PHILOSOPHER

Nancy Cartwright

1944 - Today

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Nancy Cartwright, Lady Hampshire (born 24 June 1944) is an American philosopher of science. She is a professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nancy Cartwright has received more than 7,879,729 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Cartwright is the 1,132nd most popular philosopher, the 6,724th most popular biography from United States and the 60th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 17

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  • 3.06

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nancy Cartwright ranks 1,132 out of 1,267. Before her are George Gerbner, André Comte-Sponville, Gary L. Francione, Phan Thanh Giản, Hicetas, and Martin Chemnitz. After her are Albert Razin, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Friedrich Gogarten, Polemon of Athens, Thomas van Erpe, and Ada Adler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Nancy Cartwright ranks 473. Before her are Said Musa, Valeriy Porkujan, Mick Jones, Dennis Russell Davies, Alan Woods, and Boris Klyuyev. After her are Jill Tarter, Francesco Morini, Oscar Temaru, John Kay, John Onaiyekan, and José Manuel García-Margallo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Cartwright ranks 6,724 out of 20,380. Before her are Eve Arden (1908), Yvonne Craig (1937), Andy Rubin (1963), Al St. John (1892), Chi McBride (1961), and Maurice McLoughlin (1890). After her are Emma Abbott (1850), Ethel Lackie (1907), Eric Martin (1960), Wynton Marsalis (1961), Ina Claire (1893), and Robert Bacon (1860).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Nancy Cartwright ranks 60. Before her are Susan George (1934), Michael Hardt (1960), Sandra Harding (1935), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Cornel West (1953), and Gary L. Francione (1954). After her are Marshall Berman (1940), Allan Bloom (1930), William Lane Craig (1949), Pat Robertson (1930), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), and Iris Marion Young (1949).

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