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Roderick Chisholm

1916 - 1999

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Roderick Milton Chisholm (; November 27, 1916 – January 19, 1999) was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, deontology, deontic logic and the philosophy of perception. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roderick Chisholm has received more than 162,036 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roderick Chisholm is the 1,223rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,138th in 2019), the 9,943rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,957th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Roderick Chisholm ranks 1,223 out of 1,267. Before him are C. H. Dodd, Ralph Barton Perry, Mary Midgley, Nick Land, Catherine Malabou, and Charles Hartshorne. After him are Michael Novak, Peter Geach, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Richard David Precht, C. I. Lewis, and Alice von Hildebrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Roderick Chisholm ranks 278. Before him are George Montgomery, Spark Matsunaga, Richard K. Guy, Shobhna Samarth, Jeannette Campbell, and Marie Wilson. After him are Peter Geach, Rupert Davies, Lalita Pawar, Bohumil Modrý, Vivian McGrath, and Clare Dennis. Among people deceased in 1999, Roderick Chisholm ranks 275. Before him are Yakov Rylsky, Marie Kraja, Lawrence Stone, Brian Shawe-Taylor, Bailey Olter, and Irving Rapper. After him are Jill Dando, Basil Hume, Man Mohan Adhikari, Jorge Góngora, Thelma Kalama, and Arvo Viitanen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roderick Chisholm ranks 9,943 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert F. Overmyer (1936), Marie Wilson (1916), Andrea James (1967), James Chapin (1889), Frank Waller (1884), and Lou Jones (1932). After him are Caroline Aaron (1952), Edward Van Sloan (1882), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Kenneth Rexroth (1905), Patricia Belcher (1954), and William Fields (1929).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Roderick Chisholm ranks 79. Before him are R. C. Sproul (1939), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), David Ray Griffin (1939), Ralph Barton Perry (1876), and Charles Hartshorne (1897). After him are Michael Novak (1933), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), C. I. Lewis (1883), Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921), Norman Malcolm (1911), and Christine Korsgaard (1952).

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