| − | The Frankfurt School , a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923 as an autonomous division of the University of Frankfurt; a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923, with members such as [[Theodor Adorno]], Theodor Wiesengrund , Walter Benjamin (1892 – 1940), a German essayist and critic (He is known for his synthesis of eccentric Marxist theory and Jewish messianism) and [[Herbert Marcuse]] (1898 – 1979), U.S.;<ref> [http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Philosophhy Philosophy] </ref> Also, criticism of [[Positivism]] by German [[Jürgen Habermas]] (1929– ), a professor at the University of Frankfurt with the [[Critical Theory]]. | + | The Frankfurt School , a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923 as an autonomous division of the University of Frankfurt; members were [[Max Horkheimer]], [[Theodor Adorno| Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno]], his friend Walter Benjamin (1892 – 1940), a German essayist and critic known for his synthesis of eccentric Marxist theory and Jewish messianism and [[Herbert Marcuse]] (1898 – 1979)<ref> [http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Philosophhy Philosophy] </ref>. [[Jürgen Habermas]] (1929-), a critic of [[Positivism]] is the most famous German professor of the tradition of [[critical theory]]. |
| − | Some other important names are: George Edward Moore (1873 – 1958), English philosopher, [[Bertrand Russell]] (1872 – 1970), [[British]] philosopher, [[mathematician]], and social reformer, and [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] (1889 – 1951), Austrian philosopher.
| + | [[British]] philosophers from the beginning of the 20. Century are: George Edward Moore (1873 – 1958), [[Bertrand Russell]] (1872 – 1970), philosopher, [[mathematician]], and social reformer, and the Austrian [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] (1889 – 1951), who taught in Cambridge. |