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Judith Butler

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Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminist philosophy, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is ...

Jakob Friedrich Fries

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Jakob Friedrich Fries was a German philosopher. Fries studied theology at the academy of the Moravian brethren at Niesky, and philosophy at the Universities of Leipzig and Jena. ...

Albert Camus

People; Philosophers

Albert Camus (7 November 1913 - 4 January 1960) was a French author, journalist and philosopher. While widely cited as an existentialist, he denied this in his lifetime and ...

Pierre Bourdieu

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Pierre Bourdieu (1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.

Confucius

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Confucius (traditionally 28 September 551 BC – 479 BC), a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period. The philosophy of Confucius puts an ephasis on ...

Michel Foucault

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Born Paul-Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984), a French philosopher and historian of ideas. Foucault is best known for his critical studies of social institutions, ...

Rene Descartes

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René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650), a natural philosopher and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been called the "Father of ...