List of philosophers (R-Z)

Philosophers "(and others important in the history of philosophy)", listed alphabetically:

::"Note: This list has a minimal criteria for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed."

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R

*François Rabelais, (1493-1553)fn|R
*Gustav Radbruch, (1878-1949)fn|R
*Janet Radcliffe Richards, (born 1944)fn|O
*Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, (1888-1975)fn|Ofn|R
*Assi Rahbani, (1923-1986)
*Karl Rahner, (1904-1984)fn|R
*Ramanuja, (1017-1137)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Frank P. Ramsey, (1903-1930)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*
*Ian Thomas Ramsey, (1915-1972)fn|R
*Paul Ramsey, (1913-1988)
*Petrus Ramus, (1515-1572)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S*
*Jacques Rancière, (born 1940)
*Ayn Rand (1905-1982)fn|R
*Hastings Rashdall, (1858-1924)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, (1813-1900)fn|R
*John Rawls, (1921-2002)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*John Ray, (1627-1705)fn|C
*Daniel Raymond
*Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (or "Rhazes"), (865-925)fn|Cfn|R
*Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, (1149-1209)fn|R
*Paul Ree, (1849-1901)fn|O
*Pierre-Sylvain Regis, (1632-1707)fn|R
*August Wilhelm Rehberg fn|S*
*Wilhelm Reich, (1897-1957)fn|O
*Hans Reichenbach, (1891-1953)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Thomas Reid, (1710-1796)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Hermann Samuel Reimarus, (1694-1768)fn|C
*Adolf Reinach, (1883-1917)fn|R
*Karl Leonhard Reinhold, (1757-1823)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Karl Renner, (1870-1950)fn|R
*Charles Bernard Renouvier, (1815-1903)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Nicholas Rescher, (born 1928)fn|O
*Rgyal tshab dar ma rin chen (or "Gyeltsap darma rinchen") (1364-1432)fn|R
*David Ricardo, (1772-1823)
*Richard of Middleton, (c. 1249-1306)fn|R
*Richard of St. Victor, (d. 1173)fn|R
*Richard Rufus of Cornwall (or "Richardus Sophista") (1231-1259)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*I. A. Richards, (1893-1979)
*Radovan Richta, (1924-1983)
*Heinrich Rickert, (1863-1936)fn|S*
*Paul Ricoeur, (1913-2005)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Bernhard Riemann, (1826-1866)
*R.R. Rockingham Gill
*Jacques Rohault, (1617-1672)fn|R
*Erwin Rohde, (1845-1898)
*Francisco Romero (1891-1962)fn|O
*Avital Ronell
*Richard Rorty, (1931-2007)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Vasily Rozanov, (1856-1919)
*Roscelin of Compiègne, (c. 1050-c. 1120)fn|Cfn|R
*Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, (1805-1879)
*Franz Rosenzweig, (1886-1929)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, (1797-1855)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Alf Niels Christian Ross, (1899-1979)fn|R
*William David Ross, (1877-1971)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Gian-Carlo Rota, (1932-1999)
*Jean Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, (1760-1825)
*Joseph Rovan, (1918-2004)
*Josiah Royce, (1865-1916)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, (1763-1845)
*Vasily Rozanov, (1856-1919)fn|R
*Ruan Ji, (210-263)fn|C
*Arnold Ruge, (1802-1880)fn|R
*Michael Ruse, (born 1940)
*Bertrand Russell, (1872-1970)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Jan van Ruysbroek, (1293-1381)
*Gilbert Ryle, (1900-1976)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R

