List of philosophers (D–H)

Philosophers (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.

D

 * Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
 * Damascius (c. 462–540)
 * Peter Damian (c. 1007–1072)
 * Hubert Damisch (1928–2017)
 * Arthur Danto (1924–2013)
 * Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
 * Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802)
 * David of Dinant (12th century)
 * David the Invincible (late 6th century)
 * Donald Davidson (1917–2003)
 * Angela Davis (born 1944)
 * Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (1426–1502)
 * Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)
 * Bruno de Finetti (1906–1985)
 * Daniel De Leon (1852–1914)
 * Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821)
 * Paul de Man (1919–1983)
 * Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871)
 * Francesco de Sanctis (1817–1883)
 * Guy Debord (1931–1994)
 * Régis Debray (born 1940)
 * Richard Dedekind (1831–1916)
 * Joseph Déjacque (1821–1865)
 * Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)
 * Bernard Delfgaauw (1912–1993)
 * Elijah Delmedigo (1460–1497)
 * Giorgio Del Vecchio (1878–1970)
 * Democritus (460–370 BC)
 * Alain Deneault (born 1970)
 * Daniel Dennett (1942-2024)
 * Denys the Carthusian (or Denys de Leeuwis) (1402–1471)
 * Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
 * René Descartes (1596–1650)
 * Vincent Descombes (born 1943)
 * Robert Desgabets (1610–1678)
 * Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754–1836)
 * Paul Deussen (1845–1919)
 * Alejandro Deustua (1849–1945)
 * John Dewey (1859–1952)
 * Dharmakirti (c. 7th century)
 * Albert Venn Dicey (1835–1922)
 * Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
 * Dietrich of Freiberg (13th century)
 * Joseph Dietzgen (1828–1888)
 * Kenelm Digby (1603–1665)
 * Dignaga (c. 480–c. 540)
 * Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911)
 * Hugo Dingler (1881–1954)
 * Diodorus Cronus (3rd century BC)
 * Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century)
 * Diogenes of Apollonia (c. 460 BC)
 * Diogenes of Babylon (c. 230–c. 150/140 BC)
 * Diogenes of Oenoanda (2nd century)
 * Diogenes the Cynic of Sinope (412–323 BC)
 * Dogen Zenji (or Dōgen Kigen) (1200–1253)
 * Dong Zhongshu (or Tung Chung-shu) (c. 176–c. 104)
 * Herman Dooyeweerd (1894–1977)
 * Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881)
 * Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
 * Fred Dretske (1932–2013)
 * Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch (1867–1941)
 * W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
 * Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818–1896)
 * Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670–1742)
 * Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749)
 * Guillaume du Vair (1556–1621)
 * Curt Ducasse (1881–1969)
 * Pierre Duhem (1861–1916)
 * Eugen Dühring (1833–1921)
 * Michael Dummett (1925–2011)
 * Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987)
 * James Dunbar (1742–1798)
 * Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308)
 * Profiat Duran (or Efodi or Isaac ben Moses Levi) (c. 1349–c. 1414)
 * Simeon ben Zemah Duran (or Rashbaz) (1361–1444)
 * Durandus of St. Pourçain (c. 1275–1334)
 * Will Durant (1885–1981)
 * Émile Durkheim (1858–1917)
 * Enrique Dussel (1934–2023)
 * Andrea Dworkin (1946–2005)
 * Ronald Dworkin (1931–2013)

E

 * Terry Eagleton (born 1943)
 * Jonathan Earle (born 1970)
 * John Earman (born 1942)
 * Johann Augustus Eberhard (1739–1809)
 * Meister Eckhart (1260–1327/8)
 * Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
 * Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944)
 * Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
 * Paul Edwards (1923–2004)
 * Christian von Ehrenfels (1856–1932)
 * Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
 * Mircea Eliade (1907–1986)
 * Elias (6th century)
 * George Eliot (1819–1880)
 * T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
 * Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680)
 * Jon Elster (born 1940)
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
 * Empedocles (490 BC–430 BC)
 * Friedrich Engels (1820–1895)
 * Epicharmus (c. 540–450 BC)
 * Epictetus (AD 55–c. 135)
 * Epicurus (341 BC–270 BC)
 * Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536)
 * Johannes Scotus Eriugena (c. 800–c. 880)
 * Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846–1926)
 * Eudoxus of Cnidus (410/408 BC–355 or 347 BC)
 * Eusebius of Caesarea (264–339)
 * Gareth Evans (1946–1980)

