List of Jewish American philosophers

This is an incomplete list of notable Jewish American philosophers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans. For a list of Jewish philosophers, see Jewish philosophers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• Marshall Berman (d. 2013)
• Max Black, analytic philosopher ^[1]
• Allan Bloom
• Joseph Blau ^[2]
• George Boolos
• Judith Butler
• Stanley Cavell (d. 2018)
• Joseph Cropsey
• Noam Chomsky ^{[3] [4]}
• Arthur Danto (d. 2013) ^{[5] [6]}
• Hubert Dreyfus (d. 2017)
• Paul Edwards ^[7]
• Jerry Fodor
• Paul Gottfried
• Douglas Hofstadter
• Harry Jaffa, political philosopher
• Ayn Rand
• Saul Kripke
• Thomas Nagel
• Judea Pearl
• Richard Popkin ^[8]
• Hilary Putnam
• Michael Walzer

See also

• List of American philosophers
• List of African American philosophers

Footnotes

1. Encyclopaedia Judaica , 2nd ed.
2. "Blau, Joseph Leon | FactMonster".
3. Barsky 2007, p. 10.
4. Barsky 1997, pp. 9–10; Sperlich 2006, p. 11.
5. Bayot, Jennifer (December 16, 2004). "Groundbreaking art critic Arthur Danto dies at 89". The New York Times.
6. Carrier, David (November 6, 2013). "A Perfect Friendship: Remembering Arthur Danto". artcritical.
7. "Paul Edwards, Professor and Editor of Philosophy, Dies at 81" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
8. Encyclopaedia Judaica , art. "Philosophy"

Sources

• Barsky, Robert F. (1997). Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN   978-0-262-02418-1.
• Barsky, Robert F. (2007). The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower . MIT Press. p.  107. ISBN   978-026202624-6 – via Internet Archive.
• Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN   978-1-86189-269-0 – via Internet Archive.