Contemporary philosophers

Living philosophers and academics of philosophy (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically:

(For philosophers who have recently passed away, see the companion list: List of philosophers born in the twentieth century.)


 * Note: This list has a minimal criteria for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.

A

 * Peter Achinstein, Johns Hopkins University, philosophy of science
 * Marilyn McCord Adams12, Christ Church, Oxford, philosophy of religion
 * Robert Adams12, Mansfield College, Oxford, philosophy of religion
 * Sediq Afghan, International Centre for Mathematical Philosophy, Kabul, area of research unknown
 * Giorgio Agamben, University of Verona, political philosophy
 * Hans Albert, Affiliation unknown, critical rationalism
 * Robert Alexy, University of Kiel, philosophy of law
 * Diogenes Allen, Princeton Theological Seminary (Emeritus), philosophy of religion
 * Henry Allison, University of California, Davis, Kant/18th-19th century philosophy
 * William Alston12, Syracuse University (Emeritus), epistemology/philosophy of religion
 * C. Anthony Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara, logic
 * Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan, feminism/philosophy of social science
 * Pamela Anderson, Regent's Park College, Oxford, philosophy of religion/feminism/continental philosophy
 * Karl-Otto Apel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (Emeritus), ethics/philosophy of language
 * Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University, social philosophy
 * Mohammed Arkun, Sorbonne University, philosophy of religions, and Islamic Ethics
 * David Malet Armstrong12, University of Sydney (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Frank Arntzenius, Rutgers University, philosophy of science/metaphysics
 * Kenneth Arrow12, Stanford University, decision theory/social philosophy
 * Elspeth Attwooll, Independent scholar, philosophy of law
 * Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame, ethics/epistemology/philosophy of action
 * Anita Avramides, St Hilda's College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language

B

 * Kent Bach, San Francisco State University, philosophy of language
 * Alain Badiou, École Normale Supérieure, political philosophy
 * Annette Baier1, University of Pittsburgh (Emerita), Hume/ethics/philosophy of mind
 * Kurt Baier1, University of Pittsburgh (Emeritus), ethics
 * Mark Baker, Rutgers University, philosophy of language
 * Tom Baldwin, University of York, 20th-century philosophy/philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Étienne Balibar, University of California, Irvine, political philosophy
 * Stephen Barker, Johns Hopkins University (Emeritus), logic
 * Jonathan Barnes12, University of Paris I, ancient philosophy
 * Brian Barry12, Columbia University/London School of Economics (Emeritus), ethics/political philosophy
 * Jacques Barzun, Columbia University, history of ideas
 * Timothy Bayne, St Catherine's College, Oxford, philosophy of science/ethics/philosophy of religion
 * Tom L. Beauchamp, Georgetown University, bioethics/business ethics
 * William Bechtel, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of science
 * Francis J. Beckwith, Baylor University, philosophy of religion/ethics/philosophy of law
 * Hamdija Begovic, Affiliation unknown, political philosophy/social philosophy
 * Charles Beitz, Princeton University, political philosophy
 * Nuel Belnap12, University of Pittsburgh, logic
 * Paul Benacerraf, Princeton University, philosophy of mathematics
 * Jonathan Bennett12, Syracuse University, early modern philosophy
 * Karen Bennett, Princeton University, metaphysics/philosophy of mind
 * Geoffrey Bennington, Emory University, deconstructionism
 * Frithjof Bergmann, University of Michigan (Emeritus), continental philosophy
 * Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis, continental philosophy/race
 * Richard Bett, Johns Hopkins University, ancient philosophy/ethics
 * Jean-Yves Béziau, University of Neuchâtel, logic
 * Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University, postcolonial theory
 * Roy Bhaskar, Affiliation unknown, Critical Realism
 * Mubabinge Bilolo, Institut Africain d'Études Prospectives, Kinshasa, history of african philosophy/ancient egyptian philosophy/ethics/philosophy of history
 * Harry Binswanger, Ayn Rand Institute, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
 * Simon Blackburn12, University of Cambridge, epistemology/metaphysics/ethics
 * Stephen Blamey, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, logic/philosophy of language/philosophy of mathematics
 * David Blitz, Central Connecticut State University, philosophy of science
 * Ned Block12, New York University, philosophy of mind
 * Paul Boghossian, New York University, epistemology
 * Hilary Bok, Johns Hopkins University, bioethics/free will
 * Sissela Bok, Harvard University, ethics
 * Martha Bolton, Rutgers University, early modern philosophy
 * Robert Bolton, Rutgers University, ancient philosophy/philosophy of language/metaphysics
 * Laurence BonJour, University of Washington, epistemology
 * Nick Bostrom, St Cross College, Oxford, ethics/probability theory/transhumanism
 * Myles Brand, Indiana University, action theory
 * Robert Brandom2, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Michael Bratman, Stanford University, ethics/philosophy of action
 * Stephen E. Braude, University of Maryland Baltimore County, philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison, political philosophy
 * Stephen Bronner, Rutgers University, political philosophy
 * John Broome, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, ethics/practical reasoning
 * Harvey R. Brown, Wolfson College, Oxford, philosophy of physics
 * Lesley Brown, Somerville College, Oxford, ancient philosophy
 * Bryn Browne, University of Wales, Lampeter, ethics
 * Anthony Brueckner, University of California, Santa Barbara, metaphysics/epistemology
 * Malcolm Budd1, University College London, aesthetics
 * Mario Bunge, McGill University, philosophy of science/metaphysics
 * Martin Bunzl, Rutgers University, philosophy of science
 * Tyler Burge12, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of mind/epistemology
 * John Burgess, Princeton University, logic
 * Arthur Burks, University of Michigan (Emeritus), philosophy of science/computer science
 * John Burnheim, University of Sydney, political philosophy
 * Myles Frederic Burnyeat12, All Souls College, Oxford, ancient philosophy
 * Panayot Butchvarov, University of Iowa, metaphysics/epistemology
 * Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley/European Graduate School, poststructuralism/feminism
 * Charles Butterworth, University of Maryland, College Park, political philosophy
 * Krister Bykvist, Jesus College, Oxford, ethics/decision theory

