The Modern period of philosophy generally correspondes to the 19th and 20th Century. More recent developments in the late 20th Century are sometimes referred to as the Contemporary period.

It includes the following major philosophers:

Along with significant scientific and political revolutions, the Modern period exploded in a flurry of new philosophical movements. In addition to further developements in Age of Enlightenment movements such as German Idealism, Kantianism and Romanticism, the Modern period saw the rise of Continental Philosophy, Hegelianism, Transcendentalism, Existentialism, Marxism, Modernism, Positivism, Utilitarianism, Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy, Logical Positivism, Ordinary Language Philosophy, Logicism, Phenomenology, and the more contemporary Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Modernism and Deconstructionism, among others.