Thesaurus:philosopher

Thesaurus:philosopher

THESAURUS

philosopher

English

Synonyms

• philosopher

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

By specialty

• ontologist
• metaphysician
• logician
• epistemologist
• ethicist
• aesthetician

By persuasion

• empiricist
• rationalist
• monist
• dualist
• pluralist
• realist
• idealist
• materialist
• existentialist
• nihilist

By affiliation

• Aristotelian
• Platonist
• Kantian
• Kuhnian
• Marxist
• Platonist
• Popperian
• Spinozist

Various

Related concepts for people

• scholar
• thinker
• reasoner
• arguer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rhetorician
• sophist
• scientist    [⇒ thesaurus]
• author
• writer    [⇒ thesaurus]

Other related concepts

• philosophy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• reason
• abstraction
• generality

See also

• Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 492. Scholar
• Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/62 § philosopher
• Appendix:Glossary of philosophical isms

Further reading

• “philosopher” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "philosopher" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
• Lists of philosophers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia