PHILOSOPHER

Jean Cavaillès

1903 - 1944

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Jean Cavaillès (; French: [ʒɑ̃ kavajɛs]; 15 May 1903 – 4 April 1944) was a French philosopher and logician who specialized in philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Cavaillès has received more than 107,198 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jean Cavaillès is the 1,094th most popular philosopher (down from 1,035th in 2019), the 4,172nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,866th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Cavaillès ranks 1,094 out of 1,267Before him are Carlo Cattaneo, Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Ned Block, David Chalmers, and G. A. Cohen. After him are Susan George, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Ivan Kireyevsky, Eugenio Garin, J. L. Mackie, and Sosipatra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Jean Cavaillès ranks 223Before him are Big Bill Broonzy, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Gioacchino Colombo, Jeanette MacDonald, Georges de Rham, and Gerhard Schrader. After him are Wim Anderiesen, Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Yashpal, Dumitru Stăniloae, Alexander Bek, and Jack Oakie. Among people deceased in 1944, Jean Cavaillès ranks 241Before him are Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Walter Breisky, Settela Steinbach, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Jacques Roumain, and Al Smith. After him are Wim Anderiesen, Oszkár Gerde, E. O. Plauen, Henry Wood, Pierre Brossolette, and Wendell Willkie.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cavaillès ranks 4,172 out of 6,770Before him are Raymond Kaelbel (1932), Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904), Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835), Serge Lang (1927), Paul Paray (1886), and Pierre Adet (1763). After him are Maurice Boitel (1919), Roger Ducret (1888), Yvonne Loriod (1924), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Jean, Count of Paris (1965), and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Cavaillès ranks 132Before him are Jean Rostand (1894), Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Jacques Cujas (1522), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), and Rémi Brague (1947). After him are Clémence Royer (1830), Max Bense (1910), André Comte-Sponville (1952), Barbara Cassin (1947), Lucien Sève (1926), and Quentin Meillassoux (1967).