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List of the most influential people in Philosophy,

#4901

Joaquim Bellmunt

#114226

Overall Influence

#4902

Tadashi Terada

#114244

Overall Influence

#4903

Gordon David Rubenfeld

#114246

Overall Influence

#4904

Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Quarraisha Abdool Karim

#62904

Overall Influence

1960 - Present (66 years)

Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and co-founder and Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA. She is a Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York and Pro-Vice Chancellor for African Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

#4905

Kireet Joshi

#30573

Overall Influence

1931 - 2014 (83 years)

Kireet Joshi was an Indian philosopher, and disciple of Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa. In 1976, the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, appointed Kireet as Education Advisor to the Government of India. He also served as the Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.

#4906

Bodo‐eckehard Strauer

#114296

Overall Influence

#4907

Lisa Bortolotti

#86265

Overall Influence

1974 - Present (52 years)

Lisa Bortolotti is an Italian philosopher who is currently professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her work is in the philosophy of the cognitive sciences, including philosophy of psychology and philosophy of psychiatry, as well as bioethics and medical ethics. She was educated at the University of Bologna, King's College London, University of Oxford and the Australian National University, and worked briefly at the University of Manchester before beginning at Birmingham, where she has been a lecturer, senior lecturer, reader and...

#4908

Keimpe Algra

#107787

Overall Influence

1959 - Present (67 years)

Keimpe Arnoldus Algra is a Dutch professor of Ancient and Medieval philosophy at Utrecht University. Career Algra was born on 5 April 1959 in Utrecht. He studied classical languages and literature at Utrecht University. In 1985 he became a university lecturer. Three years later he obtained his PhD with a dissertation on Concepts of space in classical and hellenistic greek philosophy. Between 2000 and 2003 he was Academy professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences at Utrecht University. In 2001 he started as professor of Ancient and Medieval philosophy at the same university.

#4909

Jennifer Marie Tetzlaff

#114324

Overall Influence

#4910

Alan P. F. Sell

#47713

Overall Influence

1935 - 2016 (81 years)

Alan Philip Frederick Sell FSA, FRhistS was a minister of the United Reformed Church and was formerly Professor of Christian Doctrine and Philosophy of Religion at the United Theological College, Aberystwyth in Wales. An author in the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics and history he held prominent positions in various ecumenical organizations including the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.

#4911

L. Jonathan Cohen

#68575

Overall Influence

1923 - 2006 (83 years)

Laurence Jonathan Cohen, , was a British philosopher. He was Fellow and Praelector in Philosophy, 1957–90 and Senior Tutor, 1985–90 at The Queen's College, Oxford and British Academy Reader in Humanities, University of Oxford, 1982–84.

#4912

James Eugene Dalen

#114402

Overall Influence

#4913

Jay Loeffler

#63425

Overall Influence

1955 - Present (71 years)

Jay Steven Loeffler was an American physician at Massachusetts General Hospital where he served as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology since 2000. He was the Herman and Joan Suit Professor of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.

#4914

Francesco Tava

#82707

Overall Influence

1984 - Present (42 years)

Francesco Tava is an Italian philosopher and associate professor of philosophy at the University of the West of England. He is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Future Humanities. Tava is known for his works on phenomenology.

#4915

Géza Fodor

#79303

Overall Influence

1943 - 2008 (65 years)

Géza Fodor was a Hungarian art and literary critic, philosopher, and dramaturge. He was one of the founding members of the Katona József Theater in Budapest. He worked at the Institute of Philosophy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1967 and 1973 and at the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University thereafter.

#4916

Padmanee Sharma

#114466

Overall Influence

#4917

Sean McGrath

#99927

Overall Influence

1966 - Present (60 years)

Sean Joseph McGrath is a Canadian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is known for his published work in the history of philosophy and the philosophy of religion. Major single-authored works include The Dark Ground of Spirit: Schelling and the Unconscious , Nature: An Essay in Negative Ecology, and Philosophical Foundations of the Late Schelling: The Turn to the Positive. McGrath was awarded the President's Award for Outstanding Research at Memorial University in 2012. He was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada as Member of the College of New Scholars in 2014.

#4918

Zdzisław Najder

Zdzisław Najder

#9903

Overall Influence

1930 - 2021 (91 years)

Zdzisław Najder was a Polish literary historian, critic, and political activist. He was primarily known for his studies on Joseph Conrad, for his periods of service as political adviser to Lech Wałęsa and Jan Olszewski, and for having served as chief of the Polish-language section of Radio Free Europe.

#4919

Julie Renee Brahmer

#114469

Overall Influence

#4920

Dimitri Ginev

#95959

Overall Influence

1956 - 2021 (65 years)

Dimitri Ginev held the position of Professor of History of Discourses in Cultural Studies at St. Kliment Ohridski University. Ginev specialized in philosophy of science, particularly hermeneutic philosophy of science.

