PHILOSOPHER

Stanley Fish

1938 - Today

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Stanley Eugene Fish (born April 19, 1938) is an American literary theorist, legal scholar, author and public intellectual. He is currently the Floersheimer Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Fish has received more than 414,704 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Fish is the 1,253rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,141st in 2019), the 13,368th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,233rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stanley Fish ranks 1,253 out of 1,267. Before him are Alex Callinicos, Colin McGinn, Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Stanley Hauerwas, and N. T. Wright. After him are Miranda Fricker, A. C. Grayling, Linda Martín Alcoff, William A. Dembski, Alenka Zupančič, and Michel Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Stanley Fish ranks 593. Before him are Tomasi Puapua, Timmy Mayer, Clement Quartey, Peter Yarrow, Ernie Pieterse, and Joan Blackman. After him are Bobby Charles, Julie Felix, Lorraine Crapp, Terrence McNally, Les Murray, and Eduard Ivanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Fish ranks 13,368 out of 20,380. Before him are Mona Freeman (1926), Deniece Williams (1950), Leilani Sarelle (1966), Rasheed Wallace (1974), Christina Perri (1986), and Busy Philipps (1979). After him are Nina Paley (1968), Bobby Troup (1918), Dean Devlin (1962), Debbie Stabenow (1950), Al Jean (1961), and Mark Geiger (1974).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Stanley Fish ranks 91. Before him are Christine Korsgaard (1952), Stephen Walt (1955), Peter Kreeft (1937), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Nel Noddings (1929), and Stanley Hauerwas (1940). After him are William A. Dembski (1960), and Richard Carrier (1969).

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