philosopher
noun
a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
philosophers
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pluralof philosopher.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Historians, scholars and philosophers are stepping in to offer some solutions and warnings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
By creating a miniature universe from just 24,000 atoms, researchers have gained a new experimental tool for investigating a question that has challenged physicists and philosophers for centuries: What makes time flow?
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Whether or not robots dream of electric sheep, rapid advances in artificial intelligence have tech leaders and philosophers pondering what constitutes consciousness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Though Enlightenment philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau worked to rehabilitate their reputation, cats would continue to attract public ire through the 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dante, unlike the philosophers, took his geography seriously, but no philosopher could have found his abandonment of the fundamental principle that the universe was made out of spheres entirely satisfactory.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