S

*Sa skya pandita (or "Sagya pandita" or "Sagypandita"), (1182-1251)fn|R
*Saadia Gaon, (892-942)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Mulla Hadi Sabzevari, (1797-1873)fn|R
*Mark Sainsbury, (born 1943)fn|O
*Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, (1760-1825)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Émile Saisset, (1814-1863)
*Nathan Salmon, (born 1951)
*Wesley Salmon, (1925-2001)fn|O
*Francisco Sanches, (1551-1623)fn|Cfn|R
*Michael Sandel, (born 1953)fn|O
*George Santayana, (1863-1952)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, (1921-1990)
*Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Crispin Sartwell, (born 1958)
*John Ralston Saul, (born 1947)
*Ferdinand de Saussure, (1857-1913)fn|Cfn|R
*Fernando Savater, (born 1947)
*Friedrich Karl von Savigny, (1779-1861)fn|R
*Julius Caesar Scaliger, (1484-1558)
*Thomas Scanlon, (born 1940)
*Richard Schacht, (born 1941)fn|O
*Max Scheler, (1874-1928)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Friedrich Schelling, (1775-1852)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, (1864-1937)fn|R
*Friedrich Schiller, (1759-1805)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Friedrich Schlegel, (1772 - 1829)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S*
*Hubert Schleichert
*Friedrich Schleiermacher, (1768 - 1834)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Moritz Schlick, (1882-1936)fn|Ofn|R
*Carl Schmitt, (1888-1985)fn|R
*J.B. Schneewind, (born 1930)
*Arthur Schopenhauer, (1788-1860)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Erwin Schrödinger, (1887-1961)fn|C
*Gottlob Ernst Schulze, (1761-1833)fn|C
*Joseph Schumpeter, (1883-1950)fn|R
*Anna Maria van Schurman, (1607-1678)fn|R
*Alfred Schütz, (1899-1959)fn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Albert Schweitzer, (1875-1965)
*Roger Scruton, (born 1944)fn|O
*John Searle, (born 1932)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Charles Secretan, (1815-1895)
*Michal Sedziwój, (1566-1636)
*John Selden, (1584-1654)fn|R
*Roy Wood Sellars, (1880-1973)fn|O
*Wilfrid Sellars, (1912-1989)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Amartya Sen, (born 1933)fn|O
*Seneca the Younger, (c. 4 BC-AD 65)fn|Ofn|R
*Sengzhao, (384-414)fn|R
*Ardeshir Sepahsalar, (born 1971)
*John Sergeant, (1623-1704)fn|R
*Michel Serres, (born 1930)
*Sextus Empiricus, (2nd/3rd century)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, (1671-1713)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Shah Wali Allah (or "Qutb al-Din Ahmad al-Rahim" or "Waliullah"), (1703-1762)fn|R
*Shang Yang (or "Gongsun Yang"), (d. 338 BC)fn|C
*Adi Shankara, (788-820)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Shao Yung, (1011-1077)fn|Cfn|R
*Johannes Sharpe, (ca. 1360-after 1415)fn|S
*Darius Shayegan
*Shen Buhai, (d. 337 BC)fn|C
*Shen Dao (or "Shen Tzu"), (c. 350-275 BC)fn|C
*Lady Mary Shepherd, (1777-1847)fn|C
*Lev Shestov, (1866-1938)fn|R
*Shinran, (1173-1261)fn|R
*Sydney Shoemaker, (born 1931)fn|O
*Gustav Gustavovich Shpet, (1879-1937)fn|Cfn|R
*Shuju
*Henry Sidgwick, (1838-1900)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Sigerus of Brabant, (1240-1284)fn|Cfn|R
*Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Sigwart, (1789-1844)
*Abu Sulayman Muhammad al-Sijistani, (c. 932-c. 1000)fn|R
*Francesco Silvestri (or "Francis Sylvester of Ferrara"), (1474-1528)fn|R
*Georg Simmel, (1858-1918)fn|Cfn|R
*Simon of Faversham, (ca. 1260-1306)fn|S
*Simplicius of Cilicia, (early 6th century)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S*
*Peter Singer, (born 1946)fn|O
*B. F. Skinner, (1904-1990)fn|R
*Thoralf Skolem, (1887-1963)fn|C
*Hryhori Skovoroda, (1722-1794)fn|R
*Peter Sloterdijk, (born 1947)
*J. J. C. Smart, (born 1920)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Adam Smith, (1723-1790)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Huston Smith, (born 1919)
*Joseph Smith, (1805-1844)
*Michael Smith, (born 1954)
*Raymond Smullyan, (born 1919)
*Joseph D. Sneed
*Jan Sniadecki, (1756-1830)
*Scott Soames, (born 1946)
*Elliot Sober
*Socrates, (470 BC-399 BC)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash ibn Amirak al-Sohravardi (or "al-Suhrawardi"), (1154-1191)fn|Ofn|R
*Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger, (1780-1890)
*Joseph Soloveitchik, (1903-1993)fn|Rfn|S*
*Vladimir Solovyov, (1853-1900)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Richard Ruston Kharsedji Sorabji, (born 1934)fn|O
*Georges Sorel, (1847-1922)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*William Ritchie Sorley, (1855-1935)
*Abdolkarim Soroush
*Ernest Sosa, (born 1940)fn|O
*Sosan Hyujong, (1520-1604)fn|R
*Domingo de Soto, (1494-1560)fn|Cfn|R
*Othmar Spann, (1878-1950)
*Herbert Spencer, (1820-1903)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Thomas Spencer Baynes, (1823-1887)
*Oswald Spengler, (1880-1936)
*Speusippus, (410-339 BC)fn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Herbert Spiegelberg, (1904-1990)
*Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Afrikan Spir, (1837-1890)fn|C
*Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, (born 1942)
*Lysander Spooner, (1808-1887)
*Timothy L.S. Sprigge, (born 1932)fn|O
*Edward Stachura, (1937-1979)
*Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, (1766-1817)fn|R
*James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, (1619-1695)fn|R
*Robert Stalnaker, (born 1940)fn|O
*Henry Stanton, (1805-1887)
*Olaf Stapledon, (1886-1950)
*Stanislaw Staszic, (1755-1826)
*L. Susan Stebbing, (1885-1943)
*Edith Stein, (1891-1942)
*Rudolf Steiner, (1861-1925)fn|Cfn|R
*Leslie Stephen, (1832-1904)fn|C
*Charles Leslie Stevenson, (1908-1979)fn|Ofn|R
*Dugald Stewart, (1753-1828)fn|Ofn|R
*Stephen Stich, (born 1944)fn|O
*Edward Stillingfeet, (1635-1699)fn|C
*Stilpo
*James Hutchison Stirling, (1820-1909)
*Max Stirner, (1806-1856)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*George Frederick Stout, (1860-1944)fn|Cfn|O
*David Stove, (1927-1994)
*Strato of Lampsacus, (c. 340-c. 268 BC)fn|Cfn|R
*David Friedrich Strauss, (1808-1874)fn|R
*Leo Strauss, (1899-1973)fn|R
*Galen Strawson, (born 1952)
*P. F. Strawson, (1919-2006)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Barry Stroud, (born 1935)fn|O
*Carl Stumpf, (1848-1936)
*Francisco Suárez, (1548-1617)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*
*Gabrielle Suchon, (1631-1703)fn|R
*Sun Tzu
*Sun Yat-sen, (1866-1925)fn|C
*Sung Hsing (or "Sung Tzu"), (360-290 BC)fn|C
*Henry Suso, (1300-1366)fn|R
*Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688-1772)fn|R
*Richard Swinburne, (born 1934)fn|Cfn|O
*Syrianus fn|S*
*David Sztybel, (born 1967)

T

*Javad Tabatabaei
*Debendranath Tagore, (1817-1905)
*Rabindranath Tagore, (1861-1941)fn|Ofn|R
*Tai Chen (or "Dai Zhen" or "Tai Tung-Yuan"), (1724-1777)fn|Cfn|Efn|R
*Hippolyte Taine, (1828-1893)fn|R
*T'an Ssu-t'ung, (1864-1898)fn|C
*Tanabe Hajime, (1885-1962)fn|Ofn|R
*T'ang Chun-i, (1909-1978)fn|C
*Alfred Tarski, (1901-1983)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*
*Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz, (1886-1980)
*Johannes Tauler, (c. 1300-1361)fn|R
*Nicolaus Taurellus
*Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, (c. 930-1023)fn|R
*Charles Taylor, (born 1931)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Harriet Taylor Mill, (1807-1858)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Richard Taylor, (1919-2003)fn|O
*Gustav Teichmuller (1837-1888)fn|C
*Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, (1881-1955)fn|Cfn|R
*Bernardino Telesio, (1509-1588)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Placide Tempels, (1906-1977)
*William Temple, (1881-1944)fn|R
*Frederick Robert Tennant, (1866-1957)fn|R
*Teresa of Avila, (1515-1582)fn|C
*Tertullian, (c. 160-c. 220)fn|Cfn|R
*Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, (1736-1807)fn|Cfn|R
*Thales, (c. 635 BC-543 BC)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Themistius, (317-387)fn|R
*Theodorus of Cyrene, (c. 465-398 BC)
*Theophrastus, (372-287 BC)fn|Ofn|R
*Helmut Thielicke, (1908-1986)fn|R
*Thierry of Chartres, (fl. c. 1130-1150)fn|R
*Thomas à Kempis, (1380-1471)fn|R
*Thomas of Erfurt, [14th century)fn|S
*Thomas of York, (13th century)fn|R
*Christian Thomasius, (1655-1728)fn|R
*William Thompson, (1775-1833)
*Judith Jarvis Thomson, (born 1929)fn|Cfn|O
*Henry David Thoreau, (1817-1862)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Thrasymachus, (5th century BC)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Thucydides, (c. 460-c. 400 BC)fn|R
*Paul Tillich, (1886-1965)fn|Cfn|R
*Timaeus of Locres, (5th century BC)
*Timon of Phlius, (c. 300 BC)fn|Rfn|S
*Matthew Tindal, (1657-1733)fn|R
*Alexis de Tocqueville, (1805-1859)fn|R
*Tzvetan Todorov, (born 1939)fn|R
*John Toland, (1670-1722)fn|Ofn|R
*Francisco de Toledo, (1515-1584)fn|Cfn|R
*Leo Tolstoy, (1828-1910)fn|R
*Tominaga Nakamoto, (1715-1746)fn|R
*Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
*Ernst Troeltsch, (1865-1923)fn|Cfn|R
*Leon Trotsky, (1879-1940)fn|Ofn|R
*Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, (1651-1708)fn|R
*Je Tsongkhapa (or "Dzongkaba" or "Rinpoche"), (1357-1419)fn|R
*Abraham Tucker, (1705-1774)fn|R
*Benjamin Tucker, (1854-1939)
*Peter Tudvad
*Ernst Tugendhat, (born 1930)fn|O
*Raimo Tuomela, (born 1940)
*Alan Turing, (1912-1954)fn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*George Turnball, (1698-1748)fn|Cfn|R
*Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, (1201-1274)fn|Efn|R
*Kazimierz Twardowski, (1866-1938)fn|Ofn|R
*Michael Tye
*TK Neezar Ahmed

