What’s In a Name? Philosopher Edition

Question: ______ Aquinas

Answer: Saint Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican theologian, the foremost medieval Scholastic.

Question: ______ Descartes

Answer: French philosopher René Descartes has been called the father of modern philosophy.

Question: ______ Hume

Answer: Scottish philosopher David Hume was known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

Question: ______ Kant

Answer: German philosopher Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers of all time.

Question: ______ Butler

Answer: American philosopher Judith Butler’s theories of the performative nature of gender and sex were influential in modern feminism.

Question: ______ Nietzsche

Answer: German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche thought through the consequences of the triumph of the Enlightenment’s secularism, expressed in his observation that “God is dead."

Question: ______ Bacon

Answer: Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon to you, was an English statesman, lawyer, and philosopher.

Question: ______ Hobbes

Answer: English philosopher Thomas Hobbes was best known for his political philosophy.