French philosophy French philosophy French philosophy, here taken to mean philosophy in the French language, has been extremely diverse and has influenced Western philosophy as a whole for centuries, from the medieval scholasticism of Peter Abelard, through the founding of modern philosophy by René Descartes, to 20th century philosophy of science, existentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, and postmodernism. Peter Abelard (1079 – April 21, 1142) was a scholastic philosopher, theologian and logician. The story of his affair with and love for Héloïse has become legendary. The "Chambers Biographical Dictionary" describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century". The general
William Seager (philosopher) William Seager (philosopher) William Edward Seager (born April 11, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian philosopher. He is a Professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. His academic specialties of the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of science He received his B.A. in 1973 from the University of Alberta. his M.A. in 1976 from the same university and his Ph.D in 1981 from the University of Toronto under the direction of R. B. DeSousa with a thesis on "Materialism and the Foundations of Representation" He has been Associate Editor of "Canadian Journal of Philosophy" from 2003