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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For thousands of years, philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists have debated whether language is essential for thought.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
He runs his business by the “humanistic capitalism” he derived from ancient philosophers whose names he casually drops in conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Thus both Aristotelian philosophers and the new scientists produced demonstrations, but they meant radically different things by the word.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
