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Edmund Gettier

1927 - 2021

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Edmund Lee Gettier III (; October 31, 1927 – March 23, 2021) was an American philosopher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is best known for his article written in 1963: "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?", which has generated an extensive philosophical literature trying to respond to what became known as the Gettier problem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Gettier is the 1,065th most popular philosopher (down from 959th in 2019), the 6,214th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,296th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Edmund Gettier ranks 1,065 out of 1,267. Before him are Harald Høffding, Boris Parygin, Samuel ibn Tibbon, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Amina Wadud, and István Mészáros. After him are Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Robert Spaemann, Jacob Taubes, William Thompson, and Ioane Petritsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Edmund Gettier ranks 272. Before him are Barbara Rush, Pierre Aubert, Yusuf Idris, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, L. K. Advani, and William Daniels. After him are Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Martin Špegelj, B. V. Doshi, Robert Spaemann, Robert Mills, and Tihomir Ognjanov. Among people deceased in 2021, Edmund Gettier ranks 327. Before him are Mansour Ojjeh, Sylvano Bussotti, Karl-Friedrich Haas, Angelica Bella, Nikolai Slichenko, and Lee Wan-koo. After him are Ivo Trumbić, Donald Kagan, Bernard Lown, István Csom, Tomoyasu Asaoka, and Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Gettier ranks 6,215 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Say (1787), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Road Dogg (1969), Paul Chambers (1935), John Agar (1921), and Janet Jagan (1920). After him are Herbert Friedman (1916), Lee Falk (1911), Florence Bascom (1862), Edward Binns (1916), Colleen Moore (1899), and Carlos Hathcock (1942).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Edmund Gettier ranks 52. Before him are Lysander Spooner (1808), Lon L. Fuller (1902), Hubert Dreyfus (1929), Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Susan George (1934), and Amina Wadud (1952). After him are Mary Daly (1928), Josiah Royce (1855), William Lane Craig (1949), Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825), Allan Bloom (1930), and Harry Frankfurt (1929).

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