U

*Pietro Ubaldi, (1886-1972)
*Udayana, (11th century)fn|R
*Uddyotakara, (6th century)fn|R
*Uisang, (625-702)fn|R
*Ulrich of Strasbourg, (1220-1277)fn|R
*Hermann Ulrici
*Miguel de Unamuno, (1864-1936)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Peter Unger
*Dimitri Uznadze, (1886-1950)

V

*Hans Vaihinger, (1852-1933)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Valentinius (or "Valentinus"), (c. 100-c. 153)fn|C
*Lorenzo Valla, (1406-1457)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*
*Vallabhacharya, (1479-1531)fn|R
*Bas C. van Fraassen, (born 1941)fn|O
*Peter van Inwagen
*Giulio Cesare Vanini, (1585-1619)fn|C
*Francisco Varela, (1946-2001)
*Vasubandhu, (4th century)fn|Cfn|R
*Vatsyayana, (5th century)fn|R
*Emerich de Vattel, (1714-1767)
*Gianni Vattimo, (born 1936)fn|R
*Vauvenargues, (1715-1747)fn|C
*Gabriel Vazquez, (1549-1604)fn|C
*John Venn, (1834-1923)fn|R
*Henry Babcock Veatch, (1911-1997)
*Nicoletto Vernia, (1442-1499)fn|R
*Giambattista Vico, (1668-1744)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Milan Vidmar, (1885-1962)
*Michel Villey, (1914-1988)fn|R
*Vital Du Four, (1260-1327)fn|R
*Francisco de Vitoria, (1492-1546)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Juan Luís Vives, (1492-1540)fn|Cfn|R
*Gregory Vlastos, (1907-1991)fn|Ofn|R
*Eric Voegelin, (1901-1985)fn|R
*Voltaire, (1694-1778)fn|Ofn|R
*Georg Henrik von Wright, (1916-2003)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Lev Vygotsky, (1896-1934)fn|Ofn|R
*Boris Petrovich Vysheslavtsev, (1877-1954)fn|R

