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Hubert Dreyfus

1929 - 2017

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Hubert Lederer Dreyfus ( DRY-fəs; October 15, 1929 – April 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His main interests included phenomenology, existentialism and the philosophy of both psychology and literature, as well as the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence. He was widely known for his exegesis of Martin Heidegger, which critics labeled "Dreydegger". Dreyfus was featured in Tao Ruspoli's film Being in the World (2010), and was among the philosophers interviewed by Bryan Magee for the BBC Television series The Great Philosophers (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hubert Dreyfus is the 1,035th most popular philosopher (up from 1,054th in 2019), the 5,714th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,355th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hubert Dreyfus ranks 1,035 out of 1,267. Before him are Joachim Camerarius, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, R. M. Hare, Abdolkarim Soroush, Rémi Brague, and Lon L. Fuller. After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert, Friedrich Paulsen, Justus Möser, Ada Adler, Aristobulus of Alexandria, and Michel Onfray.

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Among people born in 1929, Hubert Dreyfus ranks 298. Before him are Ödön Földessy, Ruth Pfau, Hallgeir Brenden, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Haruo Nakajima, and Don Murray. After him are Lúcio Lara, Jean Pickering, Henry E. Holt, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, József Tóth, and Bob Hawke. Among people deceased in 2017, Hubert Dreyfus ranks 283. Before him are Barbara Hale, Prodigy, Ruth Pfau, Karl-Erik Nilsson, Haruo Nakajima, and Ulli Lommel. After him are Charles P. Thacker, Amotz Zahavi, Anne-Marie Colchen, Björn Granath, Adam Darius, and Paul J. Weitz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hubert Dreyfus ranks 5,714 out of 20,380. Before him are Lon L. Fuller (1902), William Christie (1944), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cindy Blackman Santana (1959), Maceo Parker (1943), and Eileen Heckart (1919). After him are Steve Cropper (1941), Robert Keohane (1941), John Stamos (1963), Harold D. Babcock (1882), Robert Darnton (1939), and Raymond Cruz (1961).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Hubert Dreyfus ranks 48. Before him are David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Ram Dass (1931), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), and Lon L. Fuller (1902). After him are Mary Whiton Calkins (1863), Susan George (1934), Amina Wadud (1952), Edmund Gettier (1927), Mary Daly (1928), and Josiah Royce (1855).

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