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Donald Davidson

1917 - 2003

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Donald Herbert Davidson (March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher. He served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1981 to 2003 after having also held teaching appointments at Stanford University, Rockefeller University, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. Davidson was known for his charismatic personality and difficult writing style, as well as the systematic nature of his philosophy. His work exerted considerable influence in many areas of philosophy from the 1960s onward, particularly in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and action theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Davidson is the 258th most popular philosopher (up from 879th in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Donald Davidson ranks 258 out of 1,267. Before him are Adam Weishaupt, Cratylus, Isaiah Berlin, Arcesilaus, Roger Garaudy, and Pherecydes of Syros. After him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Euclid of Megara, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Marsilius of Padua, Nicole Oresme, and François Fénelon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Donald Davidson ranks 27. Before him are Ernest Borgnine, Joan Clarke, John Cornforth, Robert Burns Woodward, Kenan Evren, and Anthony Burgess. After him are Sidney Sheldon, Leonid Hurwicz, Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, and Otto Günsche. Among people deceased in 2003, Donald Davidson ranks 19. Before him are Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, Nǃxau ǂToma, Zoran Đinđić, Edward Said, and Elia Kazan. After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bertram Brockhouse, Leopoldo Galtieri, Gianni Agnelli, Frank Sheeran, and Walt Whitman Rostow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 713 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronald Evans (1933), Bryan Cranston (1956), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Anne Bancroft (1931), Douglas Osheroff (1945), and George Smoot (1945). After him are Tom Clancy (1947), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), William Holden (1918), Harvey Cushing (1869), and William Halsey Jr. (1882).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Donald Davidson ranks 4. Before him are Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), John Rawls (1921), and George Herbert Mead (1863). After him are Pat Robertson (1930), Judith Butler (1956), John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Robert Nozick (1938), Richard Rorty (1931), Hilary Putnam (1926), and Michael J. Sandel (1953).

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