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Adolf Grünbaum

1923 - 2018

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Adolf Grünbaum (; May 15, 1923 – November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science. He was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1960 until his death, and also served as co-chairman of its Center for Philosophy of Science (from 1978), research professor of psychiatry (from 1979), and primary research professor in the department of history and philosophy of science (from 2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Grünbaum has received more than 129,627 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Grünbaum is the 1,078th most popular philosopher, the 4,205th most popular biography from Germany and the 138th most popular German Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Adolf Grünbaum ranks 1,078 out of 1,267. Before him are Karl Ludwig von Haller, Camillo Berneri, Anna Tumarkin, Paul Kurtz, Heymann Steinthal, and P. C. Chang. After him are Mario Tronti, Amina Wadud, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Josef Pieper, Barrington Moore Jr., and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Adolf Grünbaum ranks 283. Before him are Oskar Fischer, Patrick Hillery, Ennio de Concini, Mikhail Pugovkin, Jim Reeves, and Bruno Zumino. After him are Isao Kimura, Ernesto Prinoth, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Peter Gay, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, and N. T. Rama Rao. Among people deceased in 2018, Adolf Grünbaum ranks 262. Before him are Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Claudio Scimone, Sergio Gonella, Jennifer Welles, David Cherkassky, and Theodor Hoffmann. After him are Tony Joe White, Vladimír Weiss, María Dolores Pradera, Dave Holland, Marty Balin, and Barbara Harris.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Grünbaum ranks 4,205 out of 7,253. Before him are Hugo Distler (1908), Peter Schilling (1956), Claus Offe (1940), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), and Frederick Loewe (1901). After him are Jupp Kapellmann (1949), Erna Berger (1900), Johann Schreck (1576), Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Heinrich Kayser (1853), and Christiane Hörbiger (1938).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Adolf Grünbaum ranks 138. Before him are Justus Möser (1720), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Joachim Camerarius (1500), Max Dessoir (1867), Georg Anton Friedrich Ast (1778), and Heymann Steinthal (1823). After him are Josef Pieper (1904), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Martin Chemnitz (1522), Friedrich Gogarten (1887), and Dieter Henrich (1927).

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