A pronunciation guide for philosophy terms and names.
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Albert Camus | /ælˈbɛər kəˈmuː/ |
| Aristotelian | /əˌrɪstəˈtiːliən/ |
| Aristotle | /ˈærɪstɒtəl/ |
| Arthur Schopenhauer | /ˈɑːrθər ˈʃoʊpənhaʊər/ |
| Auguste Comte | /əˈɡuːst ˈkɒmt/ |
| Averroes | /əˈvɛroʊiːz/ |
| Avicenna | /ˌævɪˈsɛnə/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Baruch Spinoza | /bəˈruːk spɪˈnoʊzə/ |
| Boethius | /boʊˈiːθiəs/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Charles Sanders Peirce | /ˈtʃɑːrlz ˈsændərz ˈpɜːrs/ |
| Comtism | /ˈkɒmtɪzəm/ |
| Confucianism | /kənˈfjuːʃənɪzəm/ |
| Confucius | /kənˈfjuːʃəs/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| David Hume | /ˈdeɪvɪd ˈhjuːm/ |
| Democritus | /dɪˈmɒkrɪtəs/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| egalitarianism | /ɪˌɡælɪˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ |
| Empedocles | /ɪmˈpɛdəkliːz/ |
| empiricism | /ɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm/ |
| Epictetus | /ˌɛpɪkˈtiːtəs/ |
| Epicurean | /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊəriən/ |
| Epicureanism | /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊəriənɪzəm/ |
| Epicurus | /ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərəs/ |
| epistemology | /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒlədʒi/ |
| existentialism | /ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Francis Bacon | /ˈfrænsɪs ˈbeɪkən/ |
| Freudian | /ˈfrɔɪdiən/ |
| Freudianism | /ˈfrɔɪdiənɪzəm/ |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | /ˈfriːdrɪk ˈniːtʃə/ |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling | /ˈfriːdrɪk ˈwɪlhɛlm ˈdʒoʊzɪf ˈʃɛlɪŋ/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Galileo Galilei | /ˌɡælɪˈleɪoʊ ˌɡælɪˈleɪi/ |
| Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | /ˈɡeɪɔːrɡ ˈwɪlhɛlm ˈfriːdrɪk ˈheɪɡəl/ |
| George Berkeley | /ˈdʒɔːrdʒ ˈbɑːrkli/ |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | /ˈɡɒtfriːd ˈwɪlhɛlm ˈlaɪbnɪts/ |
| Gottlob Frege | /ˈɡɒtlɒb ˈfreɪɡə/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Heraclitus | /ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs/ |
| Hilary Putnam | /ˈhɪləri ˈpʌtnəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Immanuel Kant | /ɪˈmænjuəl ˈkɑːnt/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Jacques Derrida | /ˈʒɑːk ˌdɛrɪˈdɑː/ |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | /ˈʒɑːn ˈʒɑːk ruːˈsoʊ/ |
| Jean-Paul Sartre | /ˈʒɑːn ˈpɔːl ˈsɑːrt/ |
| Johann Gottlieb Fichte | /ˈjoʊhɑːn ˈɡɒtliːb ˈfɪktə/ |
| John Stuart Mill | /ˈdʒɒn ˈstjuːərt ˈmɪl/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Kantian | /ˈkɑːntiən/ |
| Kantianism | /ˈkɑːntiənɪzəm/ |
| Karl Marx | /ˈkɑːrl ˈmɑːrks/ |
| Karl Popper | /ˈkɑːrl ˈpɒpər/ |
| Kierkegaardian | /ˌkɪərkɪˈɡɑːrdiən/ |
| Kierkegaardianism | /ˌkɪərkɪˈɡɑːrdiənɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Leucippus | /luːˈsɪpəs/ |
| Leviathan | /lɪˈvaɪəθən/ |
| liberalism | /ˈlɪbərəlɪzəm/ |
| libertarianism | /ˌlɪbərˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ |
