philosophers

plural of philosopher

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Recent Examples of philosophers These are the questions that philosophers and readers of House of Leaves relish in exploring. Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025 That’s one reason philosophers can find the act of teaching philosophy to undergraduates so helpful in their own work. Lula Konner, The New York Review of Books, 4 Oct. 2025 Home to some of the greatest artists, composers, writers, and philosophers of recent centuries, Germany is a cradle of history and bastion of contemporary culture, filled with enriching sights to explore and experience on your next journey. AFAR Media, 18 Sep. 2025 In the same way that people look for scientific proof of heaven or of an afterlife, MacDougall asked a question that has occupied philosophers and scientists for millennia. Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025 While some economists defend it as efficient and rational, many people (along with philosophers and politicians), denounce it as making inequality worse and creating unfair power imbalances between consumers and owners. Richard McGahey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Perhaps psychologists and philosophers should prescribe this dazzling and disorienting novel as exposure therapy for both the sick and the well. Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025 Recovering from writing a book about the pre-Socratic philosophers. Teddy Wayne september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosophers
practitioners
Noun
  • Jessica McGawley, a psychologist and mediator, is one of its practitioners.
    Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Underfueling, excessive weight loss, and contraception, such as birth control pills, have been used as tactics to manipulate or even avoid periods during intense seasons of training or competitions, according to practitioners and athletes spoken to for this piece.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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