List of philosophers born in the 20th century
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Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically:
- For the history of philosophy in the 20th century, see 20th-century philosophy.
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- Note: This list has a minimal criteria for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
A
- Nicola Abbagnano (1901–1990)
- Peter Achinstein (1935- )
- H. B. Acton (1908–1974)
- Marilyn McCord Adams (1943–)[b][c]
- Robert Merrihew Adams (1937–)[b][c]
- Mortimer Adler (1902–2001)
- Theodor Adorno (1903–1969)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Sediq Afghan (1958–)
- Michel Aflaq (1910–1989)
- Giorgio Agamben (1942–)
- Hans Albert (1921–)
- Rogers Albritton (1923–2002)
- Virgil Aldrich (1903–1998)[b]
- Gerda Alexander (1908–1994)
- Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912–1999)
- Robert Alexy (1945- )
- Diogenes Allen (1932- )
- William Alston (1921–2009)[a][b][c]
- Louis Althusser (1918–1990)[a][b][c][d]
- Günther Anders (1902–1992)
- Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973)[b][c]
- C. Anthony Anderson (1940- )
- Pamela Sue Anderson
- G. E. M. Anscombe (1918–2001)[a][b][c][d]
- Karl-Otto Apel (1922- )
- Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954- )
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)[a][b][c][d][e]
- David Malet Armstrong (1926- )[a][b][c][d]
- Zaki al-Arsuzi (1899-1968)
- Raymond Aron (1905–1983)
- Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920-2003)
- Robert Audi (1941- )
- John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960)[a][b][c][d]
- Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Joxe Azurmendi (1941-)
B
- Kent Bach (1943-)
- Alain Badiou (1937-)
- Archie J. Bahm (1907–1996)
- Annette Baier (1929–2012)[b]
- Kurt Baier (1917–2010)[b]
- Albena Bakratcheva (1961-)
- Tom Baldwin (1947-)
- Étienne Balibar (1942-)
- Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949)
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (1915–1975)
- Norman P. Barry (1944–2008)
- William Barrett (1913-1992)
- Roland Barthes (1915–1980)[a][c][d]
- Jon Barwise (1942–2000)
- Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007)[c][d][e]
- Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985)
- Jean Beaufret (1907–1982)
- Lewis White Beck (1913–1997)
- Gustav Bergmann (1906–1987)[a][b][c]
- Marshall Berman (1940-2013)
- Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Alfred Bernhart (1914–2008)
- Andrew Bernstein (1949-)
- Harry Binswanger (1944-)
- Max Black (1909–1988)[b][c]
- Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003)[d]
- Allan Bloom (1930–1992)
- Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004)[b][c][d]
- Jozef Maria Bochenski (1902–1995)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)[c][d]
- George Boolos (1940–1996)
- Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002)[d]
- Richard-Bevan Braithwaite (1900–1990)[b][c]
- Richard B. Brandt (1910–1997)[a][b]
- Michael Bratman (1945-)
- Stephen E. Braude
- Harry Brighouse
- Berit Brogaard (1970-)
- Stephen Bronner (1949-)
- John Broome (1947-)
- Pascal Bruckner (1948-)
- Mario Bunge (1919-)
- John Burnheim (1928-)
- Panayot Butchvarov (1933-)
- Judith Butler (1956-)
- Charles Butterworth (1938-)
C
- Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973)[d]
- Albert Camus (1913–1960)[a][b][c][d]
- Georges Canguilhem (1904–1995)[a]
- Hector-Neri Castañeda (1924–1991)[a]
- David Castle (1967- )
- Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997)
- Paola Cavalieri (1950- )
- Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)[d]
- David Chalmers (1966– )
- Haridas Chaudhuri (1913–1975)
- Roderick Chisholm (1916–1999)[a][b][c][d]
- Noam Chomsky (1928-)[a][b][c][d]
- Alonzo Church (1903–1995)[a][b][c][d]
- Frank Cioffi (1928–2012)
- L. Jonathan Cohen (1923–2006)[b][c]
- Lucio Colletti (1924–2001)[b][c]
- Frederick Copleston (1907–1994)
- Jack Copeland (1950– )
- William Lane Craig (1949- )
D
- Mary Daly (1928-2010)
- Donald Davidson (1917–2003)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)[b][c][d][e]
- Alain de Benoist (1943-)
- Alain de Botton (1969-)
- Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985)[b][c]
- Paul de Man (1919–1983)[d]
- Guy Debord (1931–1994)
- Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)[b][c][d][e]
- Bernard Delfgaauw (1912–1993)
- Daniel Dennett (1942-)[a][b][c][d]
- Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Michael Dummett (1925-2011)
- Miroslaw Dzielski (1941–1989)
E
- William A. Earle (1919–1988)
- Umberto Eco (1932-)
- James M. Edie (1927–1998)
- Paul Edwards (1923–2004)[b][c]
- Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)[d]
- Jacques Ellul (1912–1994)
- Gareth Evans (1946–1980)[b][c][d]
- Ignacio Ellacuria (1930–1989)
F
- Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003)[d][e]*
- Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)[b][c][d]
- Austin Marsden Farrer (1904–1968)[d]
- Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)
- Joel Feinberg (1926–2004)[b][c]
- José Ferrater Mora (1912–1991)[b][c]
- Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)[b][c][d][e]
- Hartry H. Field (1946- )
- Arthur Fine (1937–)
- Kit Fine (1946- )
- Antony Flew (1923–2010)
- Vilém Flusser (1920–1991)
- Michel Foucault (1926–1984)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Bas van Fraassen (1941– )
- William K. Frankena (1908–1994)[a][b][c]
- Oliver Shewell Franks (1905–1992)
- Hans Frei (1922–1988)[d]
- Erich Fromm (1900-1980)
- Northrop Frye (1912–1991)
- Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)[d]
G
- Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Peter Geach (1916-)
- Ernest Gellner (1925–1995)
- Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945)[b][c][d]
- Edmund Gettier (1927-)[b][c]
- Alan Gewirth (1912–2004)[b][c]
- Rashid al-Ghannushi (1941-)
- Kurt Gödel (1906–1978)[b][c][d]
- Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970)
- Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913-1994)
- Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)[a][b][c][d]
- Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
- Allan Gotthelf (1942-2013)
- George Grant (1918–1988)
- Herbert Paul Grice (1913–1988)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Félix Guattari (1930–1992)
- Gotthard Günther (1900–1984)
H
- Susan Haack (1945-)
- Jürgen Habermas (1929-)
- Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990)
- Philip Hallie (1922–1994)
- Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004)[b][c]
- Norwood Russell Hanson (1922–1967)[d]
- Michael Hardt (1960–)
- John E. Hare (1949–)
- R. M. Hare (1919–2002)[a][b][c][d]
- Donna Haraway (1944-)
- H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992)[a][b][c][d]
- David Bentley Hart (1965-)
- Sally Haslanger
- John Hawthorne
- Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)[b][c][d]
- Ágnes Heller (1929-)
- Erich Heller (1911–1990)
- Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997)[a][b][c][d]
- Michel Henry (1922–2002)
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972)[d]
- Mary Hesse (1924-)
- Jaakko Hintikka (1929-)
- Sidney Hook (1902–1989)[b][c]
- Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977)
- Hsu Fu-kuan (1903–1982)[a]
- Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)
I
- Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (1924–1979)[d]
- Peter van Inwagen (1942-)
J
- Frank Jackson (1943–)[b][c]
- Fredric Jameson (1934–)
- Christopher Janaway
- Erich Jantsch (1929–1980)
- Richard C. Jeffrey (1926–2002)[b][c]
- Hans Jonas (1903–1993)
K
- Shelly Kagan
- Jerrold Katz (1932–2002)
- Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980)
- David Kaplan (1933- )
- David Kelley (1949-)
- Ruhollah Khomeini (1902-1989)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
- Jaegwon Kim (1934-)
- William Calvert Kneale (1906–1990)[b][c]
- Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
- Alexandre Kojève (1902–1968)[d]
- Stephan Körner (1913–2000)
- Peter Kreeft (1937-)
- Saul Kripke (1940-)
- Irving Kristol (1920-2009)
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999)
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn (1922–1996)[a][b][c][d][e]
L
- Jacques Lacan (1901–1981)[a][b][c][d][e]*
- Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940–2007)[d]
- Imre Lakatos (1922–1974)[b][c][d][e]*
- Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991)[d]
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903–1994)[d]
- Isaac Levi (1930- )
- Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995)[a][b][c][d][e]
- David Kellogg Lewis (1941–2001)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Konrad Paul Liessmann (1953- )
- Suzanne Lilar (1901–1992)
- Gilles Lipovetsky (1944-)
- Arthur Lipsett (1936–1986)
- Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981)
- Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984)[d]
- Paul Lorenzen (1915–1995)[d]
- Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998)[a][b][c][d]
M
- Dwight Macdonald (1906-1982)
- Tibor R. Machan (1939-)
- Louis Mackey (1926–2004)
- John Leslie Mackie (1917–1981)[b][c]
- Norman Malcolm (1911–1990)[a][b][c]
- Claude Mangion (1961–)[a]
- Merab Mamardashvili (1930–1990)[d]
- Julián Marías (1914–2005)
- Abul A'la Maududi (1903-1979)
- George I. Mavrodes
- Ron McClamrock
- Terence McKenna (1946–2000)
- Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Vincent Miceli (1915–1991)
- Ruth Millikan (1933–)
- C. Wright Mills (1916-1962)
- Richard Montague (1930–1971)[c][d]
- Sidney Morgenbesser (1921–2004)
- Mou Tsung-san (1909–1995)[a]
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999)[b][c]
- Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999)
N
- Ernest Nagel (1901–1985)[a][b][c][d]
- Thomas Nagel (1937– )[a][b][c][d]
- Antonio Negri (1933– )