C

 * John Campbell2, University of California, Berkeley, philosophy of mind
 * Herman Cappelen, Somerville College, Oxford, philosophy of language/metaphysics/epistemology
 * John D. Caputo, Syracuse University, deconstructionism/philosophy of religion
 * Nancy Cartwright12, London School of Economics, philosophy of science
 * Quassim Cassam, University of Cambridge, epistemology
 * Victor Caston, University of Michigan, ancient philosophy/metaphysics
 * Stanley Cavell12, Harvard University, epistemology
 * David Chalmers2, Australian National University, philosophy of mind
 * Timothy Chambers, Brown University (Graduate student), metaphysics
 * Rafe Champion, Independent scholar, social philosophy
 * Ruth Chang, Rutgers University, ethics/philosophy of action
 * David Charles, Oriel College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/epistemology/ancient philosophy
 * Albert Chernenko, Tomsk State University, social and legal philosophy
 * William Child, University College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/epistemology/Wittgenstein
 * Noam Chomsky12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Andrea Christofidou, Pembroke College, Oxford, metaphysics/philosophy of mind
 * Patricia Churchland, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
 * Paul Churchland12, University of California, San Diego, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
 * Hélène Cixous, University of Paris VIII, feminism/deconstructionism
 * Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh, philosophy of mind
 * Stephen R. L. Clark, University of Liverpool, ethics/philosophy of religion
 * David Cockburn, University of Wales, Lampeter, philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Alan Code, University of California, Berkeley/Rutgers University, ancient philosophy/metaphysics
 * G.A. Cohen12, All Souls College, Oxford, political philosophy
 * Robin Collins, Messiah College, philosophy of religion
 * André Comte-Sponville, University of Paris I, philosophy of religion/philosophy of education
 * Marcel Conche, University of Paris I, ancient philosophy
 * John M. Cooper, Princeton University, ancient philosophy
 * William Lane Craig, Biola University, philosophy of religion
 * Roger Crisp, St Anne’s College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/ethics/political philosophy
 * Paolo Crivelli, New College, Oxford, ancient philosophy
 * Edwin Curley, University of Michigan, early modern philosophy/philosophy of religion
 * Jean Curthoys, Sydney University, feminism

D

 * Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, transaesthetics
 * Newton da Costa, University of São Paulo, logic
 * Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading/University of Texas at Austin, epistemology/ethics
 * Arthur Danto12, Columbia University, aesthetics
 * Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan, ethics
 * Anne Aimola Davies, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford, Cognitive Science
 * Brian Davies, Fordham University, philosophy of religion
 * Martin Davies, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, philosophy of science/philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology, ethics/philosophy of law
 * Jane M. Day, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, ancient philosophy/ethics/philosophy of religion
 * Alison Denham, St Anne’s College, Oxford, aesthetics/ethics/German philosophy
 * Daniel Dennett12, Tufts University, philosophy of science/philosophy of mind
 * Vincent Descombes, Institut Jean Nicod, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Sousa Dias, Escola de Artes Soares dos Reis, Porto, Deleuze
 * Daniel Dombrowski, Seattle University, ethics
 * Keith Donnellan, University of California, Los Angeles (Emeritus), philosophy of language
 * Elliot N. Dorff, University of Judaism, ethics/bioethics
 * Fred Dretske12, Duke University, epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Hubert Dreyfus, University of California, Berkeley, phenomenology/artificial intelligence
 * Michael Dummett12, All Souls College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of mathematics/philosophy of language/logic
 * Ronald Dworkin12, University College London/New York University, philosophy of law

