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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 23,734 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Donald Davidson is the 774th most popular philosopher (down from 723rd in 2019), the 3,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,735th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 32

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  • 4.15

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  • 3.82

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Donald Davidson ranks 774 out of 1,081Before him are Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Nikephoros Blemmydes, Glaucon, Domingo de Soto, and Hakuin Ekaku. After him are Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Michael J. Sandel, Clitomachus, Joseph Albo, Raymond Williams, and Hayashi Razan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Donald Davidson ranks 133Before him are Semyon Kurkotkin, Mak Dizdar, Sharof Rashidov, Wieland Wagner, June Allyson, and Đỗ Mười. After him are Kerim Kerimov, Han Suyin, Raymond Burr, Robert Conquest, Isang Yun, and Sameera Moussa. Among people deceased in 2003, Donald Davidson ranks 107Before him are Kató Lomb, Neil Postman, Jacques Deray, Bernard Williams, Anita Mui, and John Ritter. After him are Charles Berlitz, Kerim Kerimov, Gordon Mitchell, Howard Fast, Robert Palmer, and Mongo Santamaría.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 3,083 out of 18,182Before him are Barbara O'Neil (1910), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Daniel Baldwin (1960), Dick Scobee (1939), Annie Sprinkle (1954), and David Wilkerson (1931). After him are Joe Don Baker (1936), Marilyn Chambers (1952), Richard Jordan (1937), Archie Hahn (1880), Bruce Boxleitner (1950), and Peter Gallagher (1955).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 30Before him are William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Michael Walzer (1935), Ted Nelson (1937), Helen Parkhurst (1886), and Eric Hoffer (1898). After him are Michael J. Sandel (1953), Nancy Fraser (1947), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), David Lewis (1941), Edmund Gettier (1927), and Susanne Langer (1895).