The first professor, called a Senior Member, appointed to serve the new Institute was Dr Hendrik Hart who proceeded to teach worldview studies and philosophy, an appointment which later became specialized to Systematic Philosophy as the number of Senior Members grew.
Billy Hart | Mickey Hart | Gary Hart | Hart to Hart | Melissa Joan Hart | Lorenz Hart | Moss Hart | White Hart Lane | Rodgers and Hart | Bret Hart | Thomas Hart Benton | Miranda Hart | Adam Hart-Davis | Hawker Hart | Hart Crane | Carey Hart | William Hart | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Jimmy Hart | Hendrik Tollens | Hendrik Lorentz | Hendrik Conscience | Hart House | Angie Hart | Alvin Youngblood Hart | Will Cullen Hart | Thomas Hart Benton (painter) | Stu Hart | Nancy Hart | John Hart |
Phenomenology has also played a role, as seen in the work of Emil Fackenheim (1961), Benoit Pruche (1977–1980), René l'Ecuyer (1980), Jacques Croteau (1981), Cyril Welch (1982), Gary Madison (1988), Hendrik Hart (1990), Jean Grondin (1995), and Thomas De Koninck (1995).