PHILOSOPHER
Michel Weber
1963 - Today

Michel Weber
Michel Weber (born 1963) is a Belgian philosopher. He is best known as an interpreter and advocate of the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead, and has come to prominence as the architect and organizer of an overlapping array of international scholarly societies and publication projects devoted to Whitehead and the global relevance of process philosophy. Weber criticizes contemporary academic philosophy for losing touch with its early Greek roots. Philosophy has a practical mission (rooted in Socratic discourse) to restore personal and social well-being, but it cannot do this, he argues, if it renounces its traditional metaphysical obligation (rooted in pre-Socratic speculation) to understand the cosmos. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Weber is the 1,250th most popular philosopher (up from 1,259th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 937th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Philosopher.
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Among PHILOSOPHERS
Among philosophers, Michel Weber ranks 1,250 out of 1,267. Before him are Nancy Cartwright, Norman Malcolm, Nel Noddings, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Leonard Peikoff, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. After him are Colin McGinn, Stanley Hauerwas, Alex Callinicos, Stanley Fish, Linda Martín Alcoff, and A. C. Grayling.
Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNancy Cartwright
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 1,244
Norman Malcolm
1911 - 1990
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 1,245
Nel Noddings
1929 - 2022
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 1,246
Rosemary Radford Ruether
1936 - 2022
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 1,247
Leonard Peikoff
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 1,248
Kwame Anthony Appiah
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 1,249
Michel Weber
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 1,250
Colin McGinn
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 1,251
Stanley Hauerwas
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 1,252
Alex Callinicos
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,253
Stanley Fish
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 1,254
Linda Martín Alcoff
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 1,255
A. C. Grayling
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,256
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1963, Michel Weber ranks 586. Before him are Wei Wei, Elizabeth Fraser, Tasmin Archer, Sven Andersson, John Bercow, and Ian Brown. After him are Srđan Dragojević, Juan Carlos Ablanedo, Zhang Yuan, Jozef Sabovčík, Helen Sharman, and Panagiotis Fasoulas.
Others Born in 1963
Go to all RankingsWei Wei
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 580
Elizabeth Fraser
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 581
Tasmin Archer
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 582
Sven Andersson
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 583
John Bercow
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 584
Ian Brown
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 585
Michel Weber
PHILOSOPHER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 586
Srđan Dragojević
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 587
Juan Carlos Ablanedo
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 588
Zhang Yuan
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 589
Jozef Sabovčík
SKATER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 590
Helen Sharman
ASTRONAUT
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 591
Panagiotis Fasoulas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 592
In Belgium
Among people born in Belgium, Michel Weber ranks 851 out of 1,190. Before him are Bart Goor (1973), Françoise Nyssen (1951), Eric Van Meir (1968), Youri Mulder (1969), Felix van Groeningen (1977), and Thierry Neuville (1988). After him are Daniel Veyt (1956), Stoffel Vandoorne (1992), François Damiens (1973), Yves Vanderhaeghe (1970), Jordan Lukaku (1994), and Adnan Januzaj (1995).
Others born in Belgium
Go to all RankingsBart Goor
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 845
Françoise Nyssen
POLITICIAN
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 846
Eric Van Meir
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 847
Youri Mulder
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 848
Felix van Groeningen
FILM DIRECTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 849
Thierry Neuville
RACING DRIVER
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 850
Michel Weber
PHILOSOPHER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 851
Daniel Veyt
SOCCER PLAYER
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 852
Stoffel Vandoorne
RACING DRIVER
1992 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 853
François Damiens
ACTOR
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 854
Yves Vanderhaeghe
SOCCER PLAYER
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 855
Jordan Lukaku
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 856
Adnan Januzaj
SOCCER PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 857
Among PHILOSOPHERS In Belgium
Among philosophers born in Belgium, Michel Weber ranks 11. Before him are Arnold Geulincx (1624), Henry of Ghent (1217), Franciscus Gomarus (1563), Félix Ravaisson-Mollien (1813), Paul de Man (1919), and Alice von Hildebrand (1923).
Arnold Geulincx
1624 - 1669
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 5
Henry of Ghent
1217 - 1293
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 6
Franciscus Gomarus
1563 - 1641
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 7
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien
1813 - 1900
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 8
Paul de Man
1919 - 1983
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 9
Alice von Hildebrand
1923 - 2022
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 10
Michel Weber
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 11