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Philip Ellis Wheelwright (July 6, 1901 – January 6, 1970) [1] was an American philosopher, classical scholar and literary theorist.He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of a stockbroker, and died in Santa Barbara, California.
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) [1] was an American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer authored ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983.
David Christopher Kelley (born June 23, 1949) is an American philosopher.He is a professed Objectivist, though his position that Objectivism can be revised and influenced by other schools of thought has prompted disagreements with other Objectivists.
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]
Adrian Margaret Smith Piper [1] (born September 20, 1948) is an American conceptual artist and Kantian philosopher.Her work addresses how and why those involved in more than one discipline may experience professional ostracism, otherness, racial passing, and racism by using various traditional and non-traditional media to provoke self-analysis.
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” 36. “It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.”
Frankfurt was professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University. [2] He previously taught at Ohio State University (1956–1962), SUNY Binghamton (1962–1963), [3] Rockefeller University (from 1963 until the philosophy department was closed in 1976), [4] Yale University (from 1976, where he served as chair of the philosophy department 1978–1987), [5] and then Princeton University ...
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.