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Philosophy Timeline. This timeline of Western Philosophy is created as one long image to give an idea of the relative scale and the clusters of activity in philosophical thought. The names are clickable links. For more details on dates and historical eras and periods, see the section By Historical Period. Thank you for supporting philosophy!
Another reason “History of Philosophy” could (increasingly) be a misnomer for this project is that I keep including figures from contemporary philosophy and connecting them to the past as well as to each other. Seeing history of philosophy continuous with its current state, this was my intention all along, hoping that it will be able to ...
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Plato meets Socrates, abandons aspiration to be playwright. c. 404 BCE - 323 BCE. Life of Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope . 403 BCE. Plato turns away from politics toward philosophy . 399 BCE. Trial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora . 384 BCE - 322 BCE.
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The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation, but some theorists also include myths, religious traditions, and proverbial lore. Western philosophy originated with an inquiry into the fundamental nature of the cosmos in Ancient ...
Political philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, and Intellectual History. John Searle (born 1932). Direct realism. Alvin Plantinga (born 1932). Reformed epistemology, Philosophy of Religion. Jerry Fodor (1935–2017). Alain Badiou (born 1937). Thomas Nagel (born 1937). Qualia theory. Robert Nozick (1938–2002). Libertarian. Tom Regan (1938 ...
Discover the history of philosophy with philosophycat's interactive timeline. Learn about the key figures, movements, and ideas that shaped the development of Western thought. Explore the links between philosophy and religion, ethics, science, and more.
Although some sections are nearly complete, this remains a work in progress; please be patient. For a different approach to the work of individual thinkers, please consult Assembled Philosophers, the Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names, or the Philosophy Timeline.
