page_title: List of atheist philosophers
hierarchical_section_title: List of atheist philosophers
caption_attribution_description: Engels in 1868
context_page_description: There have been many philosophers in recorded history who were atheists. This is a list of atheist philosophers with articles in Wikipedia. Living persons in this list are people relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.
  Zakī al-Arsūzī: Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, Arab nationalist, and one of the major founders of Ba'athism.
  John Anderson: Scottish-born Australian philosopher, founder of the empirical philosophy known as 'Sydney realism'.
  Louise Antony: American philosopher and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who specializes in philosophy of mind, epistemology, feminist theory, and philosophy of language.
  A. J. Ayer: British philosopher and an advocate of logical positivism. Though he viewed the concept of God existing as meaningless, he described himself as an atheist.
  Julian Baggini: British writer specialising in the philosophy of identity, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction.
  Mikhail Bakunin: Russian philosopher, writer and anarchist.
  Roland Barthes: French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic and semiotician.
context_section_description: There have been many philosophers in recorded history who were atheists. This is a list of atheist philosophers with articles in Wikipedia. Living persons in this list are people relevant to their notable activities or public life, and who have publicly identified themselves as atheists.
  Zakī al-Arsūzī (1899–1968): Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, Arab nationalist, and one of the major founders of Ba'athism.
  John Anderson (1893–1962): Scottish-born Australian philosopher, founder of the empirical philosophy known as 'Sydney realism'.
  Louise Antony (1953–): American philosopher and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who specializes in philosophy of mind, epistemology, feminist theory, and philosophy of language.
  A. J. Ayer (1910–1989): British philosopher and an advocate of logical positivism. Though he viewed the concept of God existing as meaningless, he described himself as an atheist.
  Julian Baggini (1968–): British writer specialising in the philosophy of identity, author of Atheism: A Very Short Introduction.
  Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876): Russian philosopher, writer and anarchist.
  Roland Barthes (1915–1980): French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic and semiotician.
  Georges Bataille (1897–1962): French intellectual and literary figure. He was the author of Story of the Eye, and his writings explored areas relating to philosophy, mysticism, and eroticism.
  Bruno Bauer (1809–1882): German philosopher, theologian and historian, the first propounder of the Jesus myth hypothesis.
  Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007): French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, political commentator and photographer.
  Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986): French author and existentialist philosopher. Beauvoir wrote novels and monographs on philosophy, politics, social issues and feminism.
  Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832): English author, jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism.
  Simon Blackburn (1944–): English moral philosopher known for his efforts to popularise philosophy.
  Peter Boghossian (1966–): American philosopher who is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University, and speaker for the Center for Inquiry, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, and the Secular Student Alliance.
  Maarten Boudry (1984–): Flemish philosopher and skeptic, who has been active as a researcher and teaching member of the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences at Ghent University since 2006.
  Célestin Bouglé (1870–1940): French philosopher known for his role as one of Émile Durkheim's collaborators and a member of the L'Année Sociologique.
  Ludwig Büchner (1824–1899): German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th-century scientific materialism.
  Gustavo Bueno (1924–2016): Spanish philosopher who was a modern proponent of philosophical materialism.
  Albert Camus (1913–1960): Algerian-born French absurdist philosopher and author. His non-fiction philosophical works include The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel.
  Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970): German philosopher who was active in central Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a leading member of the Vienna Circle and a prominent advocate of logical positivism.
  Robert Todd Carroll (1945–2016): American writer and academic, professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College until 1997, and keeper of the Skeptic's Dictionary website.
  David Chalmers (1966–): Australian philosopher of mind.
  Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918–1993): Bengali Marxist philosopher.
  Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889): Russian revolutionary democrat, materialist philosopher, critic, and socialist.
  Patricia Churchland (1943–): Canadian-American analytical philosopher known for her materialistic approach in the philosophy of mind.
  Paul Churchland (1942–): Canadian philosopher of mind.
  Auguste Comte (1798–1857): French positivist thinker, credited with coining the term "sociologie" ("sociology").
  Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794): French philosopher, mat
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