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Bernard Williams

1929 - 2003

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Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English moral philosopher. His publications include Problems of the Self (1973), Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985), Shame and Necessity (1993), and Truth and Truthfulness (2002). He was knighted in 1999. As Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Deutsch Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, Williams became known for his efforts to reorient the study of moral philosophy to psychology, history, and in particular to the Greeks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Bernard Williams is the 817th most popular philosopher (up from 896th in 2024), the 2,139th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,185th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bernard Williams ranks 817 out of 1,267. Before him are Joseph Albo, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Vincenzo Gioberti, Volin, Vladimir Jankélévitch, and Florian Znaniecki. After him are Gilbert de la Porrée, Vazgen I, Karel Kosík, Paul de Lagarde, Francisco Sanches, and Hecataeus of Abdera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bernard Williams ranks 184. Before him are Benny Golson, David Kelly, Nargis, Zeca Afonso, Fred Sinowatz, and Claude Rich. After him are John C. Bogle, Mariama Bâ, Sixten Jernberg, Elizabeth Roemer, Anne Meara, and Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 2003, Bernard Williams ranks 112. Before him are Michel Constantin, Qusay Hussein, Daishiro Yoshimura, Vasil Bykaŭ, Fred Rogers, and Mohammed Dib. After him are Foday Sankoh, Karel Kosík, Martha Chase, Constantin Dăscălescu, Lothar Emmerich, and Johanna Budwig.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Williams ranks 2,139 out of 8,785. Before him are Rebecca West (1892), Archibald Leitch (1865), Caratacus (15), Donald Maclean (1913), Arthur Rostron (1869), and James Dyson (1947). After him are Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Vanessa Bell (1879), Jack Charlton (1935), and Ian Khama (1953).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Bernard Williams ranks 56. Before him are Mark Fisher (1968), Robert Filmer (1588), F. H. Bradley (1846), William Paley (1743), Anthony Collins (1676), and Philippa Foot (1920). After him are John Major (1467), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Frederick Copleston (1907), Raymond Williams (1921), Martin Lings (1909), and J. M. E. McTaggart (1866).

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