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Arthur Danto

1924 - 2013

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Arthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for The Nation and for his work in philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of history, though he contributed significantly to a number of fields, including the philosophy of action. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Danto has received more than 398,716 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Danto is the 569th most popular philosopher (down from 518th in 2019), the 1,863rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,806th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Arthur Danto ranks 569 out of 1,267. Before him are Daisaku Ikeda, Zoilus, Bion of Borysthenes, Alan Watts, Bernardino Telesio, and Zaleucus. After him are Usman dan Fodio, Gersonides, Zou Yan, Andreas Karlstadt, Peter the Iberian, and Charles W. Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Arthur Danto ranks 88. Before him are Sverre Fehn, Kenneth Waltz, Kenneth Kaunda, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Ottmar Walter, and Paul Desmond. After him are Vasil Bykaŭ, Leonid Kogan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Jacques Vergès, Roza Shanina, and Tengiz Abuladze. Among people deceased in 2013, Arthur Danto ranks 83. Before him are Sławomir Mrożek, Wilfried Martens, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Ottmar Walter, Rossana Podestà, and Stéphane Hessel. After him are Ken Norton, Jacques Vergès, Abdul Rahim Hatif, Robert Fogel, José Froilán González, and Otto Sander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Danto ranks 1,863 out of 20,380. Before him are Agnes Moorehead (1900), Dave Bautista (1969), Johnny Ramone (1948), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Chris Evert (1954), and Fred Durst (1970). After him are Andy Kaufman (1949), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966), Sam Houston (1793), Karen Carpenter (1950), Stacy Keach (1941), and Henry Lee Lucas (1936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Arthur Danto ranks 18. Before him are Daniel Dennett (1942), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Murray Bookchin (1921), Saul Kripke (1940), Kenneth Waltz (1924), and Tom Regan (1938). After him are Charles W. Morris (1903), Nancy Fraser (1947), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Jonathan Edwards (1703), Mary Parker Follett (1868), and Michael Walzer (1935).

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