Test your knowledge of 20 of the most important/influential western philosophers of all time in this free online interactive picture game.

In this game you have to match the name of 20 different philosphers to their image (either a picture or a photo). The philosphers included in this game are the following: Aristoles, Aquinas, Berkeley, Descartes, Hegel, Heidegger, Hume, William James, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Locke, John Stuart Mill, Nietzsche, Plato, Rousseau, Schopenhauer, Socrates, Spinoza & Wittgenstein.

The choice of the philosophers in the game is a purely subjective one on my part, and not a definitive list. It is philosophers who I think have had the most impact on western thought, so I have probably made some mistakes in my selection.

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Famous Philosophers Picture Game
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How to play it

It's simple. Match the name of the philosopher to the picture/photo. You have 15 seconds to identify the name of the philosopher in the picture. Click on the name below the picture which you think it is.

The quicker you identify the picture, the more points you get. However, if you guess wrong you won't be able to make another guess for 1.5 seconds. Also, the less wrong guesses you make in the game, the more bonus points you are given at the end.

Press the 'Play The Game' button to take you to the start of the game.

Different versions of the game

Although the content (the vocabulary and images/photos) is the same, the version of this game is different (because of the screen space) between when you play it on a mobile phone and when you play it on a bigger screen device (like on a laptop, a desktop or a large interactive board screen). The game on bigger screen devices has been designed for more classroom environments.