PHILOSOPHER

Jaegwon Kim

1934 - 2019

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Jaegwon Kim (September 12, 1934 – November 27, 2019) was a Korean-American philosopher. At the time of his death, Kim was an emeritus professor of philosophy at Brown University. He also taught at several other leading American universities during his lifetime, including the University of Michigan, Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins University, and Swarthmore College. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaegwon Kim has received more than 187,228 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jaegwon Kim is the 1,166th most popular philosopher (down from 1,078th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 228th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South Korean Philosopher.

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  • 190k

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  • 54.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jaegwon Kim ranks 1,166 out of 1,267. Before him are F. C. S. Schiller, John Finnis, John Peckham, Anthony Collins, Philip Pettit, and Bernard Bosanquet. After him are Lucien Sève, Eric A. Havelock, Dariush Shayegan, Pritilata Waddedar, Helene von Druskowitz, and Yuval Steinitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jaegwon Kim ranks 389. Before him are Luis Maidana, Michael May, Joyce Van Patten, Ray Wilson, Gilbert Strang, and Adolf Muschg. After him are Shirley Douglas, Herwig Wolfram, David Burke, Sam Panopoulos, Ulf Schmidt, and Kjell Bäckman. Among people deceased in 2019, Jaegwon Kim ranks 360. Before him are Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Freddie Jones, Gerhard Auer, Pat Crawford Brown, Sheila Dikshit, and Hubert Hahne. After him are Anatoly Krutikov, Imre Varga, Norbert Eder, Francisco Toledo, Thomas Remengesau Sr., and Kjell Bäckman.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jaegwon Kim ranks 277 out of 1,128. Before him are Im Yoon-ah (1990), Park Hae-jin (1983), Song Kang (1994), Jang Keun-suk (1987), Chung Won-shik (1928), and Lee Seung-gi (1987). After him are Gong Hyo-jin (1980), Yun Hyon-seok (1984), Lee Sung-kyung (1990), Kim Bum (1989), Ryu Seung-ryong (1970), and Kim Hyun-joong (1986).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In South Korea

Among philosophers born in South Korea, Jaegwon Kim ranks 5. Before him are Yi Hwang (1501), Yi I (1536), Byung-Chul Han (1959), and Yun Hyu (1617).

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