1937 - Today
Thomas Nagel (; born July 4, 1937) is an American philosopher. He is the University Professor of Philosophy and Law Emeritus at New York University, where he taught from 1980 to 2016. His main areas of philosophical interest are legal philosophy, political philosophy, and ethics.Nagel is known for his critique of material reductionist accounts of the mind, particularly in his essay "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" (1974), and for his contributions to liberal moral and political theory in The Possibility of Altruism (1970) and subsequent writings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Nagel has received more than 1,053,125 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Nagel is the 497th most popular philosopher (up from 517th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 67th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Thomas Nagel ranks 497 out of 1,081. Before him are Valentinus, Peter Deunov, Émile Chartier, Yan Hui, Theodorus the Atheist, and Kenneth Waltz. After him are Axel Honneth, Tom Regan, Bion of Borysthenes, A. J. Ayer, Hasdai Crescas, and Murray Bookchin.
100 - 160
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 491
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 492
1868 - 1951
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 493
521 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 494
340 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 495
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 496
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 497
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 498
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 499
325 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 500
1910 - 1989
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 501
1340 - 1410
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 502
1921 - 2006
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 503
Among people born in 1937, Thomas Nagel ranks 78. Before him are Fernando de la Rúa, Tamara Press, John Horton Conway, Cüneyt Arkın, Rafael Moneo, and Yoshirō Mori. After him are Maryse Condé, Shirley Bassey, Tony Burton, Tom Simpson, Billy Dee Williams, and Boris Pugo.
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 72
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 73
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 74
1937 - 2022
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 75
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 76
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 78
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 79
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 80
1937 - 2016
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 81
1937 - 1967
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 83
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 84
Among people born in Serbia, Thomas Nagel ranks 68 out of 564. Before him are Draga Mašin (1864), Irinej, Serbian Patriarch (1930), Duško Popov (1912), Dušan Simović (1882), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), and Gojko Mitić (1940). After him are Radoje Domanović (1873), Moša Pijade (1890), Radomir Antić (1948), Martin of Braga (520), Živojin Mišić (1855), and Dušan Makavejev (1932).
1864 - 1903
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 62
1930 - 2020
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 63
1912 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 64
1882 - 1962
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 65
1682 - 1756
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 66
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 67
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 68
1873 - 1908
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 69
1890 - 1957
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 70
1948 - 2020
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 71
520 - 580
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 72
1855 - 1921
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 73
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 74
Among philosophers born in Serbia, Thomas Nagel ranks 1. After him are Svetozar Marković (1846).