PHILOSOPHER

C. I. Lewis

1883 - 1964

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Clarence Irving Lewis (April 12, 1883 – February 3, 1964), usually cited as C. I. Lewis, was an American academic philosopher. He is considered the progenitor of modern modal logic and the founder of conceptual pragmatism. First a noted logician, he later branched into epistemology, and during the last 20 years of his life, he wrote much on ethics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. I. Lewis has received more than 91,473 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). C. I. Lewis is the 1,229th most popular philosopher (down from 1,135th in 2019), the 10,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,477th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of C. I. Lewis by language

Over the past year C. I. Lewis has had the most page views in the with 15,538 views, followed by Spanish (1,579), and German (1,195). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (108.56%), Italian (105.16%), and Serbian (69.85%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, C. I. Lewis ranks 1,229 out of 1,267. Before her are Roderick Chisholm, Michael Novak, Ryan White, Peter Geach, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, and Richard David Precht. After her are Alice von Hildebrand, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Raya Dunayevskaya, Norman Malcolm, Christine Korsgaard, and Julia Annas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, C. I. Lewis ranks 259. Before her are Paul Pilgrim, Marguerite Clark, Henry Robertson Bowers, Geraldine Beamish, Aurelio Mosquera, and Max Horton. After her are Edna May Oliver, S. Z. Sakall, Albert Oldman, C. Henry Gordon, Cyril Burt, and Lesley Ashburner. Among people deceased in 1964, C. I. Lewis ranks 199. Before her are Anna J. Cooper, James Chapin, Edward Van Sloan, Adele Goldstine, Gracie Allen, and Branislav Hrnjiček. After her are Hedwig Kohn, Frank Albertson, Norman Z. McLeod, Roscoe Pound, Fred Tootell, and Kate Gillou.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, C. I. Lewis ranks 10,134 out of 20,380. Before her are Grady Booch (1955), John Bell (1796), Riley Keough (1989), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Adele Astaire (1896), and Ronnie Hawkins (1935). After her are Leon Rippy (1949), Phyllis Haver (1899), Jack Lew (1955), Dennis Ralston (1942), Michael Coats (1946), and A.J. Styles (1977).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, C. I. Lewis ranks 83. Before her are Ralph Barton Perry (1876), Charles Hartshorne (1897), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Michael Novak (1933), Ryan White (1971), and Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825). After her are Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Norman Malcolm (1911), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Stephen Walt (1955), Peter Kreeft (1937), and Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936).

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