1935 - 2017
Jerry Alan Fodor (; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of many crucial works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His writings in these fields laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypotheses, and he is recognized as having had "an enormous influence on virtually every portion of the philosophy of mind literature since 1960." Until his death in 2017 he held the position of State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Rutgers University. Fodor was known for his provocative and sometimes polemical style of argumentation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Fodor has received more than 372,118 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Jerry Fodor is the 583rd most popular philosopher (down from 524th in 2019), the 1,981st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,665th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Jerry Fodor ranks 583 out of 1,089. Before him are Johann Christoph Gottsched, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Antonio Labriola, Nicola Abbagnano, Vasishtha, and Amalric of Bena. After him are Bardaisan, Reinhold Niebuhr, Jacques Ellul, Abraham Isaac Kook, Nicos Poulantzas, and Mario Bunge.
1700 - 1766
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 577
1757 - 1823
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 578
1843 - 1904
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 579
1901 - 1990
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 580
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 581
1150 - 1206
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 582
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 583
154 - 222
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 584
1892 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 585
1912 - 1994
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 586
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 587
1936 - 1979
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 588
1919 - 2020
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 589
Among people born in 1935, Jerry Fodor ranks 89. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Bruno Sammartino, Jerry Orbach, Monique Wittig, André Brink, and Lyudmila Gurchenko. After him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Satoshi Ōmura, Richard Brautigan, Zeev Sternhell, Julian Glover, and Carl Andre. Among people deceased in 2017, Jerry Fodor ranks 95. Before him are René Préval, Roger Ailes, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Bruce McCandless II, and Luis Bacalov. After him are Brian Aldiss, Tobe Hooper, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean d'Ormesson, Albert Speer, and Colin Dexter.
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 83
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 84
1935 - 2004
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 85
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 86
1935 - 2015
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 87
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 88
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 89
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 90
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 91
1935 - 1984
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 92
1935 - 2020
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 93
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 94
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 95
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 89
1940 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 90
1932 - 2017
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 91
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 92
1937 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 93
1933 - 2017
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 94
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 95
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.88
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1943 - 2017
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 97
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 98
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 99
1934 - 2017
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 100
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 101
Among people born in United States, Jerry Fodor ranks 1,981 out of 15,968. Before him are Eugene Nida (1914), Irving Baxter (1876), Sundance Kid (1867), Kelly McGillis (1957), Cyd Charisse (1922), and Holly Hunter (1958). After him are Michael Rockefeller (1938), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), King Vidor (1894), David Gross (1941), Charles Dow (1851), and Wayne Shorter (1933).
1914 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,975
1876 - 1957
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,976
1867 - 1908
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,977
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,978
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,979
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 1,980
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,981
1938 - 1963
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,982
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 1,983
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,984
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,985
1851 - 1902
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,986
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 1,987
Among philosophers born in United States, Jerry Fodor ranks 21. Before him are Murray Bookchin (1921), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Saul Kripke (1940), Arthur Danto (1924), and Tom Regan (1938). After him are Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Charles W. Morris (1903), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Michael J. Sandel (1953), James Mark Baldwin (1861), and Ted Nelson (1937).
1921 - 2006
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 15
1868 - 1933
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 18
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 19
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 20
1935 - 2017
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 21
1892 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 22
1903 - 1979
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 23
1871 - 1965
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 25
1861 - 1934
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 27