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Aug 3, 2021 · Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considered by some to be the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. From 1929 to 1947, Wittgenstein taught at the University of Cambridge.
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- Nikola Tesla. Dec. at 86 (1856-1943) 22,774 votes. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.
- Albert Einstein. Dec. at 76 (1879-1955) 26,483 votes. Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛɐ̯t ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] (listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
- Isaac Newton. Dec. at 84 (1643-1727) 23,106 votes. Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
- Leonardo da Vinci. Dec. at 67 (1452-1519) 27,173 votes. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
Aug 24, 2017 · List of famous philosophers of the 20th century along with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.
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- Albert Camus. Like Derrida he was born in Algeria, though in Camus’s case in 1913. He also shared with Derrida a soft spot for communism, though that was out of his system by the time he was in France and made his name.
- Leo Strauss. Leo Strauss has not become a household name since his death in 1973. Even among the circle that knew him at the time he was more polarizing than most.
- Ayn Rand. Few people are as well known for their contradictions as this bestselling author born in Russia in 1905 who created the Objectivist movement.
- Giovanni Gentile. The inclusion of any figure on this list is not an endorsement of their views. TopTenz wants to be made especially clear in this case, as in 1932 this Italian philosopher born in 1886 was literally a co-author for The Doctrine of Fascism with Benito Mussolini.
Jul 14, 2020 · The immediate relevance of some of our thinkers to the Covid-19 era speaks for itself: vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert and science writer Ed Yong being prime examples. Just as interesting, however, are those who work in fields a mile away from medicine, but who have nonetheless acquired a new salience in the dark and peculiar circumstances of 2020.
Oct 6, 2011 · Here's a look at the world's titanic thinkers, from Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein to Stephen Hawking.
Aristotle (384–322 BCE), who follows Socrates and Plato as the third member of the great triumvirate of ancient Greek philosophers, is arguably the most important thinker who ever lived.
