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Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
For an alphabetical name-list, see Category:Philosophers of science This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
First translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin. Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494). Renaissance humanist. Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536). Humanist, advocate of free will. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527). Political realism. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). Scientist, whose works affected Philosophy of Science. Sir Thomas ...
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Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales [1] [2] and lasted through Late Antiquity. Some of the most famous and influential philosophers of all time were from the ancient Greek world, including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. ↵Abbreviations used in this list: c. = circa; fl. = flourished
Philosophers (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
Nancy Cartwright, How the Laws of Physics Lie, 1983; Michael Friedman, Foundations of Space-Time Theories: Relativistic Physics and the Philosophy of Science, 1983; John Stewart Bell, Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy, 1987/2004; Lawrence Sklar, Philosophy of Physics, 1992