French epistemologists

François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

French philosopher (1859–1941)

French philosopher (1926–1984)

French sociologist (1858–1917)

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

French philosopher (1925–1995)

French philosopher and essayist

French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)

French philosopher

French phenomenological philosopher

French academic

French sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)

French philosopher (1882–1973)

French historian and philosopher (1884-1978)

French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1921)

French philosopher (1892–1964)

French philosopher

French philosopher (1766-1824)

French philosopher (1904-1995)

French historian and philosopher (1922–2010)

French academic (1813–1900)

French philosopher (1869–1944)

French philosopher

French philosopher, writer and sociologist

20th century French philosopher (1924–1989)

French philosopher (1940-2021)

French philosopher (1944–2022)

French philosopher

French philosopher (1873-1940)

French writer

French philosopher (1889-1982)

French philosopher

French philosopher

French poet and art critic (1888–1945)

French philosopher

French physicist