Along with Russell, he led the turn away from idealism in British philosophy, and became well known for his advocacy of common sense concepts, his contributions to ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, and " his exceptional personality and moral character.

He made significant contributions to the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language, and is perhaps best known for his views on meta-ethics, especially his defence of moral skepticism.

Mackie was most well known for his contributions to the fields of meta-ethics, philosophy of religion, and metaphysics.

The most important philosophical contributions of the Huayan school were in the area of its metaphysics.

Black had made notable contributions to the metaphysics of identity.

In his brief career Evans made substantial contributions to logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.

One of Godfrey's largest contributions were to the field of metaphysics.

Her theoretic contributions deal mainly with Roland Barthes, deconstruction, postmodernism, psychoanalysis and metaphysics.

The Triumvirate of poets ( Kavithrayam: Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer ) are recognized for moving Keralite poetry away from archaic sophistry and metaphysics and towards a more lyrical mode. In the second half of the 20th century, Jnanpith awardees like G. Sankara Kurup, S. K. Pottekkatt, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and M. T. Vasudevan Nair have made valuable contributions to the Malayalam literature.

He has made significant contributions to areas of philosophy, including logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind.

He is especially noted for his contributions to the field of pneumatology — that is, theology concerning the nature of the Holy Spirit.

His contributions to Trinitarian theology are also influential and often cited in the Western churches.

Thence, however, he continued to govern his diocese, while he found leisure for the preparation of two of the most important of his contributions to dogmatic and polemical theology: the De synodis or De fide Orientalium, an epistle addressed in 358 to the Semi-Arian bishops in Gaul, Germany and Britain, expounding the true views ( sometimes veiled in ambiguous words ) of the Eastern bishops on the Nicene controversy ; and the De trinitate libri XII, composed in 359 and 360, in which, for the first time, a successful attempt was made to express in Latin the theological subtleties elaborated in the original Greek.

Overall, his two books are remarkable and original contributions to ethics and theology.

These two books are considered by his followers to be among the most powerful and original contributions to ethics, apologetics and theology which have ever been made.

In 1819 Gieseler was appointed a professor ordinarius in theology in the newly-founded University of Bonn, where, besides lecturing on church history, he made important contributions to the literature of that subject in Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller's Repertorium, KF Stäudlin and HG Tschirner's Archiv, and in various university " programs.

He published at various times valuable contributions towards a history of rationalism -- Vorgeschichte des Rationalismus ( 1853 – 1862 ), Geschichte des Rationalismus ( 1865 ), and a number of essays connected with the history of theology and especially of apologetics.

But he also made valuable contributions to other branches of theology.

Niebuhr's long-term contributions to political philosophy and political theology involve his relating the Christian faith to " realism " in international relations and foreign affairs, away from idealism, and his contribution to modern just war thinking.

Having written on the topics of astronomy, philosophy, and theology, Tusi ’ s notable contributions to Ismaili thought include Rawdat al-Taslim ( Paradise of Submission ), which he composed with Hasan-i Mahmud Katib, and Sayr va Suluk ( The Journey ), his spiritual autobiography.

It has programs in various fields but is particularly acknowledged for its academic and research programs in international relations ( with Geneva being hostess to a dense agglomeration of international organizations ), law, astrophysics, astronomy, genetics ( with a record of prominent contributions to the fields of planetary science, genetics, developmental psychology, neuroscience, and theology ).

Hickes also made contributions to Anglican theology.

His contributions to theology have for the most part been topical ; he wrote on human work, the nature of Christian community, the problem of otherness, violence and reconciliation, the question of memory, and the public role of faith, to name a few issues.

Over his life, his awards included Phi Beta Kappa, the Croix de Guerre, the Cardinal Spellman Award for distinguished achievement in theology, the Boston College Presidential Bicentennial Award, the Christus Magister Medal from the University of Portland ( Oregon ), the Religious Education Forum Award from the National Catholic Educational Association, America magazine's Campion Award, the F. Sadlier Dinger Award for contributions to the catechetical ministry of the Church, the Cardinal Gibbons Award from The Catholic University of America, the John Carroll Society Medal, the Jerome Award from the Roman Catholic Library Association of America, Fordham Founders Award, Gaudium Award from the Breukelein Institute, and thirty-three honorary doctorates.

