natural philosopher
C711
concept
A natural philosopher is a thinker who seeks to understand the principles and causes of the natural world through observation, reasoning, and early scientific inquiry.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ancient Greek philosopher | 93 |
| metaphysician | 37 |
| natural philosopher canonical | 30 |
| alchemist | 20 |
| pre-Socratic philosopher | 16 |
| Renaissance scientist | 12 |
| Presocratic philosopher | 6 |
| Dutch philosopher | 4 |
| early modern scientist | 3 |
| rationalist philosopher | 3 |
| natural historian | 2 |
| English natural philosopher | 1 |
| Enlightenment precursor | 1 |
| Enlightenment scientist | 1 |
| scientific method pioneer | 1 |
Instances (193)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Vollenhoven
surface form:
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
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Dutch philosopher |
| Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer | Dutch philosopher |
| Johannes van Heeck | — |
| John of Ripa | metaphysician |
| Theophrastus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Anaximander | Presocratic philosopher |
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Boyle
surface form:
Robert Boyle
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— |
| Hieronymus Fabricius | Renaissance scientist |
| Anaximenes of Miletus | Presocratic philosopher |
| Johannes Kepler | — |
| Regiomontanus | Renaissance scientist |
| Leucippus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Xenophanes of Colophon | pre-Socratic philosopher |
| Melissus of Samos | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Philolaus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Antisthenes | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Aristippus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| John Dee | alchemist |
| George Santayana | metaphysician |
| Euclid of Megara | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | — |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | metaphysician |
| Anaxagoras | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Parmenides | pre-Socratic philosopher |
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Ionians
surface form:
Thales of Miletus
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pre-Socratic philosopher |
| René Guénon | metaphysician |
| Andreas Vesalius | Renaissance scientist |
| Isaac Newton | — |
| Heraclitus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Arthur Schopenhauer | metaphysician |
| Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi | metaphysician |
| Abd al-Karim al-Jili | metaphysician |
| Samuel Clarke | metaphysician |
| Aristotle | ancient Greek philosopher |
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Boyle family
surface form:
Robert Boyle
|
— |
| Elias Ashmole | alchemist |
| Christian Wolff | rationalist philosopher |
| Speusippus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Xenocrates | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Philip of Opus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Polemon of Athens | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Crates of Athens | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Heraclides Ponticus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Numenius of Apamea | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Thrasymachus | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Peter van Inwagen | metaphysician |
| Porphyry | metaphysician |
| Iamblichus of Chalcis | ancient Greek philosopher |
| Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway | metaphysician |
| Amelius Gentilianus | ancient Greek philosopher |