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John Locke
An oil-on-canvas portrait of John Locke by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1697; in the Hermitage,...
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William James
William James.
Courtesy of the Harvard University News Service
Saul Kripke
American logician and philosopher Saul Kripke.
© Robert P. Matthews, Princeton University
Detail from School of Athens by Raphael
Plato (center left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco...
Art Media—Print Collector/Hulton Fine Art Collection/Getty Images
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas, from the Demidoff Altarpiece, tempera on poplar by Carlo...
Art Collection/Alamy
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery,...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, oil painting by John Michael Wright, c. 1669–70;...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Locke
The philosopher John Locke, oil on canvas by Herman Verelst, 1689; in the National...
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/REX/Shutterstock.com
George Berkeley
George Berkeley, detail of an oil painting by John Smibert, c. 1732; in the National...
Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London
David Hume
Scottish philosopher David Hume, oil on canvas by Allan Ramsay, 1766; in the Scottish...
Fine Art Images—Heritage Images/age fotostock
John Chapman: Immanuel Kant
German philosopher Immanuel Kant surrounded by Ouroboros, an emblematic serpent of ancient...
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John Stuart Mill
British historian, economist, and philosopher John Stuart Mill.
© London Stereoscopic Company—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell, 1960.
Courtesy of the British Broadcasting Corporation, London
Rudolf Carnap
German-born American philosopher Rudolf Carnap, 1960.
Courtesy of the University of California, Los Angeles
Karl Popper
Karl Popper, 1991.
Graziano Arici/age fotostock