F

 * Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003)
 * Thome H. Fang (1899–1976)
 * Frantz Fanon (1925–1961)
 * Al-Farabi (870–950)
 * Michael Faraday (1791–1867)
 * Michelangelo Fardella (1646–1718)
 * Raimundo de Farias Brito (1862–1917)
 * Austin Marsden Farrer (1904–1968)
 * Fazang (or Fa-Tsang) (643–712)
 * Gustav Fechner (1801–1887)
 * Andrew Feenberg (born 1943)
 * Herbert Feigl (1902–1988)
 * Joel Feinberg (1926–2004)
 * José Pablo Feinmann (1943–2021)
 * Valentin Feldman (1909–1942)
 * Margaret Fell (1614–1702)
 * François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (1651–1715)
 * Feng Youlan (1895–1990)
 * Adam Ferguson (1723–1816)
 * Ann Ferguson (born 1938)
 * Jose Ferrater-Mora (1912–1991)
 * Luigi Ferri (1826–1895)
 * James Frederick Ferrier (1808–1864)
 * Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872)
 * Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)
 * Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814)
 * Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499)
 * Hartry Field (born 1946)
 * Robert Filmer (1588–1653)
 * J. N. Findlay (1903–1987)
 * Eugen Fink (1905–1975)
 * John Finnis (born 1940)
 * Joachim of Fiore (1135–1202)
 * Kuno Fischer (1824–1907)
 * Ronald Fisher (1890–1962)
 * John Fiske (1842–1901)
 * Richard FitzRalph (c. 1300–1360)
 * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961)
 * Pavel Aleksandrovich Florenskii (1882–1937)
 * Georges Florovsky (1893–1979)
 * Robert Fludd (1574–1637)
 * Jerry Fodor (1935–2017)
 * Robert J. Fogelin (1932–2016)
 * Dagfinn Føllesdal (born 1932)
 * Benjamin Fondane (1898–1944)
 * Pedro da Fonseca (1528–1599)
 * Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757)
 * Philippa Foot (1920–2010)
 * David Fordyce (1711–1751)
 * Michel Foucault (1926–1984)
 * Simon Foucher (1644–1696)
 * Alfred Fouillée (1838–1922)
 * Charles Fourier (1772–1837)
 * Francis of Marchia (c. 1290–c. 1344)
 * Francis of Meyronnes (1285–1328)
 * Sebastian Franck (1499–1542)
 * Jerome Frank (1889–1957)
 * Erich Frank (1883–1949)
 * Semën Liudvigovich Frank (1877–1950)
 * William K. Frankena (1908–1994)
 * Harry Gordon Frankfurt (1929–2023)
 * Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
 * Nancy Fraser (born 1947)
 * Michael Frede (1940–2007)
 * Gottlob Frege (1848–1925)
 * Hans Frei (1922–1988)
 * Paulo Freire (1921–1997)
 * Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
 * Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843)
 * Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852)
 * Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
 * Marilyn Frye (born 1941)
 * Fujiwara Seika (1561–1619)
 * Lon L. Fuller (1902–1978)
 * Richard Fumerton (born 1949)
 * Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov (1828–1906)