E

 * Antony Eagle, Exeter College, Oxford, philosophy of science/metaphysics/epistemology
 * John Earman2, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of physics
 * Umberto Eco, University of Bologna, semiotics/aesthetics
 * Dorothy Edgington, Magdalen College, Oxford, metaphysics/logic
 * Andy Egan, University of Michigan, philosophy of mind/metaphysics/decision theory
 * Frances Egan, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of psychology
 * Adam Elga, Princeton University, philosophy of science/epistemology
 * Jon Elster12, Collège de France, decision theory/philosophy of social science
 * H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Rice University, history and philosophy of medicine
 * John Etchemendy, Stanford University, logic/philosophy of language
 * Matt Evans, New York University, ancient philosophy/ethics
 * Stanley Eveling, University of Edinburgh, existentialism
 * Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, DePaul University, postcolonial African philosophy

F

 * Delia Graff Fara, Princeton University, philosophy of language
 * Michael Graff Fara, Princeton University, metaphysics/philosophy of language/philosophical logic
 * Solomon Feferman, Stanford University, mathematical logic
 * Hartry Field12, New York University, logic/philosophy of mathematics
 * Arthur Fine, University of Washington, philosophy of science
 * Kit Fine2, New York University, philosophy of language/metaphysics
 * John Finnis12, University College, Oxford/University of Notre Dame, philosophy of law
 * Owen Flanagan, Duke University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of psychology
 * Richard E. Flathman, Johns Hopkins University, political philosophy
 * Antony Flew, York University, social philosophy/philosophy of religion
 * Luciano Floridi, St Cross College, Oxford, philosophy of computing and information/information ethics/scepticism
 * Jerry Fodor12, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of psychology
 * Robert J. Fogelin12, Dartmouth College (Emeritus), history of philosophy/epistemology
 * Richard Foley, New York University, epistemology
 * Dagfinn Føllesdal12, Stanford University, philosophy of language/phenomenology
 * Philippa Foot12, University of California, Los Angeles (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of action
 * Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins University, German idealism/history of philosophy
 * Harry Gordon Frankfurt12, Princeton University (Emeritus), ethics/philosophy of action
 * Robert L. Frazier, Christ Church, Oxford, ethics/political philosophy/philosophy of science
 * Michael Frede12, Keble College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/history of philosophy
 * Robert Freidin, Princeton University, philosophy of language
 * Elizabeth Fricker, Magdalen College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language/epistemology

G

 * Raimond Gaita, Australian Catholic University and Kings College, London, ethics
 * Daniel Garber, Princeton University, philosophy of science/early modern philosophy
 * Martin Gardner, Independent scholar, skepticism/logic
 * Don Garrett, New York University, early modern philosophy
 * David Gauthier12, University of Pittsburgh (Emeritus), political philosophy/social philosophy
 * Peter Geach12, University of Leeds (Emeritus), philosophy of language/philosophy of religion
 * Alexander George, Amherst College, philosophy of language/philosophy of mathematics
 * Robert P. George, Princeton University, philosophy of law
 * Bernard Gert, Dartmouth College, ethics
 * Edmund Gettier12, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Emeritus), epistemology
 * Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge, political philosophy/history of Continental philosophy
 * Allan Gibbard12, University of Michigan, ethics
 * Margaret Gilbert, University of California, Irvine, social philosophy/ethics
 * Thony Gillies, University of Michigan, epistemology/philosophy of language/decision theory
 * Neil Gillman, Jewish Theological Seminary, Jewish philosophy
 * Rene Girard, Stanford University (Emeritus), philosophical anthropology
 * Ernst von Glasersfeld, University of Georgia, constructivist epistemology
 * Jonathan Glover12, King's College London, ethics
 * Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University, philosophy of science/philosophy of psychology
 * Peter Goldie, University of Manchester, ethics/aesthetics
 * Alvin Ira Goldman12, Rutgers University, epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Jacob Golomb, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, continental philosophy
 * Richard Grathoff, Bielefeld University, phenomenology
 * John Gray, London School of Economics, political philosophy
 * A. C. Grayling, Birkbeck, University of London/St. Anne's College, Oxford, history of philosophy/epistemology
 * Celia Green, Independent scholar, philosophy of psychology
 * James Griffin12, Keble College, Oxford, ethics
 * Paul J. Griffiths, University of Illinois at Chicago, philosophy of religion
 * Germain Grisez1, Mount Saint Mary's College, Catholic moral philosophy
 * Reinhardt Grossman12, Indiana University (Emeritus), epistemology/metaphysics/phenomenology
 * Adolf Grünbaum12, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of science
 * Samuel Guttenplan, Birkbeck, University of London, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language/logic
 * Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania, Kant/modern philosophy/aesthetics
 * Kwame Gyekye, University of Ghana, African philosophy

