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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, Warsaw – 22 January 1984, Brussels) was a Belgian philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin. He was among the most important argumentation theorists of the twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaïm Perelman has received more than 129,579 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chaïm Perelman is the 528th most popular philosopher (up from 639th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Poland (up from 391st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Chaïm Perelman ranks 528 out of 1,081Before him are Huiyuan, Zaleucus, Al-Shahrastani, Al-Baydawi, Dharmakirti, and Cesare Ripa. After him are Crates of Mallus, Georg Henrik von Wright, Marpa Lotsawa, Berengar of Tours, Charles W. Morris, and Vilém Flusser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Chaïm Perelman ranks 81Before him are Yuen Siu-tien, Barbara W. Tuchman, Michel Debré, A. E. van Vogt, Lady Bird Johnson, and Woody Guthrie. After him are Arne Næss, Richard Brooks, Sohn Kee-chung, Hugh Griffith, Jacques Ellul, and Shoichi Nishimura. Among people deceased in 1984, Chaïm Perelman ranks 52Before him are Pavel Batitsky, Walter Rauff, Jiro Miyake, Count Basie, Hans Speidel, and Fikret Amirov. After him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Raoul Salan, Rodrigo Lara, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Eduardo De Filippo, and Mark W. Clark.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 304 out of 1,454Before him are Hans Bellmer (1902), Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1286), Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Józef Bem (1794), Ida Haendel (1928), and Krzysztof Zanussi (1939). After him are Fritz Gerlich (1883), Henry the Bearded (1163), Casimir Pulaski (1745), Andreas Schlüter (1660), Gunther von Hagens (1945), and Siemomysł (922).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Chaïm Perelman ranks 14Before 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), Florian Znaniecki (1882), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), John Cantius (1390), and Symon Budny (1530).