Western philosophy is a tradition of philosophy that has its origins in Ancient Greece. Its founding figures include Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Classical Philosophy

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Epicurus
• Stoicism

Medieval Philosophy

• St. Augustine
• Anselm
• Thomas Aquinas
• William of Ockham

Modern Philosophy

• Rationalism
  • René Descartes
  • Baruch Spinoza
  • Gottfried Leibniz
• Empiricism
  • John Locke
  • George Berkeley
  • David Hume
• Immanuel Kant
• Post-Kant
  • G.W.F. Hegel
  • Søren Kierkegaard
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • John Stuart Mill

Contemporary Philosophy

• Analytic Philosophy
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Daniel Dennett
  • Peter Singer
• Continental Philosophy
  • Jean-Paul Sartre