In what century did Gilbert Ryle live?
20th Click to see the answer
In which year did Karl Marx die?
1883
What year saw the birth of Plato?
427BC
Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in which year?
1889
Complete the title of a famous work by Simone de Beauvoir 'The Second…'?
Sex
Mao Zedong stated which philosopher was 'the Philosopher of the people'?
Mozi
What year marked the birth of Aristotle?
384BC Click to see the answer
In what year did Gilles Deleuze write 'What is Philosophy?'?
1991
In what year did Al-Ghazali die?
111
In what year was Benedictus Spinoza born?
1632
In what year was Confucius born?
551BC
What year saw the birth of Immanuel Kant?
1724
John Langshaw Austin famously wrote 'How to do things wit ____'?
Words
In what year did Friedrich Nietzsche die?
1900
What nationality was Thomas Aquinas?
13th
Francis Bacon published his seminal work Novum Organum in which year?
1620 Click to see the answer
In what century did the Philosopher Plotinus live?
3rd
In what century did Karl Popper live?
20th
When did Simone de Beauvoir release The Second Sex?
1949
Willard Van Orman Quine was from which country?
USA
Where was Ludwig Wittgenstein held as a POW in the first World War?
Italy
Complete the Bertrand Russell quote 'War doe not determine who is right - only who is ___'?
Left
What year did Edmund Burke die?
1790
In what year did Jean Paul Sartre refuse the Nobel Prize for Literature?
1964
What year saw the birth of Karl Marx?
1818
What year saw the death of Niccolo Machiavelli?
1527
Sun Yat Sen stated which philosopher was 'the Philosopher of the people'?
Mozi
Friedrich Nietzsche was born in what decade?
1840s Click to see the answer
Plotinus was a philosopher from which country?
Egypt
What century did David Hume live and work?
18th
What year saw the birth of John Locke?
1632
In what century was Bulgarian philosopher Julia Kristeva born?
20th
Complete the title of a famous work by Theodo Adorno 'Philosophy of Modern…'?
Music
Noam Chomksy was born in which year?
1928
In what year was Erasmus born?
1466
Complete the famous quote attributed to Peter Strawson 'the Present King of France is…'?
Bald
Which philosopher opposed Confucian concern with ritual and emphasized self-knowledge?
Mozi
Thomas Aquinas was born in which year?
1225
In which year was Bertrand Russell awarded the Nobel prize?
1950
In what century did Mozi live?
5BC
What decade saw the birth of Karl Jaspers and Ernst Bloch?
1880s
In what century did Soren Kierkegaard live and die?
19th
In what year was In Praise of Folly by Erasmus published?
1509 Click to see the answer
In what century did John Stuart Mill live and die?
19th
In what year was Rene Descartes born?
1596
When did Michel Foucault die?
1984
What year saw the birth of Arne Naess?
1912
Pierre Abelard was born in what year?
1079
What does the J stand for in the name of JS Mill?
John
What century did Siddharta Gautama live?
6BC
John Rawls was born in which country?
USA
In which year was George Santayana born?
1863
Richard Rorty was born in which country?
USA
Karl Popper wrote 'The Self and it's _____'?
Brain
In what year did English Philosopher Peter Strawson die?
2006
Saul Kripke was born in what year?
1940
Which country was home to Han Feizi?
China
What year saw the birth of Jeremy Bentham?
1748
Which of these philosophers was born first?
Mozi
During which century did the English Philosopher John Langshaw Austin?
20th
in what century did Lao Tzu live?
6BV Click to see the answer
In what year was Simone de Beauboir born?
1908
Jacques Derrida passed away in which year?
2004
In what year was Francis Bacon born?
1561
In what year did Anselm publish 'Proslogion'?
1078
The Way of the Truth is the first section in 'On Nature' by which philosopher?
Parmenides
Which is the correct title of the most famous work by Bertrand Russell?
The History of Western Philosophy
Which of these is the title of a famous work by Jean Paul Sarte?
