PHILOSOPHER

Philippa Foot

1920 - 2010

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Philippa Ruth Foot (née Bosanquet; 3 October 1920 – 3 October 2010) was an English philosopher and one of the founders of contemporary virtue ethics. Her work was inspired by Aristotelian ethics. Along with Judith Jarvis Thomson, she is credited with inventing the trolley problem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippa Foot has received more than 826,450 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Philippa Foot is the 742nd most popular philosopher (up from 815th in 2019), the 1,625th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,960th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Philosopher.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Philippa Foot ranks 742 out of 1,267. Before her are James Mark Baldwin, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gilbert de la Porrée, William Heard Kilpatrick, Metrocles, and Theodor Lessing. After her are Mykhailo Drahomanov, P. F. Strawson, Li Zhi, Hemachandra, John Argyropoulos, and Glaucon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Philippa Foot ranks 141. Before her are Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, George Shultz, Jean Carmet, Zao Wou-Ki, Alf Ramsey, and Michael Anderson. After her are Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Emilio Colombo, Alexander Arutiunian, Marcial Maciel, Guido Cantelli, and Viveca Lindfors. Among people deceased in 2010, Philippa Foot ranks 99. Before her are Andor Lilienthal, Eddie Fisher, Sigmar Polke, Lynn Redgrave, Richard Holbrooke, and Cécile Aubry. After her are Orlando Peçanha, Erich Segal, Guido de Marco, Nasr Abu Zayd, Howard Zinn, and Andrei Voznesensky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Foot ranks 1,625 out of 8,785. Before her are Neil Tennant (1954), Michael Anderson (1920), Jeffrey Archer (1940), John Dollond (1706), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and Matthew Festing (1949). After her are Charles Macintosh (1766), Chris Martin (1977), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Malo (487), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), and Frank P. Ramsey (1903).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Philippa Foot ranks 45. Before her are Olaf Stapledon (1886), Anne Conway (1631), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Thomas Hill Green (1836), and Robert Filmer (1588). After her are P. F. Strawson (1919), Henry More (1614), Raymond Williams (1921), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Frederick Copleston (1907), and F. H. Bradley (1846).

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