H

 * Susan Haack, University of Miami, philosophy of language/epistemology
 * Jürgen Habermas12*, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Emeritus), critical theory
 * Peter Hacker, St John's College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Ian Hacking12, Collège de France, philosophy of science/philosophy of language
 * Volker Halbach, New College, Oxford, logic/philosophy of language/epistemology/philosophy of mathematics
 * Hans Halvorson, Princeton University, philosophy of physics/logic/philosophy of science
 * Werner Hamacher, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, deconstructionism
 * David Walter Hamlyn12, Birkbeck, University of London (Emeritus), epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Alastair Hannay12, University of Oslo, Kierkegaard/philosophy of mind
 * Edward Harcourt, Keble College, Oxford, ethics/philosophy of language/Wittgenstein
 * John Hare, Yale Divinity School, ethics
 * Elizabeth Harman, Princeton University, ethics/metaphysics
 * Gilbert Harman12, Princeton University, ethics/epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Stephan Hartmann, London School of Economics, philosophy of science/epistemology
 * Anandi Hattiangadi, St Hilda’s College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/metaphysics/philosophy of science
 * John Haugeland, University of Chicago, philosophy of mind
 * John Hawthorne, Rutgers University/Magdalen College, Oxford, metaphysics/epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Futa Helu, `Atenisi Institute, Tonga, cultural philosophy/philosophy of education
 * Ronald William Hepburn1, University of Edinburgh, aesthetics
 * Daniel Herwitz, University of Michigan, continental philosophy/social philosophy/aesthetics
 * Mary Hesse, Cambridge University (Emerita), philosophy of science
 * Francis Heylighen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, systems theory
 * John Hick1, University of Birmingham, philosophy of religion
 * Alice von Hildebrand, Hunter College, (Emerita), philosophy of religion
 * Alison Hills, St John's College, Oxford, ethics
 * Jaakko Hintikka12, Boston University, logic/epistemology
 * Wilfrid Hodges, Queen Mary, University of London, logic/model theory
 * Kinch Hoekstra, Balliol College, Oxford, history of political and moral philosophy/Plato/Hobbes
 * Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University, philosophy of mind
 * Desmond Hogan, Princeton University, early modern philosophy/metaphysics
 * Ted Honderich2, University College London, metaphysics/political philosophy
 * Jennifer Hornsby12, Birkbeck, University of London, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Paul Horwich12, New York University, logic/metaphysics
 * Paulin J. Hountondji, National University of Benin, African philosophy
 * Edward M. Hundert, Case Western Reserve University, medical ethics
 * Rosalind Hursthouse, University of Auckland, ethics
 * Douglas Husak, Rutgers University, philosophy of law
 * Edward Hussey, All Souls College, Oxford, ancient philosophy
 * John Hyman, Queen’s College, Oxford, philosophy of mind/aesthetics/Wittgenstein

I

 * Michael Ignatieff, University of Toronto, political philosophy
 * Don Ihde, State University of New York at Stony Brook, hermeneutics/phenomenology
 * Michael Inwood, Trinity College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/Hegel/19th century philosophy/Heidegger
 * Luce Irigaray12, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, feminism/philosophy of language
 * Terence Irwin12, Cornell University/Keble College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/ethics/Kant
 * Daniel Isaacson, Wolfson College, Oxford, philosophy of mathematics/logic

J

 * Frank Jackson12, Australian National University, philosophy of mind
 * Fredric Jameson, Duke University, literary criticism/postmodernism
 * Dale Jamieson, New York University, ethics/environmental philosophy
 * Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton, aesthetics
 * Thomas Johansen, Brasenose College, Oxford, ancient philosophy/philosophy of mind
 * Mark Johnston, Princeton University, ethics/philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * James Joyce, University of Michigan, decision theory/epistemology/philosophy of science
 * Lindsay Judson, Christ Church, Oxford, ancient philosophy
 * A.J. Julius, University of California, Los Angeles/New York University, ethics/political philosophy