Nausea
Whose masterwork is entitled 'Ethics'?
Benedictus Spinoza
Meditations of Don Quixote is a work by which Spanish Philosopher?
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Which philosopher carried out the 1945 lecture 'Existentialism is a Humanism'?
Jean Paul Sarte
Metaphysics and On The Soul are works by which philosopher?
Aristotle
On The Eternal in Man and Mans Place in Nature are works who which philosopher?
Max Scheler
Which philosopher is associated with the quote 'I Think Therefore I Am'?
Rene Descartes
Mozi was a philosopher from which country?
China
Which of the following produced the masterpiece Proslogion?
Anselm of Canterbury
Pythagoras was a philosopher from which country?
Greece
Which Jewish philosopher Feld from Austria in 1937 to New Zealand?
Karl Popper
Being and Nothingness is a famous work by which philosopher?
Jean Paul Sarte
Plato was born in which country?
Greece
John Stuart Mill was the godfather of which philosopher?
Bertrand Russell
Which philosopher lived to the age of 91?
Thomas Hobbes
What does the S stand for in the name of JS Mill?
Stuart
Heraclitus was a philosopher from which country?
Greece
Truth and Method is the major work of which philosopher?
Hans-Georg Gadamer
What nationality was Immanuel Kant?
German Click to see the answer
From which country did Erasmus hail?
Holland
Complete the famous Pythagoras quote…'All things are…'?
Numbers
In which country was Aristotle born?
Greece
Which is regarded as the founder of Chinese philosophy?
Lao Tzu
Gilbert Ryle was born in which country?
England
What nationality was Auguste Comte?
French Click to see the answer
Complete the name of the famous work by John Rawls 'A Theory of….'?
Justice
Jose Oretga Y Gasset was born in which country?
Spain
What was the name of Siddhartha's Gautama's first son?
Rahula
Complete the famous Jean Paul Sarte quote 'Hell is Other….'?
People
What nationality was philosopher Titus Brandsma?
Dutch
What nationality was the philosopher Martin Heidegger?
German
What completes the title of a landmark Michel Foucault work 'The Order of….'?
Things
Which of these was a pupil of Socrates?
Plato
Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini in what modern day country?
Nepal Click to see the answer
What nationality was philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche?
German
What nationality was philosopher Ramon Llull?
Spain
What nationality was Rene Descartes?
French
Incoherence of the Incoherence' is a famous work by whom?
Averros
Thales of Miletus was born in which country?
Greece
Ernst Bloch and Karl Jaspers hailed from which country?
Germany
What nationality was Miguel de Unamuno?
Spanish
Where did Aristotle set up his Lyceum school?
Athens
Karl Popper hailed from which country?
Austria
Rudolf Carnap was born in which country?
Germany
John Stuart Mill came from which country?
England
Dao De Jing is a work by which famous philosopher?
Lao Tzu Click to see the answer
Which of the following Philosopher was not from China?
Erasmus
In which country was Anslem of Canterbury born?
Italy
What was the first name of the famous philosopher Machiavelli?
Niccolo
Which country was home to Niccolo Machiavelli?
Italy
Arne Naess is a philosopher from which country?
Norway
Peter Strawons hails from which country?
England
The Book of Virtue and The Book of the Way are works by which philosopher?
Lao Tzu
Francisco Suarez hailed from which country?
Spain
Hans-Georg Gadamer famously wrote the work 'Truth and _____'?
Method
Republic and Apology were major works of which philosopher?
Plato
What was the middle name of American philosopher Charles Peirce?
Sanders
What was the middle name of Karl Popper?
Raimund
Alfred North Whitehead stated philosophy was 'a series of footnotess to..'?
Plato
Michel de Montaigne hails from which country?
France
From which country does Jurgen Habermas hail?
Germany Click to see the answer
What nationality was Jacques Derrida?
French
What nationality was Karl Marx?
German
Who is considered the last of the great philosophers of Islams Golden Era?
Averros
In what country was Confucius born?
