PHILOSOPHER

Edmund Gettier

1927 - 2021

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Edmund Lee Gettier III (; October 31, 1927 – March 23, 2021) was an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Gettier has received more than 272,363 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Gettier is the 959th most popular philosopher (down from 859th in 2019), the 4,296th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,644th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Edmund Gettier ranks 959 out of 1,267. Before him are Ajita Kesakambali, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Zeno of Tarsus, Michel Onfray, Lysander Spooner, and Leontion. After him are Herbert Feigl, Critolaus, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Georges Florovsky, Anselm of Laon, and Huang Zongxi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Edmund Gettier ranks 199. Before him are Carlos Romero, Jarl Kulle, Dany Robin, Cecil Bødker, Claudio Brook, and Victor Wong. After him are Éva Székely, Vasyl Makukh, Júlio Duarte Langa, Florencio Campomanes, Torbjørn Falkanger, and Gary Bertini. Among people deceased in 2021, Edmund Gettier ranks 247. Before him are Yitzhak Arad, Yvon Douis, Carla Fracci, Ivan Patzaichin, Helmut Jahn, and Gunilla Bergström. After him are Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Henri Schwery, B. J. Thomas, Norman Lloyd, Milkha Singh, and Tahir Salahov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Gettier ranks 4,296 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristanna Loken (1979), Barnum Brown (1873), Bugs Moran (1893), Gregg Allman (1947), Layne Staley (1967), and India Summer (1975). After him are Hugh McDonald (1950), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Don Nelson (1940), Michael Johnson (1967), Billy Hayes (1947), and John Tukey (1915).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Edmund Gettier ranks 40. Before him are Susanne Langer (1895), Donald Davidson (1917), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), and Lysander Spooner (1808). After him are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Ram Dass (1931), Stanley Cavell (1926), Lon L. Fuller (1902), and Josiah Royce (1855).

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