1932 - Today
John Rogers Searle (American English pronunciation: ; born July 31, 1932) is an American philosopher widely noted for contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy. He began teaching at UC Berkeley in 1959, and was Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Language and Professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, until June 2019, when his status as professor emeritus was revoked because he was found to have violated the university's sexual harassment policies.As an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Searle was secretary of "Students against Joseph McCarthy". He received all his university degrees, BA, MA, and DPhil, from the University of Oxford, where he held his first faculty positions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Searle has received more than 1,301,771 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). John Searle is the 296th most popular philosopher (down from 287th in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from United States (down from 708th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Philosopher.
John Searle is most famous for his Chinese Room argument.
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Among philosophers, John Searle ranks 296 out of 1,081. Before him are Sri Aurobindo, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Jerome of Prague, Rudolf Otto, Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and Aristoxenus. After him are Alfred Tarski, Cleanthes, Johann Reuchlin, Miskawayh, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Anne Sullivan.
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 290
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 291
1379 - 1416
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 292
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 293
1149 - 1209
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 294
360 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 295
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 296
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 297
330 BC - 232 BC
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 298
1455 - 1522
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 299
932 - 1030
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 300
1089 - 1167
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 301
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 302
Among people born in 1932, John Searle ranks 44. Before him are Valentino, Houari Boumédiène, Robert Mundell, Roy Scheider, Louis Malle, and Ryszard Kapuściński. After him are Vytautas Landsbergis, Oliver E. Williamson, Stéphane Audran, Little Richard, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, and Stephen Covey.
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 38
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 39
1932 - 2021
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 40
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 42
1932 - 2007
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 43
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 44
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 45
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 46
1932 - 2018
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 48
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 49
1932 - 2012
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 50
Among people born in United States, John Searle ranks 755 out of 18,182. Before him are Buckminster Fuller (1895), Mark Hamill (1951), Marvin Gaye (1939), Tobin Bell (1942), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Stanley B. Prusiner (1942). After him are Woody Harrelson (1961), Steve Reich (1936), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Larry Ellison (1944), Michael Rockefeller (1938), and Richard Dean Anderson (1950).
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 749
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 750
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 751
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 752
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 753
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 754
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 755
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 756
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 757
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 758
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 759
1938 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 760
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 761
Among philosophers born in United States, John Searle ranks 4. Before him are John Rawls (1921), George Herbert Mead (1863), and Robert Nozick (1938). After him are Anne Sullivan (1866), Hilary Putnam (1926), Richard Rorty (1931), Daniel Dennett (1942), Judith Butler (1956), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), and Nelson Goodman (1906).
1921 - 2002
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 1
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 2
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 3
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1866 - 1936
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 5
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 6
1931 - 2007
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 9
1931 - 2013
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 10
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 11
1906 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12