Home›Philosophy of Science›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-attested20 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedGerman 1Cultural Origin TraditionWell-attestedAustrian 120th centuryFilter Results39 entriesSchool of PhilosophyAllPostmodernism (1)Branch of PhilosophyAllPhilosophy of Biology (1)TraditionAllAnalytic (2)Analytic philosophy, Berlin Circle, Logical behaviorism (1)Analytic philosophy, pragmatism (1)Analytic philosophy, scientific realism, emergentism (1)Analytic philosophy, Scientific structuralism (1)Constructive empiricism in philosophy of science (1)Critical rationalism (1)Philosophy of science (1)Postmodern complexity theory (1)Pragmatic realism (1)Pragmatism (1)NationalityAllCanada (2)Chile (1)Denmark (2)Finland (1)France (1)Germany (6)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Netherlands (1)South Africa (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (4)United States (13)Influenced ByAllDonna Haraway (1)Sandra Harding (1)Birthplace / RegionAllCanada (2)Chile (1)Denmark (2)Finland (1)France (1)Germany (6)Greece (1)Hungary (1)Netherlands (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (4)United States (10)BrowseCompareSelect all 39Adolf Grünbaum20th centuryAlexander Bird20th centuryAndrew Collier20th centuryBas van Fraassen20th centuryCarl Hempel20th centuryClaus Emmeche20th centuryDonna Haraway20th centuryElliott Sober20th centuryElselijn Kingma20th centuryErnst Mayr20th centuryHeather Douglas20th centuryIan Hacking20th centuryIlkka Niiniluoto20th centuryImre Lakatos20th centuryIsabelle Stengers20th centuryJames T. Cushing20th centuryJan Faye20th centuryJean Paul Van Bendegem20th centuryJeffrey Bub20th centuryJohn Beatty20th centuryJohn Worrall20th centuryKarl Popper20th centuryKatherine Brading20th centuryLarry Laudan20th centuryLindley Darden20th centuryMario Bunge20th centuryMary Tiles20th centuryNancy Cartwright20th centuryPaul Cilliers20th centuryPaul Feyerabend20th centuryPeter Godfrey-Smith20th centuryPhilip Kitcher20th centuryRoberto Torretti20th centurySandra Harding20th centuryStathis Psillos20th centurySteven French20th centuryThomas Kuhn20th centuryWesley Salmon20th centuryWolfgang Stegmüller20th centurySources1. 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.