K

 * Shelly Kagan2, Yale University, ethics
 * Peter Kail, St Peter’s College, Oxford, history of philosophy/philosophy of mind
 * Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of action/philosophy of mind
 * David Kaplan12, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of language/logic
 * David Kelley, The Objectivist Center, social philosophy/epistemology
 * Thomas Kelly, Princeton University, epistemology
 * Anthony Kenny12, Balliol College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of religion/philosophy of mind
 * Mahmoud Khatami, University of Tehran, Continental philosophy
 * Jaegwon Kim12, Brown University, philosophy of mind/epistemology
 * Peter J. King, Pembroke College, Oxford, history of philosophy/metaphysics
 * Mark Kingwell, University of Toronto, political philosophy/social philosophy
 * Robert Kirk, University of Nottingham (Emeritus), metaphysics/philosophy of language
 * Richard Kirkham, Affiliation unknown, epistemology/logic
 * János Kis, Central European University/New York University, political philosophy/ethics
 * Philip Kitcher2, Columbia University, philosophy of science
 * Peter Kivy, Rutgers University, aesthetics/early modern philosophy
 * Martha Klein, Pembroke College, Oxford, philosophy of action/ethics
 * Peter D. Klein, Rutgers University, epistemology
 * Brian Klug, St Benet's Hall, Oxford, philosophy of race/antisemitism
 * Boris Kment, University of Michigan, metaphysics/philosophy of language
 * Simon Kochen, Princeton University, philosophy of physics/number theory
 * Hans Köchler, University of Innsbruck, continental philosophy/political philosophy
 * John Kok, Dordt College, Reformational philosophy
 * Leszek Kolakowski, All Souls College, Oxford, political philosophy
 * Hilary Kornblith, University of Massachusetts Amherst, epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Christine Korsgaard2, Harvard University, ethics/philosophy of action
 * Georg Kreisel12, Stanford University (Emeritus), logic
 * Saul Kripke12, CUNY Graduate Center/Princeton University (Emeritus), logic/philosophy of language
 * Julia Kristeva12, Affiliation unknown, poststructuralism/feminism
 * Sanjeev R. Kulkarni, Princeton University, information theory
 * Igal Kvart, Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Rutgers University, philosophy of science/epistemology
 * Will Kymlicka, Queen's University, political philosophy/social philosophy

L

 * Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Marc Bloch University, Continental philosophy
 * Michèle Le Dœuff12, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, feminism/imagery
 * Dave Leal, Brasenose College, Oxford, ethics/philosophical theology/philosophy of language
 * Brian Leftow, Oriel College, Oxford, philosophy of religion/metaphysics/medieval philosophy
 * Keith Lehrer12, University of Arizona/University of Miami, epistemology/metaphysics
 * Brian Leiter, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of law/Continental philosophy
 * Ernest Lepore, Rutgers University, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind/logic
 * Claude Lévi-Strauss12, Collège de France (Emeritus), structuralism
 * Bernard-Henri Lévy, Independent scholar, social philosophy
 * Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus), phenomenology
 * Brian Loar, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language/metaphysics
 * Paul Lodge, Mansfield College, Oxford, early modern philosophy
 * Louis Loeb, University of Michigan, history of modern philosophy
 * Béatrice Longuenesse, New York University, continental philosophy/Hegel/Kant
 * Barry Loewer, Rutgers University, philosophy of science/philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Hendrik Lorenz, Princeton University, ancient philosophy/moral psychology/epistemology
 * Eric Lormand, University of Michigan, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Tobias Louw, Fort Hare University, RSA, hermeneutics/ethics/political philosophy
 * Sabina Lovibond, Worcester College, Oxford, ethics/ancient philosophy/feminism
 * John R. Lucas1, Merton College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/philosophy of science
 * Peter Ludlow, University of Michigan, philosophy of language/metaphysics/epistemology
 * William G. Lycan12, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * David Lyons, Boston University, philosophy of law/ethics/political philosophy

