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Born February 24, 1909 • Baku • Russian Empire
Died August 27, 1988 (aged 79) • Ithaca • New York
Subjects Of Study Ludwig Wittgenstein • mathematics
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
German-American philosopher
Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege
German mathematician and philosopher
Noam Chomsky wearing glasses and a dark sweater, looking slightly to the side during an interview.
Noam Chomsky
American linguist
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George Herbert Mead
American philosopher
Saul Kripke
Saul Kripke
American logician and philosopher
John Locke
John Locke
English philosopher
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Engraved portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz with long curly hair, wearing a buttoned coat and cravat, facing forward.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
German philosopher and mathematician
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert.
Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
French mathematician and philosopher
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and educational reformer
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Lorenzo Valla
Italian humanist
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Stanisław Leśniewski
Polish logician and mathematician
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
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Marin Mersenne
French mathematician

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