* Justo Gonzalez, adjuct professor with an international reputation for his contributions to Historical theology.

As indicated by the fact that he was awarded the Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress in Religion in 1978, Torrance made singular contributions to the dialogue between science and theology.

* The fact that there is a scholarly society, formed in 2004, the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship, with a mission to promote serious reflection on the Christian faith following Torrance ’ s own approach to theology, is certainly testimony to the growing importance of his work and extraordinary contributions to the Christian Church and its theology.

Richard Lowell Rubenstein ( born January 8, 1924 in New York City ) is an educator in religion and a writer in the American Jewish community, noted particularly for his contributions to Holocaust theology.

His books on theology have been translated into many languages, and his contributions to the Second Vatican Council made him known throughout the world.

He has made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, perhaps most notably his concept of history as a form of revelation centered on the Resurrection of Christ, which has been widely debated in both Protestant and Catholic theology, as well as by non-Christian thinkers.

It mingled extracts and original contributions, theology and medicine, with all manner of literary chips and shavings.

Aristotle not only studied almost every subject possible at the time, but made significant contributions to most of them.

To recognize this, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific annually gives Amateur Achievement Awards for significant contributions to astronomy by amateurs.

Many individuals who have made significant contributions to Acadia University, including the first president John Pryor, were members of the First Baptist Church Halifax congregation.

During this period significant analytical contributions to chemistry include the development of systematic elemental analysis by Justus von Liebig and systematized organic analysis based on the specific reactions of functional groups.

The ACM Fellows Program was established by Council of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1993 " to recognize and honor outstanding ACM members for their achievements in computer science and information technology and for their significant contributions to the mission of the ACM.

* Otto Schmitt ( deceased )-biophysicist with significant contributions to BME, working with biomimetics

Empress Maria Theresa of Austria was supported by the Croatians in the War of Austrian Succession of 1741 – 1748 and subsequently made significant contributions to Croatian matters.

Clarke's Third Law codifies perhaps the most significant of Clarke's unique contributions to speculative fiction.

Marconi's contributions to Cape Breton Island were also quite significant as he used the island's geography to his advantage in transmitting the first North American trans-Atlantic radio message from a station constructed at Table Head in Glace Bay to a receiving station at Poldhu in Cornwall, England.

After 1748, Goldoni collaborated with the composer Baldassare Galuppi, making significant contributions to the new form of ' opera buffa '.

The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music.

The National Council's publications on doublespeak have made significant contributions in describing the need for reform where clarity in communication has been deliberately distorted.

In June 2008, EDuke32 became the only Duke Nukem 3D port to compile and run natively on 64-bit Linux systems without the use of a 32-bit compatibility environment thanks to significant porting contributions from the DOSBox team.

While both men made significant contributions to the field of aphasia, it was Carl Wernicke who realized the difference between patients with aphasia that could not produce language and those that could not comprehend language ( the essential difference between expressive and receptive aphasia ).

Because educational assessment is fundamental to most quantitative research in the field, educational psychologists have made significant contributions to the field of psychometrics.

ECMWF makes significant contributions to support research on climate variability.

France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions.

One of Copleston's most significant contributions to modern philosophy was his work on the theories of St Thomas Aquinas.

Gregory's most significant theological contributions arose from his defense of the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity.

Amateur astronomers have made significant contributions to the profession and hobbyists have made discoveries such as a celestial body or celestial event.

His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called " The Father of Science Fiction ".

Gernsback made significant contributions to the growth of early broadcasting, mostly through his efforts as a publisher.

The Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award was created by Christie Hefner " to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the vital effort to protect and enhance First Amendment rights for Americans.

Remittances from the expatriate communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada make increasingly significant contributions to Jamaica's economy.

Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998 ) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards.