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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 307,716 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John McDowell is the 1,055th most popular philosopher (down from 1,016th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Philosopher.

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  • 46.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John McDowell ranks 1,055 out of 1,081. Before him are Isidore of Alexandria, Richard Posner, Sandra Harding, Martin Chemnitz, Bernard Lonergan, and Seyla Benhabib. After him are Amina Wadud, R. M. Hare, Thomas van Erpe, André Comte-Sponville, Julián Marías, and Rosi Braidotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John McDowell ranks 430. Before him are Dith Pran, Ferenc Kiss, James Soong, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Tom Belsø, and Kevin Conway. After him are Kees Verkerk, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Gerben Karstens, Eduard Malofeyev, Svetlana Gannushkina, and Fernando Atzori.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, John McDowell ranks 97 out of 374. Before him are Ian Scheckter (1947), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Trevor Rabin (1954), Sharlto Copley (1973), Helen Suzman (1917), and Sid Atkinson (1901). After him are Goodwill Zwelithini (1948), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Louis Raymond (1895), Jim Fouché (1898), Mark Shuttleworth (1973), and Phil Ramone (1934).

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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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