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The Leibniz–Clarke Correspondence 1715–1716 · Metaphysics of space, time, and the divine The Bohr–Einstein Debates 1927–1935 (principal exchanges); continuing thereafter · Quantum foundations The Russell–Copleston Debate 1948 · Philosophy of religion Erasmus–Luther on Free Will 1524–1525 · Theology, philosophy of action The Augustine–Pelagius Controversy 411–430 · Theology, philosophy of action The Hobbes–Bramhall Debate 1645 (initial exchange); 1654–1658 (published) · Free will, theology, philosophy of action The Newton–Hooke Disputes 1675–1686 · History of physics, scientific priority The Russell–Frege Correspondence 1902 · Foundations of mathematics, logic Carnap–Quine on Analyticity 1936–1951 · Philosophy of language, epistemology The Foucault–Chomsky Debate 1971 · Political philosophy, philosophy of mind Sartre–Heidegger on Humanism 1946–1947 · Continental philosophy; metaphysics Aquinas–Siger on Latin Averroism 1270–1277 · Medieval philosophy and theology Galileo and the Inquisition 1616 (admonition); 1633 (trial) · Philosophy of science, theology Voltaire–Leibniz on Theodicy 1710 / 1755–1759 · Philosophy of religion, ethics Berkeley vs Locke on Material Substance 1690 / 1710–1713 · Metaphysics, epistemology Anselm and Gaunilo on the Ontological Argument 1078 · Philosophy of religion Carnap vs Heidegger on Metaphysics 1929–1932 · Philosophy of language, metaphysics Sartre vs Camus on Revolution 1951–1952 · Political philosophy, ethics Husserl and Heidegger 1927–1933 · Phenomenology Habermas–Gadamer on Hermeneutics and Critique 1967–1972 · Continental philosophy, social theory Kant and Hume 1739 / 1781 · Metaphysics, epistemology Hegel and Schopenhauer 1818–1831 · Post-Kantian metaphysics Nietzsche vs Wagner 1876–1888 · Aesthetics, cultural philosophy Spinoza and Leibniz 1676 (the meeting); 1660s–70s (correspondence) · Metaphysics Plato vs Protagoras c. 432 BC (dramatic date); c. 390 BC (Plato's dialogue) · Epistemology, ethics Aristotle vs Plato on the Forms c. 367–322 BC · Metaphysics Mencius vs Xunzi on Human Nature c. 300 BC (Mencius); c. 260–230 BC (Xunzi) · Confucian ethics, philosophical anthropology Śaṅkara vs Maṇḍana Miśra c. 800 · Hindu philosophy The Heidegger–Cassirer Davos Disputation 17 March – 6 April 1929 · Continental philosophy, Kant interpretation Russell vs Bergson on Time 1911–1914 · Philosophy of time Wittgenstein vs Russell 1911 (first meeting); 1929 onward (sustained break) · Philosophy of language, logic The Positivismusstreit 1961–1969 · Philosophy of social science Searle vs Derrida on Speech Acts 1977 onward · Philosophy of language Frege vs Husserl on Psychologism 1894 (review); 1900–1901 (Husserl's reply in the *Prolegomena*) · Logic, philosophy of mathematics Mill vs Whewell on Induction 1837–1872 · Philosophy of science, methodology Locke vs Stillingfleet 1696–1699 · Metaphysics, philosophy of religion Newton vs Leibniz on Calculus Priority 1699–1716 · History of mathematics; scientific priority Bergson vs Einstein on Time 6 April 1922 · Philosophy of time, relativity Putnam vs Rorty on Truth 1981–2002 · Philosophy of language, epistemology The Wittgenstein–Popper Poker 25 October 1946 · Philosophy (methodology) The Hume–Rousseau Affair 1766–1767 · Personal-philosophical correspondence Kierkegaard vs Hegel 1841–1855 · Existentialism, philosophy of religion Heidegger vs Levinas 1947–1970s · Phenomenology, ethics Confucianism vs Mohism 5th–4th c. BC · Classical Chinese ethics Calvin and the Trial of Servetus 1553 · Theology, religious-political philosophy James vs Russell on Pragmatism 1907–1910 · Philosophy of truth, pragmatism Kuhn vs Popper on Scientific Change 1962 / 1965 (Bedford College symposium); ongoing exchanges · Philosophy of science Lewis vs Stalnaker on Counterfactuals 1968–1973 and onward · Philosophy of language, modal metaphysics Heraclitus vs Parmenides c. 500–450 BC · Pre-Socratic metaphysics Aristotle vs Democritus on Atoms 4th c. BC · Ancient philosophy of nature Plato vs Diogenes 4th c. BC · Ancient philosophy; cynicism vs platonism Sartre and Beauvoir 1929–1980 · Existentialism, ethics, feminist philosophy Tolstoy and Dostoevsky 1860s–1881 · Religious philosophy, philosophical literature Wollstonecraft vs Rousseau on Women 1792 · Political philosophy, feminism, philosophy of education Anscombe vs C.S. Lewis at the Socratic Club 2 February 1948 · Philosophy of mind, religious epistemology Epicurus vs the Stoics 4th c. BC – 2nd c. AD · Ancient philosophy of nature, ethics Augustine vs the Manichaeans 387–411 · Theology, philosophy of evil Plotinus vs the Gnostics c. 263 · Late antique philosophy, philosophy of religion Adorno vs Benjamin 1928–1940 · Critical theory, philosophy of culture, Marxist aesthetics Hobbes vs Descartes 1641 · Modern philosophy of mind, materialism vs dualism The Trial of Socrates 399 BCE · Ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion The Council of Nicaea 325 CE · Trinitarian theology, metaphysics The Council of Ephesus 431 CE · Christology, Mariology, metaphysics of personhood The Iconoclasm Debate 726–843 CE · Theology of images, aesthetics, metaphysics of representation Shankara vs Mandana Misra c. 8th century CE · Soteriology, epistemology, Vedic hermeneutics Al-Ghazali vs Averroes 1095 / 1180 · Philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology Abelard vs Bernard of Clairvaux 1140 · Theology, philosophy of religion, medieval epistemology The Barcelona Disputation 1263 · Jewish-Christian theology, Messianic prophecy, scriptural hermeneutics The Paris Condemnations 1270 / 1277 · Philosophy of religion, metaphysics, natural philosophy The Filioque Controversy c. 867 CE (Photian crisis); ongoing through 1054 and beyond · Trinitarian theology, ecclesiology Elijah on Mount Carmel c. 9th century BCE (reign of Ahab) · Theology, religious authority, monotheism vs polytheism Han Yu vs the Buddhist Establishment 819 CE · Political philosophy, philosophy of culture, Confucian ethics