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Donald Davidson

1917 - 2003

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Donald Herbert Davidson (March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher. He served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1981 to 2003 after having also held teaching appointments at Stanford University, Rockefeller University, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. Davidson was known for his charismatic personality and the depth and difficulty of his thought. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Davidson has received more than 25,255 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Donald Davidson is the 879th most popular philosopher (down from 774th in 2019), the 3,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,076th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Donald Davidson ranks 879 out of 1,267. Before him are Apollodorus the Epicurean, Anniceris, G. E. M. Anscombe, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Antipater of Tarsus, and Édouard Le Roy. After him are Johann Heinrich Alsted, Monimus, David of Dinant, Theodoric of Freiberg, Jacob Moleschott, and Nikephoros Blemmydes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Donald Davidson ranks 150. Before him are Adam Malik, Mongo Santamaría, Zoltán Fábri, Mouloud Mammeri, Asima Chatterjee, and Marsha Hunt. After him are Vasiľ Biľak, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Han Suyin, Vasily Mishin, Red Auerbach, and Leopoldo Trieste. Among people deceased in 2003, Donald Davidson ranks 133. Before him are Herma Bauma, Goffredo Petrassi, Isao Iwabuchi, Joel Antônio Martins, Aleksandar Tišma, and Martha Chase. After him are Julinho, Howard Fast, Albert Batteux, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Williams, and Leopoldo Trieste.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 3,642 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Whitfield Diffie (1944), Lawrence Block (1938), Robert Indiana (1928), David Arquette (1971), and Maureen Connolly (1934). After him are Ethel Kennedy (1928), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Andre Norton (1912), Jackie Cooper (1922), and Lee Hazlewood (1929).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 35. Before him are Helen Parkhurst (1886), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Eric Hoffer (1898), Ted Nelson (1937), and Susanne Langer (1895). After him are David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), Edmund Gettier (1927), and Wilfrid Sellars (1912).

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