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Greek poet credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Revered and influential author.
Carl Jung established analytical psychology. He advanced the idea of introvert and extrovert personalities and the power of the unconscious.
Engineering physicist, science communicator, and television personality. Best known for his YouTube channel Veritasium with 14.1 million subscribers.
Philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist. Research focuses on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly in relation to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. Influential in mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, and analytic philosophy.
Neuroendocrinology researcher and author. Professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stanford University. Research associate at the National Museums of Kenya.
William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.
James is considered to be a leading thinker of the late 19th century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the "Father of American psychology".Along with Charles Sanders Peirce, James established the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology analysis, published in 2002, ranked James as the 14th most eminent psychologist of the 20th century.
A survey published in American Psychologist in 1991 ranked James's reputation in second place,
after Wilhelm Wundt, who is widely regarded as the founder of experimental psychology.
James also developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism. James's work has influenced philosophers and academics such as Émile Durkheim, W. E. B. Du Bois, Edmund Husserl, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hilary Putnam, Richard Rorty, and Marilynne Robinson.Born into a wealthy family, James was the son of the Swedenborgian theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of both the prominent novelist Henry James and the diarist Alice James. James trained as a physician and taught anatomy at Harvard, but never practiced medicine. Instead he pursued his interests in psychology and then philosophy. He wrote widely on many topics, including epistemology, education, metaphysics, psychology, religion, and mysticism. Among his most influential books are The Principles of Psychology, a groundbreaking text in the field of psychology; Essays in Radical Empiricism, an important text in philosophy; and The Varieties of Religious Experience, an investigation of different forms of religious experience, including theories on mind-cure.
Essayist, mathematical statistician, former option trader, risk analyst, and aphorist. Work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.
Business magnate and investor. Founder, chairman, CEO, and chief technology officer of SpaceX. Angel investor, CEO, product architect, and former chairman of Tesla, Inc. Owner, chairman, and CTO of X Corp. Founder of the Boring Company. Co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. President of the Musk Foundation.
Psychology researcher and professor. Holds a B.A. in psychology from Reed College, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Co-founder of The Human Generosity Project and currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University.
Physicist and former musician. Professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. Known for presenting science programmes and popular science books.