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Will Kymlicka

1962 - Today

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William Kymlicka (; born 1962) is a Canadian political philosopher best known for his work on multiculturalism and animal ethics. He is currently Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University at Kingston, and Recurrent Visiting professor in the Nationalism Studies program at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Kymlicka has received more than 323,774 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Will Kymlicka is the 1,235th most popular philosopher (down from 1,157th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Canada (up from 671st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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  • 320k

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  • 50.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Will Kymlicka ranks 1,235 out of 1,267. Before him are Alice von Hildebrand, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Raya Dunayevskaya, Norman Malcolm, Christine Korsgaard, and Julia Annas. After him are Chinmayananda Saraswati, Stephen Walt, James Dunn, William Ames, David Benatar, and Peter Kreeft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Will Kymlicka ranks 467. Before him are Eli Yishai, Hussein Farrah Aidid, Robin Campillo, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu, and Aleksandr Borodyuk. After him are Antony de Ávila, Eric Vanderaerden, Eamonn Walker, Falko Götz, Amado Boudou, and Janine Turner.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Will Kymlicka ranks 631 out of 1,622. Before him are Carly Rae Jepsen (1985), Emmanuelle Vaugier (1976), Gloria Reuben (1964), Peter Jennings (1938), Roger Avary (1965), and Will Arnett (1970). After him are Richard Louis Duckett (1884), Santino Marella (1974), Mike Bossy (1957), Sheila McCarthy (1956), Gordon Tootoosis (1941), and Peter Watts (1958).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Will Kymlicka ranks 9. Before him are Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), Northrop Frye (1912), Patricia Churchland (1943), G. A. Cohen (1941), and Bernard Lonergan (1904). After him are Leonard Peikoff (1933), and Paul Churchland (1942).

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