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philosopher

[fi-los-uh-fer] / fɪˈlɒs ə fər /
NOUN
deep thinker
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The secretary’s examples of Western heroism were the Spartans at Thermopylae and the philosopher Socrates, both of whom, he said, illustrate the “Western” willingness to “pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.”

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Its intellectual roots can be traced to Australian philosopher Peter Singer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Many of those texts were works by Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher who lived in Herculaneum roughly a century before Vesuvius erupted.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The term is often linked to the author and philosopher Nick Bostrom, who more than a decade ago defined the idea as an "intellect" that is superior to humans in all forms.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hilary Putnam, perhaps the most influential analytic philosopher of the second half of the twentieth century, published a famous article called “The Meaning of Meaning” in a learned academic volume.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

As AI worries grew, EA philosophers such as MacAskill were "kind of thinking about the future of humanity," said Brian Berkey of the University of Pennsylvania.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Chicago, ACT UP’s Gregg Bordowitz became her mentor and professor, and for three years, Rosales immersed herself in learning, becoming obsessed with Gertrude Stein and philosophers like Gilles Deleuze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The mind-body question that has perplexed philosophers for millennia has acquired added resonance in the digital era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The philosophers are not claiming that such exotic life definitely exists.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Zeno’s logical puzzle baffled Greek philosophers—as well as the philosophers who came after them.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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