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Graham Harman

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Graham Harman (born May 9, 1968) is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Graham Harman is the 1,259th most popular philosopher, the 14,160th most popular biography from United States and the 94th most popular American Philosopher.

Graham Harman is an American philosopher best known for his role in developing object-oriented ontology, a branch of speculative realism that emphasizes the autonomy of objects and their interactions independent of human perception. His work challenges traditional metaphysics and explores the relationships between objects in a non-anthropocentric framework.

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Among philosophers, Graham Harman ranks 1,259 out of 1,267. Before him are Colin McGinn, Vittorio Hösle, Stanley Hauerwas, Alex Callinicos, Joseph Overton, and Stanley Fish. After him are Linda Martín Alcoff, Lea Ypi, A. C. Grayling, Miranda Fricker, Taraneh Javanbakht, and Alenka Zupančič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Graham Harman ranks 597. Before him are Matjaž Zupan, Daphne Koller, Rubén Gallego, Lisa Angell, Irina Belova, and Lavell Crawford. After him are Svenja Schulze, Carlos Costa, Girolamo Giovinazzo, Ganjar Pranowo, Sibylle Berg, and Augusto Pedro de Sousa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Graham Harman ranks 14,164 out of 20,380. Before him are Don Cornelius (1936), Russell A. Alger (1836), Dave Annable (1979), Lavell Crawford (1968), Gertrude Short (1902), and Christina Grimmie (1994). After him are John Sayles (1950), Alexander Martin (1740), Eva Amurri (1985), Jordan Fisher (1994), Sherri Martel (1958), and Billy Taylor (1921).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Graham Harman ranks 94. Before him are Norman Malcolm (1911), Nel Noddings (1929), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Stanley Hauerwas (1940), Joseph Overton (1960), and Stanley Fish (1938). After him are William A. Dembski (1960), Richard Carrier (1969), and David Bentley Hart (1965).

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