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philosopher

[fi-los-uh-fer] / fɪˈlɒs ə fər /
NOUN
deep thinker
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Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

On July 21, 2026, Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher working at Ghent University in Belgium, wrote a Substack post detailing how he submitted Arday’s 2015 dissertation to Copyleaks, a plagiarism detection platform.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

One is about the dog that accompanied—and inspired—the Cynic philosopher Diogenes; another centers on the canine companion of a Buddhist monk.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Writing during Anna Hazare's anti-corruption fast in 2011, political philosopher Pratap Bhanu Mehta argued , externalthat such protests can become "deeply coercive".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

Although there was a service led by the village philosopher, Ash did not hear a word of it.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

However, it has not solved what philosophers call the "hard problem" of consciousness.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

A central concept in the paper is what philosophers call "substrate flexibility."

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.

From Slate May 15, 2026

Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

The question of “likeness” had preoccupied scientists and philosophers for centuries.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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