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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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
James develops his argument using a "physicalist" framework associated with philosophers such as Daniel Dennett.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 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
Writing in the Guardian, philosophers Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz called this AI-generated “slopaganda” — and argued that it works precisely because the aesthetic presentation bypasses reasoning and hits our emotions directly.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
If the philosophers were right and the habitable earth was a sphere floating on the surface of a larger globe of water, then a map should show the habitable earth as a circle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
