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Born March 6, 1917 • Springfield • Massachusetts
Died August 31, 2003 (aged 86) • Berkeley • California
Subjects Of Study Cartesianism • dualism
Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher
John Searle
John Searle
American philosopher
René Descartes
René Descartes
French mathematician and philosopher
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
American linguist
Wilfrid Sellars
American philosopher
Daniel C. Dennett
American philosopher
Arthur O. Lovejoy
American philosopher
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
German philosopher
Benedict de Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza
Dutch-Jewish philosopher
David Hume
David Hume
Scottish philosopher
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
George Berkeley
George Berkeley
Irish philosopher
Sir Michael A.E. Dummett
British philosopher
Malebranche
Nicolas Malebranche
French priest
Numenius of Apamea
Greek philosopher
John Norris, bronze sculpture by Sir Henry Cheers, 1756
John Norris
British priest and philosopher
Bhartrihari
Hindu philosopher
Robert Desgabets
French monk, writer, philosopher, and scientist
William James
William James
American psychologist and philosopher
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian

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