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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
The greatest minds advanced by transcending themselves, sometimes carrying within them the drama of two philosophers at war.
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Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 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
The audience includes students, alumni, neighbors, staff, historians and educational philosophers, according to Tess.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 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
The audience includes students, alumni, neighbors, staff, historians and educational philosophers, according to Tess.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosophers
practitioners
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The event drew about 1,200 health care practitioners, industry executives, venture capitalists, medical researchers and tech innovators from across the country, as well as Ireland and England, to the Country Music Hall of Fame in downtown Nashville.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Sep. 2025
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Here are some of the less invasive procedures seducing Hollywood, as well as some of their most sought-after practitioners.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Philosophers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosophers. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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