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PHILOSOPHER

Wilfrid Sellars

1912 - 1989

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Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism, who "revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilfrid Sellars has received more than 287,553 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wilfrid Sellars is the 951st most popular philosopher (down from 943rd in 2019), the 4,549th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,762nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Wilfrid Sellars ranks 951 out of 1,081Before him are Zhang Binglin, Rudolf Stammler, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Daniel Bensaïd, David of Dinant, and Camillo Berneri. After him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Clémence Royer, Alfonso Reyes, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Phaenias of Eresus, and Susan George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Wilfrid Sellars ranks 179Before him are Ioannis Alevras, Yusuf Lule, B. D. Jatti, Sabiha Kasimati, Agnes Martin, and Pál Kovács. After him are István Örkény, Sándor Végh, Sabicas, Roger Courtois, Juan Carlos Aramburu, and Niyazi. Among people deceased in 1989, Wilfrid Sellars ranks 140Before him are George C. Homans, Armand Salacrou, Jean-Michel Charlier, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Christine Jorgensen, and Harry Andrews. After him are Edmund Leach, Paul Shenar, Yuliya Solntseva, José López Rega, Alex Thépot, and Henri Sauguet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wilfrid Sellars ranks 4,549 out of 18,182Before him are Elmo Lincoln (1889), Troy Donahue (1936), Roy Cohn (1927), Leonard Adleman (1945), Yogi Berra (1925), and Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872). After him are Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Sharon Gless (1943), Anne Tyler (1941), Billy Paul (1934), Henry Paulson (1946), and Movita Castaneda (1916).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Wilfrid Sellars ranks 42Before him are Susanne Langer (1895), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Lysander Spooner (1808), and Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945). After him are Susan George (1934), Ram Dass (1931), Mary Daly (1928), Harry Frankfurt (1929), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), and Stanley Cavell (1926).