Home›Metaphysics›Nationality›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesNationality groups philosophers by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Immanuel Kant as "a German philosopher," a nationality that placed him within the German university system of his day. This dimension shows which countries produced the philosophers behind a given tradition.FactsUnited StatesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested6 BCE 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Greek 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Indian 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAncient Chinese 1United StatesFilter Results13 entriesBranch of PhilosophyAllEpistemology (2)Ethics (3)Metaphysics (4)Philosophy of Action (1)Philosophy of Education (1)Philosophy of Logic (1)Philosophy of Mind (1)Philosophy of Religion (2)Philosophy of War (1)School of PhilosophyAllTranscendentalism (5)EraAll1799 (1)1803 (1)1810 (2)1817 (1)1855 (1)1891 (1)1915 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1942 (1)1951 (1)1955 (1)Birthplace / RegionAllUnited States (13)Influenced ByAllEmanuel Swedenborg (1)Plato (1)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1)Thomas Carlyle (1)MovementAll19th Century Philosophy (6)Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (4)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (3)In GroupAll19th Century Philosophy (6)Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (4)Contemporary Continental Philosophy (3)TraditionAllAnalytic Philosophy (2)Continental Philosophy (2)German Idealism (1)Idealism (2)Transcendentalism (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13Bronson AlcottUnited StatesFrancisco RomeroUnited StatesHenry David ThoreauUnited StatesIvor LeclercUnited StatesJosiah RoyceUnited StatesKenneth R. WestphalUnited StatesMargaret FullerUnited StatesParvis EmadUnited StatesPeter van InwagenUnited StatesRalph Waldo EmersonUnited StatesRandall DipertUnited StatesTheodore ParkerUnited StatesThomas NagelUnited StatesSources1. 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.