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Philosophical Concept Misuse and Social Structure Problem Discussion Stagnation

Click on philosophers to see common misuses, correct understanding, and their impact on society

Ancient

Socrates
(469-399 BCE)
Knowledge of ignorance, inquiry through dialogue
Plato
(427-347 BCE)
Theory of Forms, immortality of soul, philosopher-kings
Aristotle
(384-322 BCE)
Realism, metaphysics, logic

Medieval

Augustine
(354-430)
Fusion of Christian theology and Platonic philosophy
Thomas Aquinas
(1225-1274)
Integration of Aristotelian philosophy and theology

Early Modern

René Descartes
(1596-1650)
Rationalism, methodical doubt
John Locke
(1632-1704)
Empiricism, social contract theory, natural rights
David Hume
(1711-1776)
Empiricism, skepticism, critique of causality
Immanuel Kant
(1724-1804)
Critical philosophy, moral law

Modern

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
(1770-1831)
Dialectics, absolute spirit, philosophy of history
Søren Kierkegaard
(1813-1855)
Existentialism, absurd, leap of faith
Karl Marx
(1818-1883)
Historical materialism, critique of capitalism
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900)
Critique of nihilism, Übermensch concept

Contemporary

Edmund Husserl
(1859-1938)
Phenomenology, intentionality of consciousness
Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970)
Analytic philosophy, logical atomism
Karl Barth
(1886-1968)
Dialectical theology, divine transcendence
Martin Heidegger
(1889-1976)
Ontology, analysis of Dasein
Ludwig Wittgenstein
(1889-1951)
Philosophy of language, language games
Willard Van Orman Quine
(1908-2000)
Indeterminacy of meaning, critique of reductionism
Jean-Paul Sartre
(1905-1980)
Existentialism, existence precedes essence
Michel Foucault
(1926-1984)
Theory of power, relationship between knowledge and power

Late Contemporary

John Rawls
(1921-2002)
Political philosophy, theory of justice
Jacques Derrida
(1930-2004)
Deconstruction, indeterminacy of meaning
Judith Butler
(1956-)
Gender theory, performativity
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