PHILOSOPHER

Chaïm Perelman

1912 - 1984

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Chaïm Perelman (born Henio (or Henri) Perelman; sometimes referred to mistakenly as Charles Perelman) (20 May 1912 – 22 January 1984) was a Belgian philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaïm Perelman has received more than 140,284 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chaïm Perelman is the 541st most popular philosopher (down from 528th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Poland (down from 304th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.49

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  • 1.33

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chaïm Perelman ranks 541 out of 1,267. Before him are Émile Boirac, Georges Canguilhem, Zeno of Sidon, Pietro d'Abano, Paul Grice, and Karl Korsch. After him are Axel Honneth, Kenneth Waltz, Al-Baydawi, Jan Patočka, Myia, and Roger Scruton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Chaïm Perelman ranks 77. Before him are Shoichi Nishimura, Julia Child, Taiichi Ohno, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Abbé Pierre, and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark. After him are Kamala Sohonie, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Jacques Ellul, Frank Oppenheimer, Hugh Griffith, and Salah al-Din al-Bitar. Among people deceased in 1984, Chaïm Perelman ranks 51. Before him are James Mason, Yılmaz Güney, Brassaï, Jackie Coogan, Jerzy Popiełuszko, and Joseph Losey. After him are George Gaylord Simpson, Branko Ćopić, Hans Speidel, Rodrigo Lara, Count Basie, and Andy Kaufman.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 314 out of 1,694. Before him are Georg Heym (1887), Richard Abegg (1869), Andreas Schlüter (1660), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776), and Bolesław V the Chaste (1226). After him are Jean Epstein (1897), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), and Stefan Wyszyński (1901).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 14. Before him are Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), Heinrich Rickert (1863), and Leszek Kołakowski (1927). After him are Roman Ingarden (1893), Kuno Fischer (1824), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Florian Znaniecki (1882), John Cantius (1390), and Symon Budny (1530).

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