Home›Philosophy of Science›Birthplace / RegionBrowse ByBirthplace / RegionBirthplace region names the specific place a philosopher was actually born. Wikipedia notes Immanuel Kant was "born in Konigsberg in the Kingdom of Prussia," a city he famously never left for the rest of his life. This dimension shows which regions have produced the thinkers behind a given school of thought.FactsBirthplace / RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested20 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedGerman 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAustrian 1Birthplace / RegionFilter Results21 entriesBranch of PhilosophyAllBioethics (2)Epistemology (5)Ethics (1)Feminist Philosophy (1)Logic (4)Metaphysics (5)Philosophy of Biology (4)Philosophy of Law (1)Philosophy of Mathematics (3)Philosophy of Medicine (3)Philosophy of Mind (2)Philosophy of Physics (4)Philosophy of Science (16)Political Philosophy (2)School of PhilosophyAllGerman Idealism (1)Logical Positivism (1)EraAll1168 (1)1220 (1)1561 (1)1585 (1)1703 (1)1749 (1)1852 (1)1861 (1)1877 (1)1882 (2)1887 (1)1890 (1)1891 (1)1892 (1)1902 (3)1904 (1)1905 (1)1919 (2)1922 (2)1923 (2)1924 (1)1925 (1)1930 (1)1935 (1)1936 (2)1937 (1)1941 (2)1944 (2)1946 (3)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (1)1951 (2)1953 (2)1956 (1)1964 (1)1965 (2)1967 (1)1969 (1)1981 (1)NationalityAllArgentina (3)Australia (1)Austria (2)Belgium (1)Belgium (1)Byzantine Empire (1)Canada (2)Chile (1)Czechoslovakia (1)Denmark (1)Finland (1)France (1)Germany (1)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Italy (1)Netherlands (2)Ottoman Empire (1)Poland (1)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (3)Influenced ByAllBaruch Spinoza (1)Immanuel Kant (1)Sandra Harding (1)MovementAllAnalytic Philosophy Of Science (10)Christian Philosophy Of Science (2)Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Science (2)Feminist Philosophy Of Science (2)Other Philosophy Of Science Traditions (12)Pragmatist Philosophy Of Science (3)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Philosophy Of Science (3)In GroupAllAnalytic Philosophy Of Science (10)Christian Philosophy Of Science (2)Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Science (2)Feminist Philosophy Of Science (2)Other Philosophy Of Science Traditions (12)Pragmatist Philosophy Of Science (3)Rationalist Empiricist And Idealist Philosophy Of Science (3)TraditionAllAnalytic Philosophy (9)Aristotelianism (1)Christian Philosophy (1)Continental Philosophy (1)Empiricism (4)Feminism (2)Idealism (1)Logical Positivism (2)Positivism (5)Post-structuralism (1)Pragmatism (3)Rationalism (1)Scholasticism (2)Structuralism (1)Thomism (1)Area (sq km)All157.77 (1)30,689 (1)41,291 (1)41,865 (1)43,094 (1)78,871 (1)83,879 (1)93,030 (1)132,049 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)312,696 (1)338,455 (1)357,022 (1)632,702.3 (1)756,102 (1)783,562 (1)2,780,085 (1)7,688,287 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)Climate ZoneAllTemperate (1)Elevation BandAllLowland (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (6)Republic (14)Income GroupAllHigh (18)Upper-Middle (2)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1776 (1)1795 (1)1801 (1)1816 (1)1818 (1)1830 (1)1832 (1)1848 (1)1861 (1)1867 (1)1901 (1)1917 (1)1918 (2)1923 (1)1949 (1)1993 (1)LandlockedAllNo (16)Yes (4)PopulationAll265,086 (1)5,652,881 (1)6,001,008 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,219,113 (1)9,267,000 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,867,634 (1)18,130,208 (1)19,629,588 (1)27,801,023 (1)37,314,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)46,735,004 (1)58,900,000 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)340,587,000 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+01:00 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 21ArgentinaBirthplace / Region1 entryAustraliaBirthplace / Region1 entryAustriaBirthplace / Region6 entriesBelgiumBirthplace / Region1 entryCanadaBirthplace / Region4 entriesChileBirthplace / Region1 entryCzechiaBirthplace / Region1 entryDenmarkBirthplace / Region2 entriesFinlandBirthplace / Region2 entriesFranceBirthplace / Region1 entryGermanyBirthplace / Region6 entriesGhentBirthplace / Region1 entryGreeceBirthplace / Region1 entryHungaryBirthplace / Region1 entryItalyBirthplace / Region2 entriesNetherlandsBirthplace / Region2 entriesPolandBirthplace / Region1 entrySwitzerlandBirthplace / Region1 entryTurkeyBirthplace / Region2 entriesUnited KingdomBirthplace / Region12 entriesUnited StatesBirthplace / Region15 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Philosophy of sciencetier 2WikipediaPhilosophy of science, lead section, emergence sentenceWhile philosophical thought pertaining to science dates back at least to the time of Aristotle, the general philosophy of science emerged as a distinct discipline only in the 20th century following the logical positivist movement.Philosophy of science, lead section, Vienna/Berlin Circle sentencethe Berlin Circle and the Vienna Circle propounded logical positivism in the late 1920s.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.