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David Malet Armstrong

1926 - 2014

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David Malet Armstrong (8 July 1926 – 13 May 2014), often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factualist ontology, a functionalist theory of the mind, an externalist epistemology, and a necessitarian conception of the laws of nature. Keith Campbell said that Armstrong's contributions to metaphysics and epistemology "helped to shape philosophy's agenda and terms of debate", and that Armstrong's work "always concerned to elaborate and defend a philosophy which is ontically economical, synoptic, and compatibly continuous with established results in the natural sciences". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Malet Armstrong is the 1,173rd most popular philosopher (up from 1,187th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Australia (down from 248th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, David Malet Armstrong ranks 1,173 out of 1,267. Before him are Bernard Bosanquet, Dieter Henrich, Friedrich Gogarten, Papirius Fabianus, Nick Bostrom, and John Finnis. After him are John McDowell, Richard Price, Richard Posner, Hendrik Adamson, Michael Hardt, and Volker Zotz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, David Malet Armstrong ranks 389. Before him are Anahit Tsitsikian, Helene Ahrweiler, Dietmar Schönherr, Zig Ziglar, Angus Scrimm, and Helen Gallagher. After him are Alfonso Sastre, Mustafa Ertan, Gu Chaohao, Gottfried Diener, Miguel León-Portilla, and Klaus Schütz. Among people deceased in 2014, David Malet Armstrong ranks 376. Before him are Joep Lange, Andriy Bal, Georges Lamia, Dennis Frederiksen, Lori Sandri, and Piero D'Inzeo. After him are Kira Zvorykina, Fyodor Cherenkov, William Jones, Roberto Telch, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, and Joe Sample.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, David Malet Armstrong ranks 260 out of 1,143. Before him are Nia Jax (1984), Rodney Heath (1884), John H. Coates (1945), Mia Wasikowska (1989), John Finnis (1940), and John Broughton (1952). After him are Catherine Martin (1965), Danny Clark (1951), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Teresa Palmer (1986), Richard Bonynge (1930), and Tones and I (2000).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Australia

Among philosophers born in Australia, David Malet Armstrong ranks 6. Before him are Peter Singer (1946), Samuel Alexander (1859), J. L. Mackie (1917), David Chalmers (1966), and John Finnis (1940).

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