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Robert Brandom

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Robert Boyce Brandom (born March 13, 1950) is an American philosopher who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. He works primarily in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and philosophical logic, and his academic output manifests both systematic and historical interests in these topics. His work has presented "arguably the first fully systematic and technically rigorous attempt to explain the meaning of linguistic items in terms of their socially norm-governed use ("meaning as use", to cite the Wittgensteinian slogan), thereby also giving a non-representationalist account of the intentionality of thought and the rationality of action as well." Brandom is broadly considered to be part of the American pragmatist tradition in philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Brandom has received more than 251,395 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Brandom is the 1,192nd most popular philosopher, the 8,333rd most popular biography from United States and the 69th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Brandom ranks 1,192 out of 1,267. Before him are Judith Jarvis Thomson, David Malet Armstrong, John Major, Papirius Fabianus, Quentin Meillassoux, and Hendrik Adamson. After him are Stanley Jaki, William Alston, Sara Danius, James Burnham, Ernest Belfort Bax, and Alexander Berzin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Robert Brandom ranks 460. Before him are Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Teddy Pendergrass, Aloma Wright, Anders Linderoth, Evgeny Sveshnikov, and Richard Norton. After him are Debra Hill, Marc Millecamps, Takao Kawaguchi, Erich Kühnhackl, Tim Keller, and Howard Ashman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Brandom ranks 8,333 out of 20,380. Before him are Bessie Barriscale (1884), Pepper Adams (1930), Corey Allen (1934), Alexander Patch (1889), William T. Anderson (1839), and William H. Welch (1850). After him are Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Sidney Blackmer (1895), Richard Mulligan (1932), Debra Hill (1950), Ray Allen (1975), and Frankie Lymon (1942).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Robert Brandom ranks 69. Before him are William Lane Craig (1949), Pat Robertson (1930), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Iris Marion Young (1949), William Chittick (1943), and Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929). After him are William Alston (1921), James Burnham (1905), Alexander Berzin (1944), R. C. Sproul (1939), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787).

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