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Robert Nozick

1938 - 2002

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Robert Nozick (; November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher. He held the Joseph Pellegrino University Professorship at Harvard University, and was president of the American Philosophical Association. He is best known for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974), a libertarian answer to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971), in which Nozick proposes his minimal state as the only justifiable form of government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Nozick has received more than 1,517,197 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Robert Nozick is the 306th most popular philosopher (down from 289th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from United States (up from 729th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Philosopher.

Robert Nozick is most famous for his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. In this book, he argues that the only legitimate purpose of a state is to protect individual rights.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Nozick ranks 306 out of 1,267. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, Sebastian Brant, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Abu Yusuf, and Henri Lefebvre. After him are Hwang Jini, Antoine Arnauld, Giovanni Gentile, Félix Guattari, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Rudolf Bultmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Robert Nozick ranks 42. Before him are Otto Rehhagel, Heinz Fischer, Diana Rigg, José Altafini, Donald Knuth, and Kenny Rogers. After him are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, César Luis Menotti, Ahmed Qurei, Jean Giraud, Jiří Menzel, and Alpha Condé. Among people deceased in 2002, Robert Nozick ranks 29. Before him are Fritz Walter, Abu Nidal, Alexander Prokhorov, Camilo José Cela, Nándor Hidegkuti, and Archer Martin. After him are Jonas Savimbi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Rod Steiger, James Tobin, George Porter, and John Gotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Nozick ranks 718 out of 20,380. Before him are Benjamin Thompson (1753), Jared Diamond (1937), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Montgomery Clift (1920), and Edwin Booth (1833). After him are Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Warren Beatty (1937), Karl Malden (1912), Walter Hill (1942), Buckminster Fuller (1895), and Alexander Calder (1898).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Robert Nozick ranks 3. Before him are John Rawls (1921), and George Herbert Mead (1863). After him are Judith Butler (1956), Anne Sullivan (1866), Richard Rorty (1931), John Searle (1932), Hilary Putnam (1926), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Nelson Goodman (1906), Martha Nussbaum (1947), and Daniel Dennett (1942).

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