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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 172,940 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jaegwon Kim is the 1,078th most popular philosopher (down from 1,012th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from South Korea (down from 196th in 2019) and the 5th most popular South Korean Philosopher.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jaegwon Kim ranks 1,078 out of 1,081. Before him are David Ray Griffin, Lucien Sève, Max Bense, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, Cleopatra the Alchemist, and David Chalmers. After him are Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Barbara Cassin, David Malet Armstrong, Helene von Druskowitz, Geydar Dzhemal, and F. C. S. Schiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jaegwon Kim ranks 348. Before him are Gulzar, Ole Madsen, Gilbert Strang, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Junior Wells, and Sam Panopoulos. After him are Peter Maxwell Davies, Eddy Pieters Graafland, Mário de Araújo Cabral, Joseph Bologna, Joyce Van Patten, and Mikio Aoki. Among people deceased in 2019, Jaegwon Kim ranks 326. Before him are Christian Bach, Galina Volchek, Alessandra Panaro, Ben Pon, Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, and Francisco Toledo. After him are Bob Einstein, Göran Malmqvist, Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, Carolee Schneemann, and Günter Kunert.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jaegwon Kim ranks 231 out of 944. Before him are Kim Hwang-sik (1948), Song Yoon-ah (1973), Uhm Jung-hwa (1969), Seo In-guk (1987), Go Hyun-jung (1971), and Jung Woo-sung (1973). After him are Kim Hye-soo (1970), Kim Hee-sun (1977), Hwang Sun-hong (1968), Ahn Cheol-soo (1962), Ha Seok-jin (1982), and Lee Hyori (1979).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In South Korea

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

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