The University of Cambridge was the birthplace of the 'analytical' school of philosophy in the early 20th century. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ...

Today it is still a world-class centre for philosophy. The most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001) gave Cambridge the highest possible score (5*A). The Faculty achieved the best possible results from The Times 2004 and the QAA Subject Review 2001 (24/24).

Philosophers currently at Cambridge

The list includes both current teaching staff and also research-active philosophers who play a significant role in the faculty's intellectual life.

• Arif Ahmed
• Simon Blackburn
• Craig Bourne
• Quassim Cassam
• Clare Chambers
• Fabian Freyenhagen
• Raymond Geuss
• Jane Heal
• Eric James
• Hallvard Lillehammer
• John Marenbon
• Derek Matravers
• Hugh Mellor
• Alex Oliver
• Serena Olsaretti
• Onora O'Neill
• Michael Potter
• Lubomira Radoilska
• Timothy Smiley
• Peter Smith
• Ann Whittle

Simon Blackburn (born 1944) is a British academic philosopher also known for his efforts to popularise philosophy. ... Raymond Geuss, a Reader in the Department of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, is a political philosopher and scholar of 19th and 20th century German philosophy. ... Hugh Mellor (D. H. Mellor) is an Australian-born British philosopher. ... Onora Sylvia ONeill, Baroness ONeill of Bengarve (born 23 August 1941) is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. ...

Past Cambridge Philosophers

There are various philosophers who have been Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy. The Knightbridge Chair was founded in 1683 and is one of the oldest established chairs in the university. The Knightbridge Professorship of Philosophy is the senior professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge. ...

Other famous philosophers who either worked or studied in Cambridge include:

• Desiderius Erasmus
• Francis Bacon
• The Cambridge Platonists, including Ralph Cudworth, Benjamin Whichcote and Henry More
• William Whewell
• John Grote
• Henry Sidgwick
• J. M. E. McTaggart
• Bertrand Russell
• G. E. Moore
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Charlie Dunbar Broad
• Richard Braithwaite
• Frank P. Ramsey
• Georg Henrik von Wright
• John Wisdom
• Elizabeth Anscombe
• Bernard Williams
• Jonathan Bennett
• Ian Hacking
• Tom Baldwin
• Roger Scruton
• Kwame Anthony Appiah
• Alain de Botton

Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... Sir Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans (January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. ... The Cambridge Platonists were a group of divines at Cambridge University in England in the middle of the 17th century (between 1633 and 1688). ... Ralph Cudworth (1617 - June 26, 1688) was an English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists. ... Benjamin Whichcote (1609 - 1683), divine, belonged to a good Shropshire family, and was at Cambridge, where he became Provost of Kings College, of which office he was deprived at the Restoration. ... Henry More. ... William Whewell In later life William Whewell (May 24, 1794 – March 6, 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. ... John Grote (5 May 1813 – 21 August 1866) was an English moral philosopher and Anglican clergyman. ... Henry Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick (May 31, 1838–August 28, 1900) was an English philosopher. ... John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1866-1925) was the leading Hegel scholar in England at the beginning of the 20th Century, and friend and teacher of Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore. ... Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell OM FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician and advocate for social reform. ... George Edward Moore George Edward Moore, also known as G.E. Moore, (November 4, 1873 - October 24, 1958) was a distinguished and hugely influential English philosopher who was educated and taught at the University of Cambridge. ... Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Urdu/Persian: ‎ ) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938) was an Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded as among the greatest in modern times. ... Wittgenstein and Hitler in school photograph taken at the Linz Realschule in 1903. ... Charlie Dunbar Broad (known as C. D. Broad) (30 December 1887 - 11 March 1971) was an English philosopher known for his thorough and objective analysis in works such as Scientific Thought (1930) and Examination of McTaggarts Philosophy (1933). ... Richard Braithwaite or Brathwaite (1588-1673) was an English poet. ... Frank Plumpton Ramsey (February 22, 1903 – January 19, 1930) was a British mathematician who, in addition to mathematics, made significant contributions in philosophy and economics. ... Georg Henrik von Wright (pronounced, roughly, vrikt) (June 14, 1916 – June 16, 2003) was a Finnish philosopher, who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University of Cambridge. ... John Wisdom (1904-1993) was an ordinary language philosopher and philosopher of mind. ... Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (March 18, 1919 - January 5, 2001) (known as Elizabeth Anscombe, published as G. E. M. Anscombe) was a British philosopher and theologian and a pupil of Ludwig Wittgenstein (See also: Analytic philosophy, Wittgensteinian). ... Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (September 21, 1929 – June 10, 2003) was a British philosopher, widely cited as the most important British moral philosopher of his time. ... Jonathan F. Bennett (born 1930, New Zealand) is a British philosopher of language and metaphysics, and a historian of early modern philosophy. ... Ian Hacking, CC (born 1936 in Vancouver) is a philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of science. ... Thomas (Tom) R. Baldwin is a British philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of York. ... Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a British philosopher. ... Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954-) is a philosopher whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. ... Alain de Botton, (born 20 December 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a writer. ...

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