China
What nationality was Edmund Burke?
Irish
Which composer heavily influenced the work of Friedrich Nietzsche?
Wagner
Which of the following philosophers was a keeper of the archives of the Impartial Library of the Zhou Dynasty?
Lao Tzu
George Santayana was born in which country?
Spain
Zeno of Elea was a philosopher from which country?
Greece
Complete the name of a famous philosopher '_____ of Ockham'?
William
Simone de Beauvoir was born in which country?
France
In which country was Averros born?
Spain
Whose early dialogues feature Socrates as the main protagonist?
Plato
What was the first name of 'I Think…' philosopher Descartes?
Rene
In what year was Socrates born?
469 BC
Edmund Husserl was born in which country?
Germany
Which philosopher was tutor to Prince Dionysius?
Plato
Francis Bacon came from which country?
England Click to see the answer
From what country does the philosopher Alfred Ayer come from?
England
Francisco de Vitoria was from which country?
Spain
Soren Kierkegaard hailed from which country?
Denmark
Lao Tzu hailed from which country?
China
Which philosopher has a name meaning 'Old Master'?
Lao Tzu
In which city was Socrates born?
Athens
Socrates hailed from which country?
Greece
Nicholas of Cusa came from which country?
Germany
The Social Contract was a major work by whom?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Achilles and the Tortoise is the best known of the famous paradoxes by which philosopher?
Zeno of Elea
What age was Saul Kripke when he published his first papers on modal logic?
19
Which Philosopher coined the term 'semiotic'?
Julia Kristeva
Which Philosopher wrote The Archaeology of Knowledge?
Michel Foucault
Who became the Chair of Notre Dame, aged just 34?
Pierre Abelard
Complete the name of the philosopher. Karl _____.
Marx
Treatise on the World is a major work by whom?
Rene Descartes
On Learned Ignorance is a 1440 work by which philosopher?
Nicholas of Cusa
Which of the following philosophers founded the 'analytic tradition'?
Gottlob Frege
Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a major work by which philosopher?
John Locke
Which of these is considered a founder of Stoicism?
Zeno of Citium
Naming and Necessity is a key work by which philosopher?
Saul Kripke
The Life of Don Quixote and Sancho is a work by which philosophers?
Miguel de Unamuno
Either/Or is a major work by which philosopher?
Soren Kierkegaard
Which philosophers works included 'The Concept of Mind' and 'Plato's Progress'?
Gilbert Ryle
Which philosopher was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize?
Bertrand Russell
Which Philosopher and Nazi Sympathiser was Rector of Freiburg University?
Martin Heidegger
Who was the father of the official philosophy of the Han Dynasty?
Confucius
Invertebrate Spain and The Result of the Masses are works by which philosopher?
Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Louis Althusser hails from which country?
France
Fill in the blank in the title of this famous work by Jean Paul Sarte 'The ____ of the family'?
Idiot
John Langshaw Austin famously wrote 'How to do things with ____'?
Words
Which of these was a member of the Vienna Circle?
Willard Van Orman Quine
Which German philosopher wrote 'Meaning and necessity'?
Rudolf Carnap
What nationality is Saul Kripke?
American Click to see the answer
Which of these philosopher was accused of treason and executed in 523?
Boethius
Which philosopher was born in 280BC in China?
Han Feizi
Which philosopher is often considered the last of the Roman philosopher?
Boethius
Wu-Wei is a notion associated with which philosopher?
Lao Tzu
Which philosopher is attributed with the quote 'All things are numbers'?
Pythagoras
What nationality was Theodor Adorno?
German Click to see the answer
Which of the following philosophers served Ostrogoth King of Italy?
Boethius
What nationality was the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein?
Austrian
Which of these philosopher has a crater on the moon named after them?
Avicenna
Who was sent to Athens aged 17 to study at Plato's Academy?
Aristotle
Consolation of Philosophy' is a work by which influential philosopher?
Boethius
Which philosopher was born in 570bc in Greece?
