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L. T. F. Gamut (collective pseudonym used by a group of Dutch logicians, fl. 1980s–1990s) Robin Gandy (UK, 1919–1995) Sol Garfunkel (US, born 1943) Garlandus Compotista (France, c. 11th century) Akṣapāda Gautama, author of Nyāya Sūtras and founder of Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy (India, c. 6th century BC to 2nd century CE)
This is a list of lists of philosophers, organized by subarea, nationality, religion, and time period. ... List of logicians; List of metaphysicians;
Alfred Tarski (/ ˈ t ɑːr s k i /, born Alfred Teitelbaum; [1] [2] [3] January 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983) was a Polish-American [4] logician and mathematician. [5] A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.
Tarski, the most prominent member of the Lwów–Warsaw School, has been ranked as one of the four greatest logicians of all time, along with Aristotle, Gottlob Frege, and Kurt Gödel. [12] [13] [14] The school's work was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. [10]
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The Age of Enlightenment was a broad philosophical movement in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The traditional theological-political system that placed Scripture at the center, with religious authorities and monarchies claiming and enforcing their power by divine right, was challenged and overturned in the realm of ideas.
Believed that all was made of water. Pherecydes of Syros (c. 620 – c. 550 BC). Cosmologist. Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610 – 546 BC). Of the Milesian school. Famous for the concept of Apeiron, or "the boundless". Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585 – 525 BC). Of the Milesian school. Believed that all was made of air. Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580 ...