#4921

Anthony Y. H. Lu

#114481

Overall Influence

#4922

Robert M. Freedom

#114485

Overall Influence

#4923

Oded Bar‐or

#114502

Overall Influence

#4924

Pierre Amarenco

#114519

Overall Influence

#4925

Liu Shu-hsien

#99853

Overall Influence

1934 - 2016 (82 years)

Liu Shu-hsien was a Neo-Confucian philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shatin, Hong Kong. Biography Liu Shu-hsien was born in Shanghai, China in 1934. He graduated from the National Taiwan University and received his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. Before joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Liu taught at Tunghai University from 1958 to 1962 and at Southern Illinois University from 1966 to 1981. Liu was invited to join the philosophy Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1974. He formally joined upon his res...

#4926

Marianna Dieterich

#114523

Overall Influence

#4927

William B. Campbell

#114550

Overall Influence

#4928

Daniel J. Diekema

#114573

Overall Influence

#4929

Joanne Faulkner

#100933

Overall Influence

1972 - Present (54 years)

Joanne Faulkner is an Australian writer, philosopher and Future Fellow in Cultural Studies at Macquarie University. Biography Faulkner received her Ph.D. in philosophy from La Trobe University in 2006. Faulkner is married with two children.

#4930

Jeffrey Koplan

#33015

Overall Influence

Jeffrey P. Koplan is an American physician and epidemiologist who is the Vice President for Global Health at Emory University. He established and became the first Director of the Emory Global Health Institute from 2006 to 2013. Koplan was the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1998 to 2002; he had previously worked at the CDC for more than twenty years, looking into HIV-contaminated blood, as well as the Bhopal disaster. During his tenure as Director, he fought syphilis, and supervised the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks; before leaving the agency in M...

#4931

Udo Hoffmann

#114628

Overall Influence

#4932

Tom Hornbein

#20030

Overall Influence

1930 - 2023 (93 years)

Thomas Hornbein was an American mountaineer who made the first ascent of Everest via the west ridge; the Hornbein Couloir on Everest was named in his honour. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hornbein developed an interest in geology as a teenager. His study of geology led to a fascination with mountains. Eventually, he also became interested in medicine; he received his MD in 1956 from Washington University School of Medicine and worked as an anesthesiologist. He also studied human physiological limits and performance at high altitudes. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department ...

#4933

Masatoshi Fujishima

#114670

Overall Influence

#4934

Kurt J. Bloch

#114672

Overall Influence

#4935

William Bill Dobyns

#114679

Overall Influence

#4936

Jean Elizabeth Hampton

#89123

Overall Influence

1954 - 1996 (42 years)

Jean Elizabeth Hampton was an American political philosopher, author of Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition, Political Philosophy, The Authority of Reason, The Intrinsic Worth of Persons and, with Jeffrie G Murphy, Forgiveness and Mercy.

#4937

Mani M. Menon

#114695

Overall Influence

#4938

Michael Saag

#71928

Overall Influence

1955 - Present (71 years)

Michael S. Saag is a physician and prominent HIV/AIDS researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham . He holds the Jim Straley Chair in AIDS Research, is Director of the Division of Infectious Disease and of the William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, and Director of the Center for AIDS Research. He is also the founder of the 1917 Clinic, a comprehensive AIDS treatment and research center at UAB Saag is a frequent lecturer at AIDS conferences around the world and is credited with performing pioneering clinical trials for several antiretroviral drugs now in common use for HIV...

#4939

William Thomas Creasman

#114721

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#4940

Claudio Borghi

#114747

Overall Influence

1955 - Present (71 years)

#4941

Christoph Anton Nienaber

#114778

Overall Influence

#4942

Bonnie Mann

#59980

Overall Influence

Bonnie J. Mann is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Oregon. She is known for her expertise on feminist philosophy. She is co-editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy.

#4943

Sherene Loi

#104095

Overall Influence

Sherene Loi is an Australian oncologist. She is the 2021 winner of the Australian Prime Ministers Prize for Science, in the category of Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year. Loi is Head of Translational Breast Cancer Research, within the Peter Macallum Cancer Centre. Loi's research has advanced understanding into breast cancer, developing and implementing an immune system biomarker. This biomarker will enable improved management for people with advanced cancer. This biomarker is now part of routine pathology reporting across many countries and also is included in the World Health ...

#4944

Gilbert Greub

#114846

Overall Influence

1967 - Present (59 years)

#4945

Francis Robicsek

#114869

Overall Influence

#4946

Kevin Crowston

#114876

Overall Influence

#4947

İhsan Doğramacı

#4138

Overall Influence

1915 - 2010 (95 years)

İhsan Doğramacı was a Turkish paediatrician, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationalist and college administrator of Iraqi Turkmen descent born in today's Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq then Ottoman Empire.

#4948

Vincent Colapietro

#85687

Overall Influence

1950 - Present (76 years)

Vincent Colapietro is a Liberal Arts Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University . His education includes a bachelor's degree from Saint Anselm College, a master's degree from Marquette University and a Ph.D. from Marquette University. While his principal area of historical research is classical American pragmatism , he has wide and varied scholarly interests. They range from such literature, film, and music to semiotics, poststructuralism, and psychoanalysis, from social and political philosophy to philosophical and experimental psychology. He is the...

#4949

Kanu Chatterjee

#114892

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#4950

Dieter F. Hoelzer

#114910

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