Pythagoras
Which of the following was heavily influenced by Jeremy Bentham?
JS Mill
David Hume hailed from which country?
Scotland
Which of the following philosophers is most associated with Utilitarianism?
JS Mill Click to see the answer
Which philosopher is attributed with the quote 'Every Realm of nature is Marvellous'?
Aristotle
Which philosopher acted as a tutor to Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
In Praise of Folly (1509) is a work by whom?
Erasmus
Which philosopher was brought up in the Chinese province of Lu?
Confucius
Fill in the blank in the title of a famous Jean Paul Sartre lecture 'Existenalism is a …'?
Humanism
Which philosopher is regarded as the father of Daoism?
Lao Tzu
Which philosopher was born in 384 BC in Greece?
Aristotle
Who is often considered the first of the Scholastic Philosophers?
Boethius
Siddharta Gautama was the founder of which religion?
Buddhism
What nationality was philosopher William James?
American
What nationality is philosopher Julia Kristeva?
Bulgarian
Which philosophers father was physician to King Phillip of Macedon?
Aristotle Click to see the answer
The Book of Healing and Canon of Medicine were works by which medical philosopher?
Avicenna
John Duns Scotus was from which country?
Scotland
The Analects are a work by which philosopher?
Confucius
What nationality is Noam Chomsky?
American
Which philosopher was born in the Greek island of Samos?
Pythagoras
Peter Singer comes from which country?
Australian
Complete the title of a landmark work by philosopher Noam Chomsky 'Sytactic…'?
Structures
Who is considered the most important figure of new Humanism?
Erasmus
Which philosopher established the Lyceum school?
Aristotle
Which philosopher wrote Virtuous City?
Al-Farabi
Which philosophers birthplace is Stageira, Greece?
Aristotle
In which city did Niccolo Machiavelli spend his life?
Florence
Which of the following was born in Italy?
Boethius
The Subjection of Women' is a work by which artist?
JS Mill
Which philosopher has the first name Anicus Manilus Severinus?
Boethius Click to see the answer
Which of these founded the school of Legalism?
Han Feizi
Which of these philosophers did now writing of his own?
Socrates
Han Feizi founded which school of philosophy?
Legalism
Which philosopher is believed to have been born in modern day Kazakhstan?
Al-Farabi
What was Mozi's trade?
Engineer
Which of these philosophers was involved in the 'Kalam argument'?
Avicenna
Which of these was a leading figure in 'Oxford Philosophy'?
John Langshaw Austin
The Will to Believe (1897) was an early work by whom?
William James
Language, Truth and Logic (1936) is a famous work by…..?
Alfred Ayer
Which philosopher was exiled from Spain for opposing the dictatorship of Primo De Rivera?
Miguel de Unamuno
Tractus is the title of the early major work by which philosopher?
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Which philosopher had the nickname 'The Subtle Doctor'?
John Duns Scotus
Which of the following philosophers spent their entire career at Harvard?
William James
Which of these philosopher is commonly called 'The Sceptic'?
Pyrrho of Elis
Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma was the first major sermon of whom?
Siddhartha Gautama
Which philosopher is associated with the quote 'War does not determine who is right…only who is left'?
Bertrand Russell
Which of these philosophers served as a naval intelligence officer in World Ware Two?
Willard Van Orman Quine
Which of these was the head of the prestigious Nizamiyyah school in Baghdad?
Al-Ghazali
Complete the title of Michel Foucaults first major work 'Madness and…'?
Civilization
Which of the following was considered a founder of the Scholastic movement?
Francisco de Vitoria
The Birth of Tragedy is a work by which philosopher?
Friedrich Nietzsche
The philosopher Augustine of Hippo was based on what continent?
Africa
His student Porphyry wrote a biography entitled 'Enneads' about whom?
Plotinus
Which of the following studied at the Frankfurt Institute under Adorno and Horkheimer?
Jurgen Habermas
How To Do Things With Words (1962) is a work by which philosopher?
John Langshaw Austin