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This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator. Distinguished in 1907 as the first African American Rhodes Scholar, Locke became known as the philosophical architect—the acknowledged "Dean"—of the Harlem Renaissance. [2]
American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can nevertheless be seen as both reflecting and shaping collective American identity over the history of the nation". [1]
List of American philosophers. List of Jewish American philosophers; List of Armenian philosophers; List of Basque philosophers; List of British philosophers; List of Canadian philosophers; List of Chinese philosophers; List of Finnish philosophers; List of French philosophers; List of German-language philosophers; List of Icelandic philosophers
Pages in category "20th-century American philosophers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Bordley Rawls (/ r ɔː l z /; [2] February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. [3] [4] Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century.
William Klaas Frankena (June 21, 1908 – October 22, 1994) [1] was an American moral philosopher. He was a member of the University of Michigan 's department of philosophy for 41 years (1937–1978), and chair of the department for 14 years (1947–1961).
Susan Rose Wolf (born 1952) is an American moral philosopher and philosopher of action who is currently the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She taught previously at Johns Hopkins University (1986–2002), the University of Maryland (1981–1986) and Harvard University (1978–1981). [1]