M

 * Alasdair MacIntyre12, University of Notre Dame, ethics/history of philosophy
 * Penelope Maddy, University of California, Irvine, philosophy of mathematics
 * Mostafa Malekian, Affiliation unknown, social philosophy
 * Bill Mander, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, metaphysics/philosophy of religion
 * Jon Mandle, University at Albany, The State University of New York, political philosophy/ethics
 * Ruth Barcan Marcus12, Yale University/University of California, Irvine, logic
 * Charles B. Martin12, University of Calgary (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Donald A. Martin, University of California, Los Angeles, philosophy of mathematics
 * Michael Martin, Boston University (Emeritus), philosophy of religion
 * Robert J. Matthews, Rutgers University, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Humberto Maturana, University of Chile, epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * Tim Maudlin, Rutgers University, philosophy of physics/philosophy of science/metaphysics
 * George I. Mavrodes, University of Michigan (Emeritus), philosophy of religion
 * T.J. Mawson, St Peter's College, Oxford, philosophy of religion/metaethics.
 * John McDowell12, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Howard McGary, Rutgers University, social philosophy/ethics
 * Colin McGinn12, Rutgers University/University of Miami, philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Brian P. McLaughlin, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind/metaphysics/epistemology
 * David McLellan, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Marxism
 * Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University, ethics/political philosophy
 * John McMurtry, University of Guelph, ethics/political philosophy
 * Tony McWalter, Independent scholar, Kant/political philosophy
 * Alfred Mele, Florida State University, philosophy of action
 * D. Hugh Mellor12, University of Cambridge (Emeritus), metaphysics
 * Winfried Menninghaus, Free University of Berlin, aesthetics/literary theory
 * Thomas Metzinger, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, philosophy of mind/ethics
 * Mary Midgley, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of science
 * Alan Millar, University of Stirling, philosophy of mind/epistemology
 * Peter Millican, Hertford College, Oxford, Hume/logic/ethics
 * Ruth Millikan12, University of Connecticut (Emerita), philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Phillip Mitsis, New York University, ancient philosophy
 * A.W. Moore, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, philosophy of mathematics/logic/metaphysics/ethics/philosophy of religion
 * Max More, Extropy Institute, transhumanism
 * J. P. Moreland, Biola University/Discovery Institute, philosophy of religion
 * Benjamin Morison, Exeter College, Oxford/Princeton University, ancient philosophy/logic
 * Katherine Morris, Mansfield College, Oxford, phenomenology/Descartes/Sartre/Merleau-Ponty/Wittgenstein
 * Adam Morton, University of Alberta, ethics/philosophy of mind
 * Stephen Mulhall, New College, Oxford, Wittgenstein/Heidegger/Kierkegaard/political philosophy
 * Donald Munro, University of Michigan (Emeritus), Chinese philosophy
 * Liam Murphy, New York University, philosophy of law/political philosophy

N

 * Arne Næss1, University of Oslo (Emeritus), environmental philosophy
 * Thomas Nagel12, New York University, philosophy of mind/moral psychology
 * Jean-Luc Nancy, University of Strasbourg, social philosophy
 * Jan Narveson, University of Waterloo, political philosophy
 * Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, perennial philosophy
 * Stephen Neale, Rutgers University, philosophy of language/logic
 * Antonio Negri, Collège International de Philosophie/University of Paris I, political philosophy
 * Oskar Negt, University of Hanover, critical theory
 * Alexander Nehamas, Princeton University, literary theory/aesthetics
 * Ted Nelson, Oxford Internet Institute, philosophy of computers
 * Kai Nielsen, Concordia University, ethics
 * Nel Noddings, Columbia University/Stanford University, philosophy of education/ethics
 * Ernst Nolte, Free University of Berlin, political philosophy
 * Calvin Normore, University of California, Los Angeles/Princeton University, medieval philosophy/early modern philosophy/history of logic
 * Christopher Norris, Cardiff University, literary theory
 * Martha Nussbaum12, University of Chicago, political philosophy/ethics

O

 * Anthony O'Hear, University of Bradford/University of Buckingham, philosophy of science
 * Onora O'Neill12, Newnham College, Cambridge, ethics/political philosophy
 * John Oberdiek, Rutgers University, philosophy of law

P

 * David Papineau12, King's College London, epistemology/philosophy of science
 * Derek Parfit12, All Souls College, Oxford/Rutgers University/New York University, metaphysics/ethics
 * Alan Patten, Princeton University, political philosophy
 * Dennis Patterson, Rutgers University, philosophy of law
 * Marijan Leopold Pavčnik, University of Ljubljana, legal philosopher, philosophy of law
 * Ali Paya, Tehran University, philosophy of science
 * Christopher Peacocke12, Columbia University, epistemology/philosophy of mind
 * David Pearce, independent scholar, transhumanism
 * David Pears12, Christ Church, Oxford (Emeritus), Wittgenstein
 * Leonard Peikoff, Ayn Rand Institute, objectivism
 * Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon
 * Keith Pepperell, Columbus State Community College/Columbus College of Art and Design
 * Richard Stanley Peters1, University of London (Emeritus), philosophy of education
 * Philip Pettit, Princeton University, political philosophy/ethics
 * Herman Philipse, Utrecht University
 * Giovanni Piana, University of Milan, Italy, phenomenology
 * Robert Pirsig, independent scholar, metaphysics of quality
 * Alvin Plantinga12, University of Notre Dame, philosophy of religion/epistemology
 * Thomas Pogge, Australian National University/Columbia University, political philosophy/social philosophy
 * Leonardo Polo, University of Navarra, metaphysics/epistemology
 * Dag Prawitz, Stockholm University, philosophy of logic/philosophy of mathematics
 * Robert Priddy, University of Oslo (Emeritus), social philosophy
 * Graham Priest, University of Melbourne, logic
 * Ian Proops, University of Michigan, metaphysics/Kant
 * James Pryor, New York University, epistemology/philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Hilary Putnam12, Harvard University, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language/epistemology
 * Andrew Pyle, University of Bristol, philosophy of science/early modern philosophy