G

 * Gadadhara Bhattacharya (1604–1709)
 * Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)
 * Muammar Gaddafi (1941–2011)
 * Gaius (110–180)
 * Galen (131–201)
 * Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
 * Pasquale Galluppi (1770–1846)
 * Rafael Gambra Ciudad (1920–2004)
 * Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
 * Gangeśa (fl. c. 1325)
 * Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1887–1964)
 * Christian Garve (1742–1798)
 * Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655)
 * Marcel Gauchet (born 1946)
 * Gaunilo (11th century)
 * Aksapada Gautama (c. 2nd century BC)
 * Siddhartha Gautama (or Buddha) (c. 563–483 BC)
 * David Gauthier (born 1932)
 * John Gay (1685–1732)
 * Peter Geach (1919–2013)
 * Arnold Gehlen (1904–1976)
 * Antonio Genovesi (1712–1769)
 * Ronald Giere
 * Giovanni Gentile (1875–1944)
 * Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945)
 * George of Trebizond (1395–1484)
 * Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187)
 * Gerard of Odo (or Gerald Odonis) (1290–1349)
 * Alexander Gerard (1728–1795)
 * Gerbert of Aurillac (or Pope Silvester II) (c. 950–1003)
 * Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil (1718–1802)
 * Jean Gerson (1363–1429)
 * Gersonides (or Levi ben Gershon) (1288–1344)
 * Edmund Gettier (1927–2021)
 * Arnold Geulincx (1624–1669)
 * Alan Gewirth (1912–2004)
 * Joseph Geyser (1869–1948)
 * Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
 * Allan Gibbard (born 1942)
 * Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
 * Josiah Gibbs (1839–1903)
 * Gilbert of Poitiers (1070–1154)
 * Giles of Rome (c. 1243–1316)
 * Étienne Gilson (1884–1978)
 * Asher Ginsberg (or Ahad Ha'am) (1856–1927)
 * Vincenzo Gioberti (1801–1852)
 * Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680)
 * Jonathan Glover (born 1941)
 * Arthur de Gobineau (1816–1882)
 * Rudolph Goclenius (1547–1628)
 * Kurt Gödel (1906–1978)
 * Godfrey of Fontaines (c. 1250–1309)
 * William Godwin (1756–1836)
 * Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832)
 * Friedrich Gogarten (1887–1968)
 * Alvin Goldman (born 1938)
 * Lucien Goldmann (1913–1970)
 * Gongsun Longzi (c. 300 BC)
 * Nelson Goodman (1906–1998)
 * Gorampa (1429–1489)
 * Gorgias (c. 483–375 BC)
 * André Gorz (1923–2007)
 * Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766)
 * Marie de Gournay (1565–1645)
 * Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601–1658)
 * Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937)
 * Asa Gray (1810–1888)
 * John Gray (born 1948)
 * Hilary Greaves (born 1978)
 * Thomas Hill Green (1836–1882)
 * Pope Gregory I (540–604)
 * Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389)
 * Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–398)
 * Gregory of Rimini (d. 1358)
 * Herbert Paul Grice (1913–1988)
 * James Griffin (1933–2019)
 * Germain Grisez (1929–2018)
 * Robert Grosseteste (1175–1253)
 * Reinhardt Grossmann (1931–2010)
 * John Grote (1813–1866)
 * Hugo Grotius (1583–1645)
 * Adolf Grunbaum (1923–2018)
 * Karl Grün (1817–1887)
 * Boris Grushin (1929–2007)
 * Guan Zhong (or Kuan Tzu or Kwan Chung or Guanzi) (740–645 BC)
 * Félix Guattari (1930–1992)
 * Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967)
 * Guo Xiang (c. 252–312)
 * Edmund Gurney (1847–1888)
 * Aron Gurwitsch (1901–1973)

