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Paul Churchland

1942 - Today

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Paul Montgomery Churchland (born October 21, 1942) is a Canadian philosopher known for his studies in neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. After earning a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh under Wilfrid Sellars (1969), Churchland rose to the rank of full professor at the University of Manitoba before accepting the Valtz Family Endowed Chair in Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and joint appointments in that institution's Institute for Neural Computation and on its Cognitive Science Faculty. As of February 2017, Churchland is recognised as Professor Emeritus at the UCSD, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies of Moscow State University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Churchland has received more than 313,601 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Churchland is the 1,246th most popular philosopher (down from 1,151st in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 632nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Paul Churchland ranks 1,246 out of 1,267. Before him are David Benatar, Peter Kreeft, Richard Crashaw, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Nel Noddings, and Leonard Peikoff. After him are Alex Callinicos, Colin McGinn, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Stanley Hauerwas, and N. T. Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Paul Churchland ranks 673. Before him are Bob Gaudio, Kenas Aroi, Judy Sheindlin, Örjan Persson, Dan McKenzie, and Olivia Cole. After him are David J. Griffiths, Bobby Rydell, František Ševčík, Pertti Purhonen, Jan Halvarsson, and Alevtina Olyunina.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Churchland ranks 692 out of 1,622. Before him are Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Shawn Drover (1966), Christophe Beck (1972), John Ralston Saul (1947), and Robert Elsie (1950). After him are Shay Mitchell (1987), Bill Reid (1920), Jay Baruchel (1982), Frank Sullivan (1898), Charlene Choi (1982), and Lexa Doig (1973).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Paul Churchland ranks 11. Before him are Northrop Frye (1912), Patricia Churchland (1943), G. A. Cohen (1941), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Will Kymlicka (1962), and Leonard Peikoff (1933).

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