Western Philosophers

Western Philosophers



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3.5.1for iPhone, iPad and more
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Brad Gayman
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About Western Philosophers

An easy-to-use, fun, app to learn more about philosophers.

Review information about each—including wikipedia entries—and see how well you do on the quiz.

Questions ask about great works and quotes. Great for reviewing, or studying for, an introductory philosophy course.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.5.1

Last updated on Apr 1, 2020
Old Versions
● Fixes an issue that causes the app to crash at launch
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Version History
3.5.1
Apr 1, 2020
● Fixes an issue that causes the app to crash at launch
3.5
Feb 26, 2020
• Various bug fixes and UI improvements
• Adds ability to download ebooks as ePub file and open with third-party apps
• Adds new AR scenes for select philosophers that can be accessed from their respective profile screens
• Adds a variety of new AR objects
• Adds new AR masks:
◦ Plato
◦ Thomas Hobbes
◦ Martin Heidegger
◦ Michel Foucault
◦ John Stuart Mill
◦ Simone de Beauvoir
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Roger Bacon
◦ Lady Damaris Cudworth Masham
◦ Herbert Marcuse
◦ Friedrich Hayek
3.4
Jan 22, 2020
• Various bug fixes
• General user interface improvements
• New wallpaper generator
◦ Customize your device's home and lock screen with your favorite philosopher
◦ Access the generator through the "Profile" tab
◦ Generate a Live Photo to make your lock screen even more fun
• New app icons for:
◦ John Locke
◦ Niccolò Machiavelli
• Added philosophers:
◦ Roland Barthes
◦ Jane Addams
◦ Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.3
Jan 3, 2020
• Improved caching
• Fixes issues that caused popup messages to not appear on iOS 13
• Celebrate philosophers' birthdays on their profile page
• Minor performance and user interface improvements
• Adds new philosophers
◦ Thomas Nagel
◦ Guy Debord
◦ Carl Jung
◦ Seneca
3.2
Nov 11, 2019
• Fixes bug that prevented deep links from opening correct page when app was no longer in memory
• Adds support for "Full Page" screenshots in system markup editor
• Minor performance and user interface improvements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Xenophanes
◦ Zeno of Elea
◦ John Dewey
3.1
Oct 11, 2019
• Fixes a crash that could occur on philosophers map screen
• Fixes an issue that would cause philosophers birthday notifications to not appear
• Fixes an issue that would cause some deep links to not open to the correct page
• Minor UI improvements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Elizabeth Anscombe
◦ Denis Diderot
3.0
Sep 25, 2019
Major update with support for many iOS 13 features:
• Dark mode support
• Interactive context menu support (long press on items to view preview and options)
• Multi-window support on iPads that offer multi-window support
• “Find in text” option for articles and ebooks from share action
• Register for notifications on philosophers' birthdays and death days from the settings screen
• Various bug fixes and user enhancements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Slavoj Žižek
◦ Georges Bataille
◦ Jean-François Lyotard
2.14.1
Aug 6, 2019
• Fixes a crash when loading AR screen
• Adds new items to AR Gallery
◦ Michel Foucault statue
◦ Various new virtual books
2.14
May 13, 2019
• Fixes crash when visiting “About” screen
• Better error handling
• Adds Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links
• Redesigned options menu
• Adds new “Objects” section to AR Gallery with virtual objects:
◦ Panopticon
◦ No Exit sign
◦ Plato's Allegory of the Cave
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Montesquieu
◦ Gilles Deleuze
◦ Johann Gottlieb Fichte
2.13.1
Apr 29, 2019
• Fixes an issue that causes a crash when attempting to fetch assets after failed download
• General better error handling and empty states
2.13
Apr 22, 2019
• View all categories and downloaded audiobooks in one place directly from the "Stone" screen
• Adds following books to AR book shelf:
◦ Discipline & Punish
◦ The Primacy of Perception
• Adds Frantz Fanon AR face mask and AR bust, as well as Jeremy Bentham AR face mask
• Fixes issue where AR Gallery would not appear after previously being dismissed
• Some AR content is now downloaded on demand
• Completely redesigned iMessage sticker pack
• Adds philosophers:
◦ Thales of Miletus
◦ Louis Althusser
2.12
Apr 4, 2019
• Adds new AR gallery that allows you to view, place, and pose with some of your favorite philosophical books and busts of your favorite philosophers
• Adds Today Screen widget to quickly be inspired, intrigued, or provoked by a philosophical quote
• Fixes misplaced switch on quiz filter screen
• Fixes document scroll position not saving correctly
• Adds ability to begin text to speech from selected text on document reader screen
• Adds new serifed font for reader screen

