
A. Betson

A. J. Ayer

Aaron Burr

Aaron, Richard Ithamar (1901–87) Reference library
The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy
R. I. Aaron was born in Seven Sisters on 6 November 1901, but brought up in Ynystawe in the

ab esse ad posse valet consequentia

abacus Reference library
The Oxford Companion to the Mind (2 ed.)
Ancient calculating instrument in which numbers and operations (especially adding) are represented by the numbers and positions of pebbles or

abacus

abandonment Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (3 ed.)
Term used by *existentialists to dramatize the sense of loss that comes from realizing that there is no external

abandonment Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)
A rhetorical term used by existentialist philosophers such as Heidegger and Sartre to describe the absence of any sources of

abandonment

Abbagnano, Nicola (1901–90) Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (3 ed.)
*existentialist. Born in Salerno, Abbagnano studied in Naples and taught at Turin. His ‘philosophy of the possible’ condemned

‘Abbas Mahmoud al -‘Aqqad

Abbot, Francis Ellingwood (1836–1903) Reference library
The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers
Francis Ellingwood Abbot was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 6 November 1836. Following Boston Latin School, Abbot joined the class

Abbott, Edwin (1838–1926) Reference library
The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy
Edwin Abbott was born in London on 20 December 1838 and died of influenza, having been bedridden for seven years,

Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill (1829–1913) Reference library
The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy
Thomas Kingsmill Abbott was born in Dublin on 26 March 1829 and died there on 18 December 1913. He

Abbott, Lyman (1835–1922) Reference library
The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers
Abbott Lyman was born on 18 December 1835 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Lyman graduated from New York University with a BA

Abbt, Thomas (1738–66) Reference library
The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers
Thomas Abbt was born in Ulm on 17 November 1738 and died in Bückeburg on 3 November 1766. The

‘Abd al-Rahman Badawi

‘Abd al-Ra'uf al-Singkili