- John von Neumann (1903–1957)[a][b][c][d]
- Jay Newman (1948–2007)
- Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)[b][c][d]
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)[b][c]
- David L. Norton (1930–1995)
- Robert Nozick (1938–2001)[a][b][c][d]
- Martha Nussbaum (1947- )
O
- Anthony O'Hear
- Onora O'Neill (1941–
- Michael Oakeshott (1901–1990)[a][b][c][d]
- Albert Outler (1908–1989)
- Gwilyn Ellis Lane Owen (1922–1982)[b][c][d]
P
- Derek Parfit (1942-)
- John Arthur Passmore (1914–2004)[d]
- Jan Patočka (1907–1977)[d]
- Christopher Peacocke (1950–)
- David Pearce
- Lorenzo Peña (1944-)
- Leonard Peikoff (1933-)
- Gualtiero Piccinini (1970-)
- D. Z. Phillips (1934–2006)
- Alexander Piatigorsky (1929–2009)
- Alvin Plantinga (1932-)
- Thomas Pogge (1953-)
- Louis P. Pojman (1935–2005)
- Richard Popkin (1923–2005)
- K. J. Popma (1903–1986)
- Karl Popper (1902–1994)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Arthur Prior (1914–1969)[c][d][e]
- Harry Prosch (1917–2005)
- Hilary Putnam (1926-)
Q
- W. V. O. Quine (1908–2000)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Anthony Quinton (1925–2010)[b][c]
- Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966)
R
- James Rachels (1941–2003)
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982)[e]
- Karl Rahner (1904–1984)[d]
- Tariq Ramadan (1962-)
- Frank P. Ramsey (1903–1930)[a][b][c][d][e]*
- Ian Thomas Ramsey (1915–1972)[d]
- Paul Ramsey (1913–1988)
- John Rawls (1921–2002)[a][b][c][d]
- Joseph Raz (1939-)
- George Reisman (1937-)
- Radovan Richta (1924–1983)
- Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Richard Rorty (1931–2007)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Gillian Rose (1947–1995)
- Gian-Carlo Rota (1932–1999)
- Joseph Rovan (1918–2004)
- William L. Rowe (1931-)
- Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976)[a][b][c][d]
S
- Nathan Salmon (1951–)
- Wesley Salmon (1925–2001)[b][c]
- Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar (1921–1990)
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984)
- Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998)
- Roger Scruton (1944–)
- John Searle (1932- )[a][b][c][d]
- Wilfrid Sellars (1912–1989)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Amartya Sen (1933- )[b][c]
- Stanley Sfekas (1942- )
- Stewart Shapiro (1951-)
- Peter Singer (1946- )[b][c]
- B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)[d]
- Tara Smith (1961-)
- Robert C. Solomon (1942–2007)
- Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993)[d][e]
- Thomas Sowell (1930-)
- David Spangler (1945-)
- Herbert Spiegelberg (1904–1990)
- Edward Stachura (1937–1979)
- Robert Stalnaker (1940-)
- Charles Leslie Stevenson (1908–1979)[b][c][d]
- Dejan Stojanović (1959– )
- David Stove (1927–1994)
- P. F. Strawson (1919–2006)[a][b][c][d]
- Richard Swinburne (1934- )[a][b][c]
T
- T'ang Chun-i (1909–1978)[a]
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960-)
- Alfred Tarski (1901–1983)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Richard Taylor (1919–2003)[b][c]
- Placide Tempels (1906–1977)
- Irving Thalberg Jr. (1930–1988)
- Helmut Thielicke (1908–1986)[d]
- Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929-)
- Alan Turing (1912–1954)[b][c][d][e]
U
- Peter Unger (1942- )
- Alasdair Urquhart (1945- )
V
- Francisco Varela (1946–2001)
- Gianni Vattimo (1936–)
- Achille Varzi (1958–)
- Henry Babcock Veatch (1911–1997)
- Michel Villey (1914–1988)[d]
- Gregory Vlastos (1907–1991)[b][c][d]
- Eric Voegelin (1901–1985)[d]
- Georg Henrik von Wright (1916–2003)[a][b][c][d]
W
- Hao Wang (1921–1995)[b][c]
- Michael Walzer (1935-)
- Geoffrey J. Warnock (1923–1996)[b][c]
- Alan Watts (1915–1973)
- Simone Weil (1909–1943)[a][b][c][d]
- Cornel West (1953-)
- John Daniel Wild (1902–1972)
- Bernard Williams (1929–2003)[a][b][c][d][e]
- Timothy Williamson (1955– )
- Peter Winch (1926–1997)[b][c]
- John Wisdom (1904–1993)[b][c]
- Richard Wollheim (1923–2003)[b][c]
- Jerzy Wróblewski (1926–1990)[d]
- Alison Wylie
X
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Y
- Francis Parker Yockey (1917–1960)
- Arthur M. Young (1905–1995)
- Iris M. Young (1949–2006)
Z
- Zhai Zhenming (1957-)
- Aleksandr Zinovyev (1922–2006)
- Slavoj Žižek (1949-)
See also
- List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
- List of philosophers born in the 1st through 10th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 11th through 14th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 15th and 16th centuries
- List of philosophers born in the 17th century
- List of philosophers born in the 18th century
- List of philosophers born in the 19th century
Notes
- The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8
- The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0
- The Oxford Companion to Philosophy Oxford University Press; 2005. ISBN 0-19-926479-1
- Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
