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Charles Hartshorne

1897 - 2000

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Charles Hartshorne (; June 5, 1897 – October 9, 2000) was an American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics, but also contributed to ornithology. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Hartshorne has received more than 215,859 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hartshorne is the 1,222nd most popular philosopher (down from 1,125th in 2019), the 9,851st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,860th in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Charles Hartshorne ranks 1,222 out of 1,267. Before him are John Gray, C. H. Dodd, Ralph Barton Perry, Mary Midgley, Nick Land, and Catherine Malabou. After him are Roderick Chisholm, Michael Novak, Peter Geach, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Richard David Precht, and C. I. Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Charles Hartshorne ranks 291. Before him are Ivan Borkovský, Joseph Calleia, J. L. B. Smith, Florence B. Seibert, Walter Winchell, and Charles Kingsford Smith. After him are Silverio Izaguirre, Józef Lange, Sabino Bilbao, John Kotelawala, Henri Dulieux, and Alphonse Lacroix. Among people deceased in 2000, Charles Hartshorne ranks 312. Before him are Lajos Kocsis, Gloria Talbott, Paul Bartel, Ann Doran, George Montgomery, and Elmo Zumwalt. After him are Shobhna Samarth, Beah Richards, Alfredo Sánchez, Clifford Truesdell, Marceline Day, and Helmut Berthold.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Hartshorne ranks 9,851 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Young (1958), Neal Adams (1941), Alexander Acosta (1969), Betsy Russell (1963), Jonathan Gilbert (1967), and Dianne Reeves (1956). After him are Lezley Zen (1974), Eric Christian Olsen (1977), Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960), Nella Larsen (1891), Richard Rush (1780), and Pamela Bellwood (1951).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Charles Hartshorne ranks 78. Before him are Alexander Berzin (1944), R. C. Sproul (1939), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), David Ray Griffin (1939), and Ralph Barton Perry (1876). After him are Roderick Chisholm (1916), Michael Novak (1933), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), C. I. Lewis (1883), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), and Norman Malcolm (1911).

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