Q

 * Anthony Quinton12, Trinity College, Oxford, ethics/metaphysics/history of philosophy

R

 * Stuart Rachels, University of Alabama, ethics
 * Janet Radcliffe Richards12, University College London, feminism/bioethics
 * Peter Railton, University of Michigan, ethics
 * Jacques Rancière, University of Paris VIII, political philosophy
 * Joseph Raz2, Balliol College, philosophy of law
 * Nicholas Rescher12, University of Pittsburgh, epistemology/metaphysics
 * Donald Regan, University of Michigan, ethics/political philosophy
 * John Richardson, New York University, 19-20th century continental philosophy/ancient philosophy
 * R.R. Rockingham Gill, University of Wales, Lampeter, logic/philosophy of language
 * Avital Ronell, New York University/European Graduate School, feminism/deconstructionism
 * Richard Rorty12, Stanford University, pragmatism/social philosophy
 * Gideon Rosen, Princeton University, metaphysics/epistemology/moral philosophy
 * Alexander Rosenberg, Duke University, philosophy of science/philosophy of economics
 * William Ruddick, New York University, philosophy of science and medicine/professional and applied ethics
 * Michael Ruse, Florida State University, philosophy of science
 * Robert Rynasiewicz, Johns Hopkins University/University of Maryland, philosophy of physics

S

 * Kenneth Safir, Rutgers University, philosophy of language
 * Mark Sainsbury12, University of Texas at Austin, logic/philosophy of language
 * Nathan Salmon, University of California, Santa Barbara, philosophy of language
 * Michael Sandel1, Harvard University, political philosophy
 * Kirk Sanders, Rutgers University, ancient philosophy
 * David H. Sanford, Duke University, metaphysics
 * Crispin Sartwell, Dickinson College, social philosophy/epistemology
 * John Ralston Saul, Independent Scholar, social philosophy
 * Fernando Savater, Complutense University of Madrid, ethics
 * Thomas Scanlon2, Harvard University, ethics
 * Richard Schacht12, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nietzsche/Hegel
 * Stephen Schiffer2, New York University, philosophy of language/philosophy of mind
 * Hubert Schleichert, University of Konstanz (Emeritus), political philosophy/non-European philosophy
 * J.B. Schneewind, Johns Hopkins University (Emeritus), ethics
 * Roger Scruton1, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Arlington, VA/Princeton University, aesthetics
 * John Searle12, University of California, Berkeley, philosophy of mind/philosophy of language
 * Amartya Sen12, Harvard University, ethics/political philosophy
 * Michel Serres, Stanford University, philosophy of science
 * Neven Sesardic, Lingnan University (Hong Kong), philosophy of science
 * Scott Shapiro, University of Michigan, political philosophy/philosophy of law/philosophy of action
 * Stewart Shapiro, Ohio State University/University of St Andrews, philosophy of mathematics/logic
 * Tamsin Shaw, Princeton University, political philosophy
 * Dariush Shayegan, Independent Scholar, comparative philosophy
 * Abner Shimony, Boston University (Emeritus), philosophy of science
 * Sydney Shoemaker12, Cornell University (Emeritus), philosophy of mind/metaphysics
 * Richard Shusterman, Florida Atlantic University, aesthetics
 * Theodore Sider, Rutgers University, metaphysics/philosophy of language
 * Peter Singer12, Princeton University/University of Melbourne, ethics
 * Lawrence Sklar, University of Michigan, philosophy of physics/philosophy of science/epistemology
 * John Skorupski, University of St Andrews, ethics/Mill
 * Brian Skyrms, University of California, Irvine, philosophy of science
 * Michael Slote, University of Miami, ethics
 * Peter Sloterdijk, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, posthumanism
 * J. J. C. Smart12, Monash University (Emeritus), metaphysics/philosophy of mind/ethics
 * Holly M. Smith, Rutgers University, ethics
 * Huston Smith, University of California, Berkeley, philosophy of religion
 * Michael Smith, Princeton University, ethics
 * Raymond Smullyan, Indiana University, logic
 * Joseph D. Sneed, Colorado School of Mines, philosophy of science
 * Scott Soames, University of Southern California, philosophy of language
 * Elliot Sober, University of Wisconsin, philosophy of science
 * Alan Soble, Affiliation unknown, philosophy of sex
 * Richard Ruston Kharsedji Sorabji12, King's College London/City University of New York, ancient philosophy
 * Abdolkarim Soroush, Affiliation unknown, philosophy of science
 * David Sosa, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of mind
 * Ernest Sosa12, Brown University/Rutgers University, epistemology
 * Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Columbia University, postcolonialism
 * Timothy L.S. Sprigge12, University of Edinburgh, philosophy of mind/ethics
 * Chandra Sripada, University of Michigan, philosophy of biology/cognitive science/ethics
 * Robert Stalnaker12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, philosophy of language/logic
 * Jason Stanley, Rutgers University, philosophy of language/epistemology
 * Stephen Stich12, Rutgers University, philosophy of mind
 * Bernard Stiegler, Collège international de philosophie, philosophy of technology
 * Jeffrey Stout, Princeton University, ethics
 * Galen Strawson, Reading University/CUNY Graduate Center, philosophy of mind/philosophy of action
 * Sharon Street, New York University, ethics
 * Michael Strevens, New York University, philosophy of science
 * Gisela Striker, Harvard University, ancient philosophy
 * Barry Stroud12, University of California, Berkeley, epistemology
 * Patrick Suppes, Stanford University (Emeritus), philosophy of science
 * Eric Swanson, University of Michigan, philosophy of language/metaphysics/epistemology
 * Richard Swinburne12, Oriel College, Oxford (Emeritus), philosophy of religion
 * David Sztybel, Affiliation unknown, ethics

