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Edgar Morin Facts

Edgar Morin (born Edgar Nahoum in Paris on 8 July 1921) is a French philosopher and sociologist who has been internationally recognized for his work on complexity and “complex thought,” and his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media

Benedito Nunes Facts

Benedito Nunes (November 21, 1929 – February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian philosopher and literary critic. He was born Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes in Belém, a major city in the north of Brazil, where he was a professor at the Federal University

Steven Pinker Facts

Steven Arthur “Steve” Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is

Val Plumwood Facts

Val Plumwood (11 August 1939 – 29 February 2008) was an Australian ecofeminist philosopher and activist known for her work on anthropocentrism. From the 1970s she played a central role in the development of radical ecosophy, along with her second h

Xavier Zubiri Facts

Xavier Zubiri (Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain, 4 December 1898 – Madrid, 21 September 1983) was a Spanish philosopher.

Roberto Mangabeira Unger Facts

Roberto Mangabeira Unger (born March 24, 1947) is a philosopher and politician. His work offers a vision of humanity and a program for society aimed at empowering individuals and changing institutions. He has developed his views and positions across

Alexandre Koyré Facts

Alexandre Koyré (29 August 1892 – 28 April 1964), also anglicized as Alexandre or Alexander Koyre, was a French philosopher of Russian origin who wrote on the history and philosophy of science.

Franz Rosenzweig Facts

Franz Rosenzweig (December 25, 1886 – December 10, 1929) was a German Jewish theologian, philosopher, and translator.

Julia Kristeva Facts

Julia Kristeva (Bulgarian: Юлия Кръстева; born 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, psychoanalyst, feminist, and, most recently, novelist, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She is now a professor at

Robert Kane Facts

Robert Hilary Kane (born 1938, Boston) is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and is currently on phased retirement.

Renato Janine Ribeiro Facts

Renato Janine Ribeiro is a Brazilian political philosopher and full professor of ethics and political philosophy at the University of São Paulo.

Yehuda Elkana Facts

Yehuda Elkana (Hebrew: יהודה אלקנה‎‎; 1934 – 21 September 2012) was a historian and philosopher of science, and a former President and Rector of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. He was married to Dr Yehudit Elkan