PHILOSOPHER

David Lewis

1941 - 2001

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David Kellogg Lewis (September 28, 1941 – October 14, 2001) was an American philosopher. Lewis taught briefly at UCLA and then at Princeton University from 1970 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Lewis has received more than 473,790 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. David Lewis is the 916th most popular philosopher (down from 858th in 2019), the 3,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,637th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, David Lewis ranks 916 out of 1,267. Before him are Erich Neumann, Christian von Ehrenfels, Colotes, Antoun Saadeh, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, and Theodor Gomperz. After him are Peter Lamborn Wilson, Jaimini, Sengzhao, Denis Pétau, Lars Gustafsson, and Matthias Bel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Lewis ranks 237. Before him are Dennis Sullivan, Stephen Krashen, Júlia Várady, Eric Braeden, Eugène Terre'Blanche, and Ricardo Piglia. After him are Margitta Gummel, Mike Love, Dirk Frimout, Yevhen Marchuk, Lucien Aimar, and Steve Cropper. Among people deceased in 2001, David Lewis ranks 123. Before him are Leila Pahlavi, Jelle Zijlstra, Gloria Foster, Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Gregory Corso, and Grigory Chukhray. After him are Aaliyah, Kathleen Freeman, Robert Enrico, Mike Mentzer, Aldo Olivieri, and Luiz Bonfá.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Lewis ranks 3,872 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Phillips (1923), Ronnie Spector (1943), Jim Gray (1944), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Timothy Dexter (1747), and Michael McKean (1947). After him are Charles Wilkes (1798), David Robinson (1965), Sheryl Crow (1962), Winnaretta Singer (1865), Doug Savant (1964), and James Quinn (1906).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, David Lewis ranks 36. Before him are Michael J. Sandel (1953), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Eric Hoffer (1898), Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), and Donald Davidson (1917). After him are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), Edmund Gettier (1927), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), and Harry Frankfurt (1929).

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