Home›Metaphysics›Era›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryThis dimension places a philosopher in the historical period when they actually worked. Wikipedia notes Kant "is considered one of the central thinkers of the Enlightenment," an era whose values his own writing helped define. Browsing by era sets a philosopher alongside the peers who were writing during the same period.Facts20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested6 BCE 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Greek 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Indian 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Chinese 120th centuryFilter Results14 entriesSchool of PhilosophyAllContinental Philosophy (1)Existentialism (1)Phenomenology (1)Branch of PhilosophyAllEpistemology (1)Ethics (1)Metaphysics (4)Philosophy of Mind (1)TraditionAllAnalytic philosophy; descriptive metaphysics (1)Analytic philosophy; libertarian free will (1)Argentine philosophy, anthropologist and philosopher (1)Continental philosophy (post-structuralism) (1)Continental philosophy; French existentialism (1)Illuminationist philosophy (1)Modal realism; analytic philosophy; metaphysics (1)Philosophy of mind, moral realism (1)NationalityAllFrance (5)Iran (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (2)Influenced ByAllGabriel Marcel (1)In GroupAllContemporary Analytic Philosophy (5)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (7)Other Metaphysical Traditions (2)Birthplace / RegionAllFrance (5)Iran (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 14Ahmad Fardid20th centuryAlain Badiou20th centuryDavid Lewis20th centuryGilles Deleuze20th centuryHossein Ziai20th centuryJean Baudrillard20th centuryJean-Paul Sartre20th centuryJonathan Bennett20th centuryJose Ferrater Mora20th centuryKim Dinh20th centuryP.F. Strawson20th centuryPeter van Inwagen20th centuryRodolfo Kusch20th centuryThomas Nagel20th centurySources1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaMetaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentenceIn ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentenceIn ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentenceAt about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.