• Alternate app icons now include:
◦ Albert Camus
◦ Diogenes
◦ Michel de Montaigne
◦ Bertrand Russell
◦ Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Francis Bacon
◦ Luce Irigaray
2.11
Feb 25, 2019
• Various cosmetic changes for a better experience.
• Fixes an issue where colors were not appropriately set for the selected color theme.
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Diogenes of Sinope
◦ Auguste Comte
2.10.1
Jan 4, 2019
• Fixes crash when favoriting philosophers
• Fixes issue that would cause unfavoriting philosophers to not work
• Other cosmetic and layout fixes
2.10
Jan 2, 2019
• Adds new dark mode color scheme that can be activated on the settings screen accessed through the profile tab
• When answering quiz questions you now have the option to show philosophers' name below their picture; this can be activated on the settings screen in the quiz tab
• Fixes crash that would occasionally occur while taking quiz
• Fixes issue that would cause tab bar to layout incorrectly
• Typos and various other cosmetic fixes
• Added new philosophers:
◦ William of Ockham
◦ Anne Conway
2.9
Dec 3, 2018
• Renders at full screen dimensions for new devices
• Fixes issue with swipe back animation that would cause interface to enter bad state
• New "Ideas" screen where you can view summaries of philosophers' major ideas and how they relate to each other
• Quizzes now ask about major ideas
• You can now filter by question types on quizzes
• New "About" and "Acknowledgements" screens in the "Profile" tab
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Dante Alighieri
◦ Mary Wollstonecraft
2.8
Oct 22, 2018
• Fixes crash on iPad when attempting to share audiobook URL
• Adds ability to share audio downloaded files and remote audio track URL's by swiping left on audio playlists
• Fixes issue that prevented sticker pack from launching
• Improves Spotlight search and adds Siri Shortcuts integration
• Fixes issue that caused Cicero's quotes and dates to be incorrect
• Adds new profile tab where you can find favorited philosophers, quotes, and downloaded audiobooks
• Adds new ability to add your own responses to philosophical quotes
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Anna Julia Cooper
◦ Thomas Kuhn
2.7
Oct 8, 2018
• Fixes audio player seeking glitch on smaller iPhones
• Improves speed of switching to Philosophers tab
• New in-app search experience
• New ability to remove philosophers from quizzes
• Improved related quotes screen
• Added ability to interactively dismiss category screens by swiping down when at the top of the collection of philosophers.
• Fixes crash related to resizing app in iPad split screen
• Fixes issue that cause ebook labels to be clipped
• New philosophers:
◦ Angela Davis
◦ Michel de Montaigne
◦ Francis Fukuyama
2.6
Jul 11, 2018
• You can now view related quotes by tapping on philosopher's quotes on philsooer's profile screen to open the new "Thread" screen
• Quotes are now searchable in Spotlight and open to their respective "Thread" screen
• You can now copy quotes to the system clipboard by long pressing on quotes
• Expanded support of peek and pop on ebooks list, audiobooks list, philosopher profile screen, and quote thread screen
• Fixed a bug that prevented alternative icons from being set on iPad
• General bug fixes and UI polish
• Added new philosophers:
◦ Epicurus
◦ Jean Baudrillard
2.5
Jun 28, 2018
• Adds reader mode for encyclopedia articles and now Gutenberg Project texts (The Gutenberg Project catalogues classic texts in the public domain)
• In reader mode, articles can be played using text to speech
• Fixes bugs related to audiobook playback
• General bug fixes
• Added new philosophers:
◦ Edward Said
◦ Max Weber
◦ Walter Benjamin
2.4
Jun 13, 2018
• Fixes issue where remote/system playback controls would not work
• Fixes issue on iPad where downloaded audiobook artwork would not layout correctly
• General bug fixes
• Added new philosopher:
◦ Herbert Spencer
2.3
May 29, 2018
• Adds ability to listen to Librivox audiobooks. (Librivox are recordings of classic works that are made available to the public domain)
• Adds new philosophers
◦ Cicero
◦ Marcus Aurelius
◦ Edmund Burke
◦ Henry David Thoreau
◦ Sojourner Truth
• General bug fixes
2.2
May 18, 2018
- Fixes issue that prevent app shortcuts to not deep link to correct philosopher
- Adds new alternative app icons
- Adds AR experience on iPhone X
2.1
May 6, 2018
- General bug fixes
- Reduced asset sizes for a smaller app bundle
- Improved animations
- Added lots of new quotes
2.0
Mar 15, 2018
App redesign and update for new devices.
Added sticker pack.

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iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
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Western Philosophers supports English

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