PHILOSOPHER

John McDowell

1942 - Today

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John Henry McDowell (born 7 March 1942) is a South African philosopher, formerly a fellow of University College, Oxford, and now university professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Although he has written on metaphysics, epistemology, ancient philosophy, nature, and meta-ethics, McDowell's most influential work has been in the philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. McDowell was one of three recipients of the 2010 Andrew W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McDowell has received more than 326,384 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John McDowell is the 1,154th most popular philosopher (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 97th in 2019) and the most popular South African Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John McDowell ranks 1,154 out of 1,267. Before him are Dieter Henrich, Abram Deborin, William Thompson, Hector Boece, Ralph Cudworth, and William Lane Craig. After him are Pat Robertson, Mark Fisher, Mary Whiton Calkins, Thomas Sebeok, Uku Masing, and F. C. S. Schiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John McDowell ranks 476. Before him are Ingrid Becker, Rudolf Belin, Bruce Johnston, Quentin Bryce, Fernando Vallejo, and Eloy Campos. After him are Raymond Depardon, Jonathan Williams, Miguel Ángel Santoro, Svetlana Gannushkina, Al Matthews, and Susan Anspach.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, John McDowell ranks 113 out of 454. Before him are Hugh Masekela (1939), Julius Malema (1981), Alan Paton (1903), Phil Ramone (1934), Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (1949), and Bevil Rudd (1894). After him are Sharlto Copley (1973), Denis Goldberg (1933), Pik Botha (1932), Louisa Bolus (1877), Francois Pienaar (1967), and Devdas Gandhi (1900).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In South Africa

Among philosophers born in South Africa, John McDowell ranks 1. After him are David Benatar (1966).

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