H

 * Susan Haack (born 1945)
 * Jürgen Habermas (born 1929)
 * Ian Hacking (born 1936)
 * Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
 * Axel Anders Theodor Hagerstrom (1868–1939)
 * Martin Hägglund (born 1976)
 * Yehuda Halevi (c. 1085–1141)
 * Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788)
 * Octave Hamelin (1856–1907)
 * Sir William Hamilton (1788–1856)
 * David Walter Hamlyn (1924–2012)
 * Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004)
 * Agon Hamza (born 1984)
 * Hassan Hanafi (1935–2021)
 * Han Feizi (died 233 BC)
 * Han Yu (768–824)
 * Alastair Hannay (born 1932)
 * Eduard Hanslick (1825–1904)
 * Norwood Russell Hanson (1922–1967)
 * Sandra Harding (born 1935)
 * Michael Hardt (born 1960)
 * R. M. Hare (1919–2002)
 * Gilbert Harman (1938–2021)
 * Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930)
 * James Harrington (1611–1677)
 * Sam Harris (born 1967)
 * William Torrey Harris (1835–1909)
 * H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992)
 * David Hartley (1705–1757)
 * Eduard Von Hartmann (1842–1906)
 * Nicolai Hartmann (1882–1950)
 * Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000)
 * William Harvey (1578–1657)
 * Seiichi Hatano (1877–1950)
 * Hayashi Razan (1583–1657)
 * Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992)
 * William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
 * Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863)
 * G.W.F. Hegel (1770–1831)
 * Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)
 * Karl Heim (1874–1958)
 * Michael Heinrich (born 1957)
 * Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)
 * Virginia Held (born 1929)
 * Ágnes Heller (1929–2019)
 * Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894)
 * Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1614–1698)
 * Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715–1771)
 * Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997)
 * Frans Hemsterhuis (1721–1790)
 * Henricus Regius (1598–1679)
 * Henry of Ghent (c. 1217–1293)
 * Henry of Harclay (1270–1317)
 * Michel Henry (1922–2002)
 * Ronald William Hepburn (1927–2008)
 * Heraclides Ponticus (387–312 BC)
 * Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 535–475 BC)
 * Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776–1841)
 * Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648)
 * Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803)
 * Abraham Cohen de Herrera (or Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abraham Irira), (1562–1635)
 * John Herschel (1792–1871)
 * Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894)
 * Hervaeus Natalis (1250–1323)
 * Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)
 * Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972)
 * Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
 * Moses Hess (1812–1875)
 * Boris M. Hessen (1893–1936)
 * Sergei Iosifovich Hessen (1887–1950)
 * William of Heytesbury (or Hentisberus or Hentisberi or Tisberi), (1313–1373)
 * John Hick (1922–2012)
 * Laurens Perseus Hickok (1798–1888)
 * Hierocles the Stoic (2nd century)
 * David Hilbert (1862–1943)
 * Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
 * Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (1220–1295)
 * Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs (1794–1861)
 * Jaakko Hintikka (1929–2015)
 * Hipparchia of Maroneia (c. 350 BC – c. 280 BC)
 * Hippias (5th century BC)
 * Hippocrates (460–380 BC)
 * Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969)
 * Ho Yen (190–249)
 * Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
 * Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1864–1929)
 * William Ernest Hocking (1873–1966)
 * Shadworth Hodgson (1832–1912)
 * Harald Høffding (1843–1931)
 * Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld (1879–1918)
 * Baron d'Holbach (1723–1789)
 * Robert Holcot (1290–1349)
 * Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843)
 * John Holloway (sociologist) (born 1947)
 * Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935)
 * Edwin Holt (1873–1946)
 * Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782)
 * Homer (c. 700 BC)
 * Richard Hönigswald (1875–1947)
 * Sidney Hook (1902–1989)
 * Brad Hooker (born 1957)
 * Richard Hooker (1554–1600)
 * Max Horkheimer (1895–1973)
 * Jennifer Hornsby (born 1951)
 * Paul Horwich (born 1947)
 * George Howison (1834–1916)
 * Hsi K'ang (223–262)
 * Hsiung Shih-li (1885–1968)
 * Hsu Fu-kuan (1903–1982)
 * Hsu Hsing (c. 300 BC)
 * Hu Hung (or Wu-Feng) (1100–1155)
 * Hu Shih (1891–1962)
 * Huai Nun Tzu (or Liu An) (179–122 BC)
 * Huang Zongxi (or Huang Tsung-hsi) (1610–1695)
 * Pierre Daniel Huet (1630–1721)
 * Friedrich von Hügel (1852–1925)
 * Hugh of St Victor (c. 1078–1141)
 * Hui Shi (4th century BC)
 * Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835)
 * David Hume (1711–1776)
 * Jan Hus (1369–1415)
 * Edmund Husserl (1859–1938)
 * Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746)
 * James Hutton (1726–1797)
 * Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)
 * Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695)
 * Hypatia of Alexandria (370–415)
 * Jean Hyppolite (1907–1968)


 * List of philosophers
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