David Hume

David Hume

male, deceased (1776)
David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is considered one of the most important...
John Locke

John Locke

male, deceased (1704)
John Locke was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract...
Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

male, deceased (1626)
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and...
George Berkeley

George Berkeley

male, deceased (1753)
George Berkeley (12 March 1685 - 14 January 1753), also known as Bishop Berkeley, was an influential Irish philosopher whose primary philosophical...
Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

male, deceased (1274)
Saint Thomas Aquinas (also Thomas of Aquin, or Aquino; c. 1225 - 7 March 1274) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest in the Order of Preachers, a...
Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

male, deceased (1679)
Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 - 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book "Leviathan" established the agenda for nearly all...
Ernst Mach

Ernst Mach

male, deceased (1916)
Ernst Mach (February 18, 1838 - February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher and is the namesake for the "Mach number" (also known...
Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon

male, deceased (1294)
Roger Bacon (c. 1214–1294), also known as Doctor Mirabilis, was one of the most famous Franciscan friars of his time. An English philosopher who pl...
Willard van Orman Quine

Willard van Orman Quine

male, deceased (2000)
Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25, 1908 - December 25, 2000), usually cited as W.V. Quine or W.V.O. Quine was one of the most influential...
Francis Hutcheson

Francis Hutcheson

male, deceased (1746)
Francis Hutcheson (August 8, 1694 - August 8, 1746) was a philosopher born in Northern Ireland to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became one...