philosophers

plural of philosopher

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Recent Examples of philosophers And this is how not poets or artists or philosophers, but rather middle managers brought about the birth of writing. Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025 The audience includes students, alumni, neighbors, staff, historians and educational philosophers, according to Tess. Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025 But at the same time, philosophers tend not to respect scientists enough. 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 But the experts and philosophers of leisure would suggest that a collective mindset shift is also required. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 14 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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