T

 * Javad Tabatabaei, Tehran University, political philosophy
 * James Tappenden, University of Michigan, philosophy of language/philosophy of mathematics/logic
 * Charles Taylor12, McGill University (Emeritus), epistemology/continental philosophy
 * Larry S. Temkin, Rutgers University, ethics/social philosophy/political philosophy
 * Neil Tennant, Ohio State University, metaphysics/epistemology/logic
 * Rich Thomason, University of Michigan, logic/philosophy of language/artificial intelligence
 * Judith Jarvis Thomson12, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Emerita), ethics
 * Tzvetan Todorov, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, literary theory
 * Michael Tooley, University of Colorado at Boulder, metaphysics/epistemology
 * Stephen Toulmin, University of Southern California, ethics/philosophy of science/practical reasoning
 * Peter Tudvad, University of Copenhagen, Kierkegaard
 * Ernst Tugendhat12, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Emeritus), epistemology/metaphysics
 * Raimo Tuomela, University of Helsinki, philosophy of science/philosophy of action
 * Michael Tye, University of Texas at Austin, philosophy of mind/philosophy of science

U

 * Peter Unger, New York University, epistemology/ethics
 * Alasdair Urquhart, University of Toronto, logic

V

 * Bas C. van Fraassen12, Princeton University, philosophy of science
 * Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame, metaphysics/philosophy of religion
 * Philippe Van Parijs, Université catholique de Louvain/Harvard University, political philosophy
 * Gianni Vattimo, University of Turin, Continental philosophy/philosophy of religion
 * Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Marxism
 * J. David Velleman, New York University, ethics/moral psychology
 * Paul Virilio, Ecole Speciale d' Architecture (retired), aesthetics/dromology/technology

W

 * David Walford, University of Wales, Lampeter, German philosophy
 * Doug Walton, University of Winnipeg, logic
 * Kendall Walton2, University of Michigan, aesthetics
 * Michael Walzer12, Institute for Advanced Study, political philosophy/ethics
 * Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, University of Dar es Salaam, political philosophy
 * Mary Warnock12, Girton College, Cambridge (Emerita), ethics/philosophy of mind
 * Brian Weatherson, Cornell University, epistemology/philosophy of language
 * Ota Weinberger, Charles University in Prague, legal philosophy/social philosophy
 * Cornel West, Princeton University, social philosophy/political philosophy
 * David Wiggins12, New College, Oxford (Emeritus), ethics/metaphysics
 * Christian Wildberg, Princeton University, ancient philosophy
 * Dallas Willard, University of Southern California, epistemology/Husserl
 * Edwin Williams, Princeton University, philosophy of language
 * Timothy Williamson2, New College, Oxford, epistemology/logic
 * Bruce W. Wilshire, Rutgers University, aesthetics/American philosophy/phenomenology/existentialism
 * Kwasi Wiredu, University of South Florida, African philosophy
 * Susan Wolf, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ethics/philosophy of action
 * Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University (Emeritus), philosophy of religion/epistemology
 * Paul Woodruff, University of Texas at Austin, Ancient Greek philosophy
 * Robert Woolfolk, Rutgers University, philosophical psychology
 * Crispin Wright12, University of St. Andrews/New York University, philosophy of mathematics/logic

Z

 * Philip Zhai, Zhongshan University, metaphysics/metaethics
 * Zhou Guoping, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, traditional Eastern philosophy
 * Dean Zimmerman, Rutgers University, metaphysics/philosophy of religion
 * Slavoj Žižek, European Graduate School/University of Ljubljana, postmodernism

See also:

 * List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
 * List of philosophers born in the first through tenth centuries
 * List of philosophers born in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries
 * List of philosophers born in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
 * List of philosophers born in the seventeenth century
 * List of philosophers born in the eighteenth century
 * List of philosophers born in the nineteenth century