male, 85 years old
art criticism, Magazine founder, Postmodern artist, contemporary art, ann arbor, Contemporary sculptor…American Council of Learned Societies, Journal of Philosophy, philosophyofhistory, The Transfiguration of the Commonplace
Arthur Coleman Danto (b. 1924) is an American art critic, professor and philosopher. Arthur C. Danto was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1924, and...

Herbert Butterfield

male, deceased (1979)
Princeton University, Keighley, Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, diplomatic history, Regius Professor of Modern History…philosopher of history, philosophyofhistory, The Whig Interpretation of History, University of Cambridge
Sir Herbert Butterfield (October 7, 1900 - July 20, 1979) was a British historian and philosopher of history who is remembered chiefly for a slim...
Ernst Troeltsch

Ernst Troeltsch

male, deceased (1923)
Protestant, philosophyofhistory, sociology of religion, Baden School, Neo-Kantian, philosophy of religion…The Social Teachings of the Christian Church
Ernst Troeltsch was a German Protestant theologian and writer on philosophy of religion and philosophy of history, and an influential figure in...
Charles Frankel

Charles Frankel

male, deceased (1979)
from New York City, vietnam war, murdered, death by firearm in the United States, Social philosophy, philosopher…secretary of state, Assistant Secretary of State, philosophyofhistory
Charles Frankel was an American philosopher. Born in New York City, he was the son of Abraham Philip and Estelle Edith (Cohen) Frankel. He married...
John McMurtry

John McMurtry

male
Monist, Chinese philosophy, moral philosophy, University College, London, Royal Society of Canada, FRSC…Hindu philosophy, Eastern philosophy, logic of natural language, philosophyofhistory, political philosophy
Professor John McMurtry, FRSC is a moral philosopher and ethicist who works at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is a strong advocate...