As part of my job I’ve been learning to use MediaKron, an interesting tool developed by Boston College (not the same as Boston University, where I work) which creates maps and timelines for educational use. I’ll be helping a pilot group of Boston University faculty use MediaKron; to help myself learn it, I designed a website mapping out different major philosophers in time and space, including most of the thinkers I post about most often here. I’m hoping the site is helpful to visualize some of the long and complex history of philosophy – feel free to use it yourself or even show it to your students.
(Feel free to editorialize about how you can’t believe philosopher X was not included, if you like. I think I covered the very biggest figures, and I included the ones I write about most, but I know there are plenty of major ones who aren’t on there.)
[EDIT 8 Aug 2017: My site has moved to a new URL. I’ve changed the text above to reflect that.]
Pretty cool! Since I am free to editorialize, the Indian section could use at least one Naiyāyika (Gautama, Vatsyāyana, or Uddyotakara?) as well as Patañjali, Dignāga, Dharmakīrti, and Kumārila. Nāgārjuna and Śaṅkara had the most influence later (Nāgārjuna mostly outside of India and Śaṅkara since his lifetime), but there was a lot more going on in classical India before that.
Oh, and if you’re going to allow a lot of Buddhists, Vasubandhu is a must, too.