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Charles Hartshorne

1897 - 2000

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Charles Hartshorne (; June 5, 1897 – October 9, 2000) was an American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics, but also contributed to ornithology. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument. Hartshorne is also noted for developing Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy into process theology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Hartshorne is the 1,217th most popular philosopher (up from 1,222nd in 2019), the 9,979th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,854th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among philosophers, Charles Hartshorne ranks 1,217 out of 1,267. Before him are Paul Kurtz, Yuval Steinitz, Mary Midgley, Alexander Tarasov, David Ray Griffin, and Simon Blackburn. After him are Alice von Hildebrand, Gary L. Francione, Raya Dunayevskaya, Catherine Malabou, Vicente Ferreira da Silva, and C. H. Dodd.

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Among people born in 1897, Charles Hartshorne ranks 290. Before him are Nunnally Johnson, Hans Deppe, Józef Lange, Aneurin Bevan, Neil Ritchie, and Archie Stark. After him are Diana Karenne, Alma Rubens, Joseph Calleia, Charles Kingsford Smith, Harald Strøm, and Sigurd Moen. Among people deceased in 2000, Charles Hartshorne ranks 306. Before him are Lino Nessi, Paula Yates, Victor Verschueren, Alfredo Sánchez, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, and Jules Roy. After him are G. Ledyard Stebbins, Kirsty MacColl, Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, Joan Hartigan, and Noor Jehan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Hartshorne ranks 9,981 out of 20,380. Before him are Madelaine Petsch (1994), Whittaker Chambers (1901), Larry Adler (1914), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Hayden Panettiere (1989), and Hal Blaine (1929). After him are MC Ren (1969), Norman Greenbaum (1942), Norman Granz (1918), Kathy Hochul (1958), Robert Elswit (1950), and Vanessa Estelle Williams (1963).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Charles Hartshorne ranks 76. Before him are James Burnham (1905), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Michael Novak (1933), R. C. Sproul (1939), Paul Kurtz (1925), and David Ray Griffin (1939). After him are Gary L. Francione (1954), Cornel West (1953), Ralph Barton Perry (1876), Ned Block (1942), Stephen Walt (1955), and Roderick Chisholm (1916).

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