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Michael Ruse

1940 - Today

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Michael Ruse (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ruse has received more than 192,355 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ruse is the 1,097th most popular philosopher (down from 1,030th in 2019), the 3,908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,633rd in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 190k

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  • 45.03

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  • 19

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  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Ruse ranks 1,097 out of 1,081Before him are Richard Price, Alister McGrath, Paul Kurtz, John Gray, Albert Razin, and W. D. Ross. After him are Leila Ahmed, William Chittick, James Burnham, Ralph Cudworth, Pritilata Waddedar, and Walter Burley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michael Ruse ranks 402Before him are Judy Cornwell, Albert Razin, Pauline Collins, Héctor Silva, Vicente Miera, and Michael Herr. After him are Leila Ahmed, Jack Thompson, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Joe South, Joe Torre, and Werner Krämer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ruse ranks 3,908 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), W. D. Ross (1877), Arthur Wynne (1871), Freddie Francis (1917), and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (1932). After him are Aaron Ramsey (1990), Joseph Thomson (1858), Antonia Thomas (1986), James Robertson Justice (1907), Stuart McCall (1964), and Frank Dillane (1991).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Ruse ranks 77Before him are John Major (1467), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Richard Price (1723), Alister McGrath (1953), John Gray (1948), and W. D. Ross (1877). After him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Walter Burley (1275), William Ames (1576), Simon Blackburn (1944), Mark Fisher (1968), and Bernard Bosanquet (1848).