PHILOSOPHER

Stanley Jaki

1924 - 2009

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Stanley L. Jaki (Jáki Szaniszló László) (17 August 1924 – 7 April 2009) was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order. From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey. He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Jaki has received more than 103,075 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Jaki is the 1,193rd most popular philosopher (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 646th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 559th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

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  • 16

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  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stanley Jaki ranks 1,193 out of 1,267. Before him are David Malet Armstrong, John Major, Papirius Fabianus, Quentin Meillassoux, Hendrik Adamson, and Robert Brandom. After him are William Alston, Sara Danius, James Burnham, Ernest Belfort Bax, Alexander Berzin, and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Stanley Jaki ranks 396. Before him are Giacomo Mari, Yulia Drunina, Bianca Maria Piccinino, Hans Kalt, Eugenio Scalfari, and Vladimir Bogomolov. After him are Charles Coste, Maino Neri, Gail Russell, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bob Kurland, and Silvano Piovanelli. Among people deceased in 2009, Stanley Jaki ranks 288. Before him are Klavdiya Boyarskikh, John Keel, Ricardo Londoño, Uma Aaltonen, Dell Hymes, and Ine Schäffer. After him are Umberto Betti, Frankie Manning, Feroz Khan, William Alston, Yevgeny Vesnik, and Lukas Foss.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Stanley Jaki ranks 646 out of 1,077. Before him are Károly Kárpáti (1906), Ferenc Móra (1879), Kálmán Ihász (1941), Ödön Tersztyánszky (1890), András Szente (1939), and Eva Henger (1972). After him are Tibor Klampár (1953), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), Gyula Juhász (1883), Árpád Orbán (1938), Béla Békessy (1875), and Valéria Gyenge (1933).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, Stanley Jaki ranks 10. Before him are Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), Victor Basch (1863), George Gerbner (1919), István Mészáros (1930), and Thomas Sebeok (1920).

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