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Martha Nussbaum

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Martha Nussbaum (; née Craven; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department. Nussbaum's work has focused on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy, existentialism, feminism, and ethics, including animal rights. She also holds associate appointments in classics, divinity, and political science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a board member of the Human Rights Program. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Nussbaum has received more than 1,744,848 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Martha Nussbaum is the 458th most popular philosopher (up from 483rd in 2019), the 1,405th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,610th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Martha Nussbaum ranks 458 out of 1,267. Before her are Gianni Vattimo, Lucilio Vanini, Paul Natorp, Nelson Goodman, Michel Serres, and Philodemus. After her are Priscian, Victor Cousin, Vittorino da Feltre, Michel de Certeau, Zhiyi, and Ivan Ilyin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Martha Nussbaum ranks 82. Before her are Mariska Veres, Viktor Belenko, Anwar Ibrahim, Ljupko Petrović, Dwight Schultz, and Peter Weller. After her are Klaus Schulze, Kazimierz Deyna, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Roger D. Kornberg, James Patterson, and F. R. David.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Nussbaum ranks 1,405 out of 20,380. Before her are William Lipscomb (1919), Solomon Northup (1808), Jack Dempsey (1895), Robert A. Dahl (1915), Sarah Knauss (1880), and Peter Weller (1947). After her are G. Stanley Hall (1846), Alan Bean (1932), Dan Simmons (1948), Adrien Brody (1973), Charles G. Dawes (1865), and Ida Tarbell (1857).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Martha Nussbaum ranks 11. Before her are Anne Sullivan (1866), Richard Rorty (1931), John Searle (1932), Hilary Putnam (1926), Ronald Dworkin (1931), and Nelson Goodman (1906). After her are Daniel Dennett (1942), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Murray Bookchin (1921), Saul Kripke (1940), Kenneth Waltz (1924), and Tom Regan (1938).

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