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Allan Ramsay: David Hume
Francis Crick
Hilary Putnam
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Hilary Putnam
Hilary Putnam
American philosopher
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte
French philosopher
Wilhelm Ostwald.
Wilhelm Ostwald
German chemist
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap
German-American philosopher
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Henry Norris Russell
American astronomer
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and educational reformer
Lomonosov, Mikhail
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian author and scientist
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
Anglo-Irish philosopher and writer
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist
John Venn
John Venn
English logician and philosopher
Thomas S. Kuhn
Thomas S. Kuhn
American philosopher and historian
Whewell, plaster cast of bust by Edward Hodges Baily, 1851; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Whewell
British philosopher and historian
William Clifford, portrait replica by John Collier; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Kingdon Clifford
British mathematician and philosopher
J.B.S. Haldane.
J.B.S. Haldane
British geneticist
Charles Bonnet
Charles Bonnet
Swiss philosopher and scientist
Karl Popper
Karl Popper
British philosopher
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Tanabe Hajime
Japanese philosopher