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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 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Michael Ruse is the 1,177th most popular philosopher (down from 1,097th in 2019), the 4,015th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,900th in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Ruses by language

Over the past year Michael Ruse has had the most page views in the with 22,486 views, followed by Spanish (2,399), and Arabic (1,308). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (163.46%), Turkish (64.99%), and Polish (41.91%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Ruse ranks 1,177 out of 1,267. Before him are Helene von Druskowitz, Yuval Steinitz, Eino Kaila, Max Black, Bernard Lonergan, and Edward Abramowski. After him are Buddhapālita, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, Leila Ahmed, Hermann Lietz, Iris Marion Young, and William Chittick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Michael Ruse ranks 431. Before him are Wolfgang Paul, Franco Balmamion, David Peoples, James Brady, Henri Dès, and Franco Bitossi. After him are Jerry Lawson, Jaak Lipso, Leila Ahmed, Karin Baal, Juozas Budraitis, and Pilar Miró.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ruse ranks 4,015 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cross (1949), Roy Bentley (1924), Ivor Allchurch (1929), Robert Whitehead (1823), David Beaton (1494), and Aaron Ramsey (1990). After him are Rick Allen (1963), Alfred Maudslay (1850), Charles Wilkins (1749), Grantley Goulding (1874), Steve McClaren (1961), and Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Ruse ranks 80. Before him are Ralph Cudworth (1617), Mark Fisher (1968), John Peckham (1227), Anthony Collins (1676), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), and Eric A. Havelock (1903). After him are Richard Price (1723), John Major (1467), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), Susan Haack (1945), Dugald Stewart (1753), and Simon Blackburn (1944).

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