20th-century philosophy From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 20th-century philosophy covers thinkers who wrote and produced ideas in philosophy during the twentieth century. New ways of thinking about problems were put forward following the success of science and advances in mathematics and other areas of study.

20th-century philosophers ‎ (5 C, 87 P) A Analytic philosophy ‎ (11 C, 63 P) C Continental philosophy ‎ (18 C, 68 P) D Deconstruction ‎ (3 C, 68 P) E Existentialism ‎ (7 C, 11 P) F Frankfurt School ‎ (6 C, 46 P) H Hauntology ‎ (1 C, 10 P) Humanism ‎ (12 C, 87 P) L Liberalism ‎ (22 C, 103 P) Linguistic turn ‎ (6 C, 21 P)

20th-century philosophers by nationality‎ (64 C) H. 20th-century Hindu philosophers and theologians‎ (109 P) P. Pataphysicians‎ (27 P) Phenomenologists‎ (1 C, 234 P) S. Soviet philosophers‎ (1 C, 58 P) Pages in category "20th-century philosophers"

Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically: Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed. A. Elisa Aaltola (born 1976) Richard Aaron ...

20th-century philosophy saw the development of a number of new philosophical schools—including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, phenomenology, existentialism, and poststructuralism. In terms of the eras of philosophy, it is usually labelled as contemporary philosophy (succeeding modern philosophy, which runs roughly from the time of René …

With classical certainties thought to be overthrown, and new social, economic, scientific, ethical, and logical problems, 20th-century philosophy was set for a series of attempts variously to reform, preserve, alter, abolish, previously conceived limits. New studies in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, and epistemology furthered seemingly antagonistic tendencies in …

The main article for this category is 20th-century philosophy. 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; 25th; Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. ' 'Pataphysics‎ (2 C, 11 P) 0–9. 20th-century philosophers‎ (5 C, 85 P) A.

In the 20th century, prominent existentialist thinkers included Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Karl Jaspers, Gabriel Marcel, and Paul Tillich . Many existentialists considered traditional systematic or academic philosophies, in style and content, to be too abstract and removed from concrete human experience.