PHILOSOPHER

Jerry Fodor

1935 - 2017

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Jerry Alan Fodor ( FOH-dər; April 22, 1935 – November 29, 2017) was an American philosopher and the author of works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Fodor is the 732nd most popular philosopher (down from 693rd in 2019), the 3,085th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,500th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jerry Fodor ranks 732 out of 1,267. Before him are Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Al-Taftazani, Wang Fuzhi, Julien Benda, Zalmoxis, and John Argyropoulos. After him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Paolo Sarpi, Ludwig Klages, F. C. S. Schiller, Ferdinand Christian Baur, and Menedemus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jerry Fodor ranks 137. Before him are Marc Augé, Sergei Khrushchev, Ken Kercheval, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Djamila Bouhired, and Chaim Topol. After him are Kurt Westergaard, Inger Christensen, Charles Grodin, Khalil al-Wazir, Diane Ladd, and Helmut Lachenmann. Among people deceased in 2017, Jerry Fodor ranks 134. Before him are Anne Golon, Miguel Ferrer, Tomas Milian, Marjorie Boulton, Bruce McCandless II, and Kate Millett. After him are Raymond Smullyan, Brian Aldiss, Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Igor Shafarevich, and Baldwin Lonsdale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Fodor ranks 3,085 out of 20,380. Before him are James Franco (1978), Triple H (1969), Chris Rock (1965), Lewis Mumford (1895), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), and Craig Venter (1946). After him are Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Laurie Holden (1969), Morton Feldman (1926), and Harold Bloom (1930).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Jerry Fodor ranks 31. Before him are Arthur Danto (1924), Michael Walzer (1935), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), C. I. Lewis (1883), Mary Parker Follett (1868), and Alvin Plantinga (1932). After him are Mortimer J. Adler (1902), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Eric Hoffer (1898), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Ted Nelson (1937), and Susanne Langer (1895).

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