W

*Jean Wahl, (1888-1974)
*Friedrich Waismann, (1896-1959)
*David Walford
*Alfred Russel Wallace, (1823-1913)fn|R
*Michael Walzer, (born 1935)fn|O
*Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, (born 1942)
*Wang Ch'ung, (27-97)fn|Cfn|R
*Wang Fuzhi (or "Wang Fu-Chih" or "Wang Chuanshan"), (1619-1692)fn|Cfn|R
*Hao Wang, (1921-1995)fn|O
*Wang Pi, (226-249)fn|C
*Wang Yangming, (1472-1529)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*James Ward, (1843-1925)fn|C
*Geoffrey J. Warnock, (1923-1996)fn|O
*Mary Warnock, (born 1924)fn|O
*John B. Watson, (1878-1958)fn|O
*Watsuji Tetsuro, (1889-1960)fn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Alan Watts, (1915-1973)
*Max Weber, (1864-1920)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*
*Eric Weil, (1904-1977)
*Simone Weil, (1909-1943)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Ota Weinberger, (born 1919)fn|R
*Otto Weininger, (1880-1903)
*Christian Hermann Weisse
*Victoria, Lady Welby, (1837-1912)
*Felix Weltsch, (1884- 1964)
*Cornel West, (born 1953)
*Edvard Westermarck, (1862-1939)fn|C
*Hermann Weyl, (1885-1955)fn|R
*Frantisek Weyr (or "Franz Weyr"), (1879-1951)fn|R
*William Whewell, (1794-1866)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Benjamin Whichcote, (1609-1683)
*Thomas White, (1593-1676)fn|R
*Alfred North Whitehead, (1861-1947)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*David Wiggins, (born 1933)fn|O
*William of Alnwick, (1270-1333)fn|C
*William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, (1180-1249)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S*
*William of Auxerre, (d. 1231)fn|Cfn|R
*William of Champeaux, (c. 1070-1121)fn|Rfn|S
*William of Conches, (c. 1080 - 1154)fn|R
*William of Moerbeke, (c. 1215-1286)fn|C
*William of Shyreswood (or "William of Sherwood"), (1190-1249)fn|Cfn|R
*Bernard Williams, (1929-2003)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Timothy Williamson, (born 1955)
*John Cook Wilson, (1849-1915)fn|C
*Peter Winch, (1926-1997)fn|O
*Wilhelm Windelband, (1848-1915)fn|Cfn|S*
*Kwasi Wiredu, (born 1931)
*John Wisdom, (1904-1993)fn|O
*John Witherspoon, (1723-1794)fn|R
*Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, (1885-1939)
*Ludwig Wittgenstein, (1889-1951)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Adam de Wodeham, (1298-1358)fn|Cfn|R
*Christian Wolff, (1679-1754)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*William Wollaston, (1659-1724)fn|Cfn|R
*Richard Wollheim, (1923-2003)fn|O
*Mary Wollstonecraft, (1759-1797)fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Nicholas Wolterstorff, (born 1932)
*Wonchuk, (613-696)fn|R
*Wonhyo Daisa, (617-686)fn|R
*Woo Tsin-hang (or "Chih-hui"}, (1865-1953)
*Chauncey Wright, (1830-1875)fn|Cfn|Ofn|S
*Crispin Wright, (born 1942)fn|O
*Dorothy Maud Wrinch, (1894-1976)
*Jerzy Wroblewski, (1926-1990)fn|R
*Wilhelm Wundt, (1832-1920)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S*
*John Wyclif, (c. 1330-1384)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S

X

*Xenocrates, (396-314 BC)fn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Xenophanes of Colophon, (570-480 BC)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S
*Xenophon, (427-355 BC)fn|Cfn|R
*Xun Zi (or "Hsun Tzu"), (c. 310-237 BC)fn|Cfn|Ofn|Rfn|S*

Y

*Yajnavalkya, (c. 1800 BC)
*Yang Chu, (370-319 BC)fn|Cfn|R
*Yang Xiong ("or Yang Hsiung") (53 BC-AD 18)fn|Cfn|R
*Yen Yuan (1635-1704)fn|C
*Yi Hwang (or "Toegye") (1501-1570)fn|R
*Yi I (or "Yi Yulgok" or "Yi Yi") (1536-1584)fn|R
*Yi Kan (1677-1727)fn|R
*Francis Parker Yockey, (1917-1960)
*Arthur M. Young, (1905-1995)

Z

*Jacopo Zabarella, (1533-1589)fn|Cfn|Rfn|S
*Peter Wessel Zapffe, (1899-1990)
*Zeami Motokiyo, (c.1363–c.1443)fn|R
*Eduard Zeller, (1814-1908)
*Zeno of Citium, (333 BC-264 BC)fn|Ofn|R
*Zeno of Elea, (circa 495 BC-circa 430 BC)fn|Ofn|R
*Zeno of Sidon, (1st century BC)
*Zeno of Tarsus
*Ernst Zermelo, (1871-1953)fn|R
*Philip Zhai
*Zhiyi (538-597)fn|R
*Zhou Guoping
*Zhu Xi (or "Chu Hsi"), (1130-1200))fn|Cfn|Ofn|R
*Zhuang Zi (or "Chuang Tzu" or "Chuang Chou"), (circa 300 BC)fn|Cfn|Ofn|S
*Slavoj Žižek, (1949-)
*Florian Znaniecki, (1882-1958)
*Zongmi (780-841)fn|R
*Zou Yan, (3rd century BC)fn|C
*Xavier Zubiri, (1889-1983)

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Notes

* - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in "The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, (Second Edition)". Cambridge University Press; 1999. ISBN 0-521-63722-8

* - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the "Encyclopedia of Philosophy" (Second Edition). Martin Gale; 2006. ISBN 0-02-865780-2

* - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in "The Oxford Companion to Philosophy". Oxford University Press; 1995. ISBN 0-19-866132-0

* - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in the "Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy". Routledge; 1998. ISBN 978-0415073103

* - This person is featured in the peer-reviewed online "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy". Subjects with an asterisk have an article solicited about them, but not yet published at the encyclopedia (as of 2-22-2006).