| logos | /ˈloʊɡoʊs/ |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein | /ˈlʊdwɪɡ ˈvɪtɡənʃtaɪn/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Martin Heidegger | /ˈmɑːrtɪn ˈhaɪdɪɡər/ |
| Marxism | /ˈmɑːrksɪzəm/ |
| metaphysics | /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪks/ |
| Michael Dummett | /ˈmaɪkəl ˈdʌmɪt/ |
| Michel Foucault | /mɪˈʃɛl fuːˈkoʊ/ |
| modernism | /ˈmɒdərnɪzəm/ |
| Montesquieu | /ˌmɒntɪˈskjuː/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Neoplatonism | /ˌniːoʊˈpleɪtənɪzəm/ |
| nihilism | /ˈnaɪəlɪzəm/ |
| nominalism | /ˈnɒmɪnəlɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| panpsychism | /pænˈsaɪkɪzəm/ |
| pantheism | /ˈpænθiɪzəm/ |
| Parmenides | /pɑːrˈmɛnɪdiːz/ |
| perspectivism | /pərˈspɛktɪvɪzəm/ |
| phenomenalism | /fɪˈnɒmɪnəlɪzəm/ |
| phenomenology | /fɪˌnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒi/ |
| physicalism | /ˈfɪzɪkəlɪzəm/ |
| Plato | /ˈpleɪtoʊ/ |
| Platonism | /ˈpleɪtənɪzəm/ |
| Plotinus | /ploʊˈtaɪnəs/ |
| Porphyry | /ˈpɔːrfəri/ |
| positivism | /ˈpɒzɪtɪvɪzəm/ |
| postmodernism | /poʊstˈmɒdərnɪzəm/ |
| pragmatism | /ˈpræɡmətɪzəm/ |
| prescriptivism | /prɪˈskrɪptɪvɪzəm/ |
| Presocratic | /ˌpriːsəˈkrætɪk/ |
| psychologism | /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪzəm/ |
| Pythagoras | /pɪˈθæɡərəs/ |
| Pythagorean | /pɪˌθæɡəˈriːən/ |
| Pythagoreanism | /pɪˌθæɡəˈriːənɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| qualia | /ˈkwɑːliə/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Randianism | /ˈrændiənɪzəm/ |
| realism | /ˈriːəlɪzəm/ |
| Renaissance | /ˈrɛnəsɑːns/ |
| René Descartes | /rəˈneɪ deɪˈkɑːrt/ |
| Richard Rorty | /ˈrɪtʃərd ˈrɔːrti/ |
| Rudolf Carnap | /ˈruːdɒlf ˈkɑːrnæp/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| scholasticism | /skəˈlæstɪsɪzəm/ |
| Seneca | /ˈsɛnɪkə/ |
| Siddhartha Gautama | /sɪˈdɑːrθə ɡaʊˈtɑːmə/ |
| Simone de Beauvoir | /sɪˈmoʊn də boʊˈvwɑːr/ |
| skepticism | /ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm/ |
| socialism | /ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/ |
| Socrates | /ˈsɒkrətiːz/ |
| Socratic | /səˈkrætɪk/ |
| solipsism | /ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/ |
| sophism | /ˈsɒfɪzəm/ |
| sophist | /ˈsɒfɪst/ |
| Søren Kierkegaard | /ˈsɒrən ˈkɪərkɪɡɑːrd/ |
| Stoa | /ˈstoʊə/ |
| Stoicism | /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Taoism | /ˈtaʊɪzəm/ |
| teleology | /ˌtiːliˈɒlədʒi/ |
| Thales | /ˈθeɪliːz/ |
| theological | /ˌθiːəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ |
| theology | /θiˈɒlədʒi/ |
| Thomas Aquinas | /ˈtɒməs əˈkwaɪnəs/ |
| Thomas Hobbes | /ˈtɒməs ˈhɒbz/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Voltaire | /voʊlˈtɛər/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| William James | /ˈwɪljəm ˈdʒeɪmz/ |
| William of Ockham | /ˈwɪljəm əv ˈɒkəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| xuanxue | /ʃwɑːnˈʃweɪ/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| youthism | /ˈjuːθɪzəm/ |
| Term | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| Zarathustra | /ˌzærəˈθuːstrə/ |
| Zeno | /ˈziːnoʊ/ |
| Zoroaster | /ˈzɒroʊæstər/ |
| Zoroastrianism | /ˌzɒroʊˈæstriənɪzəm/ |
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