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a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience
a philosopher of freedom
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Recent Examples of philosophers
Perhaps psychologists and philosophers should prescribe this dazzling and disorienting novel as exposure therapy for both the sick and the well.
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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
The audience includes students, alumni, neighbors, staff, historians and educational philosophers, according to Tess.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
At a time when most philosophers were confined to their offices or lecturing to shrinking pools of students, Daniel Dennett was extraordinary — a rockstar philosopher with a rockstar beard and, perhaps most uniquely, a deep sense of kindness.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.
—Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Last year, a group of philosophers and computer scientists published a report urging AI companies to start testing their systems for evidence of consciousness and to devise policies for how to treat the systems should this happen.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
In the words of one of the early internet’s greatest philosophers, leave Brittany alone.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
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
The audience includes students, alumni, neighbors, staff, historians and educational philosophers, according to Tess.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
At a time when most philosophers were confined to their offices or lecturing to shrinking pools of students, Daniel Dennett was extraordinary — a rockstar philosopher with a rockstar beard and, perhaps most uniquely, a deep sense of kindness.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.
—Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Last year, a group of philosophers and computer scientists published a report urging AI companies to start testing their systems for evidence of consciousness and to devise policies for how to treat the systems should this happen.
—Mariana Lenharo & Nature Magazine, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
In the words of one of the early internet’s greatest philosophers, leave Brittany alone.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosophers
practitioners
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At stations five and eight, Rita Tupe, an older woman with tattoos on her lips and chin, and Harata Simeon stood with their peers—a group of practitioners of rongoā, traditional Maori healing, who had travelled from New Zealand.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Academics can also study hundreds of cases to draw somewhat generalizable insights whereas practitioners are somewhat condemned to only experience small samples in their professional lives (working at say five or ten employers, at the most).—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Philosophers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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