List of Jewish American philosophers

This is an incomplete list of notable Jewish American philosophers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans. For a list of Jewish philosophers, see Jewish philosophers.

  • Marshall Berman (d. 2013)
  • Max Black, analytic philosopher[1]
  • Allan Bloom
  • Joseph Blau[2]
  • George Boolos[1]
  • Judith Butler[2]
  • Stanley Cavell (d. 2018)[3]
  • Joseph Cropsey
  • Noam Chomsky[3][4]
  • Arthur Danto (d. 2013)[5][6]
  • Hubert Dreyfus (d. 2017)[4][5]
  • Paul Edwards[7]
  • Jerry Fodor
  • Paul Gottfried[6]
  • Douglas Hofstadter
  • Harry Jaffa, political philosopher
  • Saul Kripke
  • Thomas Nagel
  • Judea Pearl
  • Richard Popkin[8]
  • Hilary Putnam
  • Michael Walzer[7]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed.
  2. ^ "Blau, Joseph Leon | FactMonster".
  3. ^ Barsky 2007, p. 10.
  4. ^ Barsky 1997, pp. 9–10; Sperlich 2006, p. 11.
  5. ^ Bayot, Jennifer (16 December 2004). "Groundbreaking art critic Arthur Danto dies at 89". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Carrier, David (6 November 2013). "A Perfect Friendship: Remembering Arthur Danto". artcritical.
  7. ^ "Paul Edwards, Professor and Editor of Philosophy, Dies at 81" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
  8. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Philosophy"

Sources

  • Barsky, Robert F. (1997). Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-02418-1.
  • Barsky, Robert F. (2007). The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-026202624-6 – via Internet Archive.
  • Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-269-0 – via Internet Archive.