philosophers
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For thousands of years, philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists have debated whether language is essential for thought.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The philosophers are not claiming that such exotic life definitely exists.
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
These world-historical individuals were “practical, political men” of action, not philosophers.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Scholastic philosophers had fertile imaginations and had often imagined looking at the Earth from far away, even from the stars; but they had not imagined that the Earth would shine like the brightest stars.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
