PHILOSOPHER

Bernard Williams

1929 - 2003

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Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, FBA (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Williams has received more than 676,651 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Williams is the 896th most popular philosopher (down from 758th in 2019), the 2,185th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,786th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bernard Williams ranks 896 out of 1,267. Before him are Ian Hacking, Axiothea of Phlius, Ber Borochov, Beatus Rhenanus, Feng Youlan, and Cerinthus. After him are Hugo Kołłątaj, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Nikolay Lossky, Paul de Man, William of Conches, and Ramananda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bernard Williams ranks 211. Before him are Julinho, Liz Sheridan, Anastasios of Albania, Nigel Hawthorne, Jack Higgins, and François Cheng. After him are Milton Glaser, Kjell Askildsen, Péter Palotás, Sixten Jernberg, Horst Frank, and Arnold Palmer. Among people deceased in 2003, Bernard Williams ranks 138. Before him are Martha Chase, Donald Davidson, Julinho, Howard Fast, Albert Batteux, and Wendy Hiller. After him are Leopoldo Trieste, Tadao Horie, Nello Pagani, Henryk Jabłoński, Giorgio Gaber, and Marc-Vivien Foé.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Williams ranks 2,185 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Eric Temple Bell (1883), Michael Adams (1971), Gerald of Wales (1146), Wilfred Owen (1893), and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967). After him are John Miles (1949), John Cleland (1709), John Paul Jones (1747), Lytton Strachey (1880), Bob Peck (1945), and George Robert Waterhouse (1810).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Bernard Williams ranks 56. Before him are Frederick Copleston (1907), F. H. Bradley (1846), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Michael Dummett (1925), Perry Anderson (1938), and William Paley (1743). After him are John Scott Haldane (1860), Richard Swinburne (1934), Martin Lings (1909), Samuel Clarke (1675), Anna Kingsford (1846), and J. M. E. McTaggart (1866).

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