R.B. Braithwaite

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Also Known As	Richard Bevan Braithwaite
Born	January 15, 1900 • Banbury • England
Died	April 21, 1990 (aged 90) • Cambridge • England
Subjects Of Study	game theory • probability • scientific method • induction

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William Whewell

British philosopher and historian

Karl Popper

British philosopher

Socrates

Greek philosopher

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and economist

Rudolf Carnap

German-American philosopher

Ernest Nagel

American philosopher

Hans Reichenbach

American philosopher

Alfred North Whitehead

British mathematician and philosopher

Roger Bacon

English philosopher and scientist

Arthur Eddington

British scientist

Joseph Butler

British bishop and philosopher

Joseph Hall

English bishop, philosopher, and satirist

Henry More

British poet and philosopher

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William Kingdon Clifford

British mathematician and philosopher

William Paley

British philosopher and priest

Stephen Edelston Toulmin

British philosopher

H.A. Prichard

British philosopher

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Greek philosopher

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

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