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Patricia Churchland

1943 - Today

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Patricia Smith Churchland (born 16 July 1943) is a Canadian-American analytic philosopher noted for her contributions to neurophilosophy and the philosophy of mind. She is UC President's Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she has taught since 1984. She has also held an adjunct professorship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies since 1989. She is a member of the Board of Trustees Moscow Center for Consciousness Studies of Philosophy Department, Moscow State University. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patricia Churchland is the 931st most popular philosopher (up from 1,060th in 2019), the 226th most popular biography from Canada (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Patricia Churchland ranks 931 out of 1,267. Before her are Antipater of Tarsus, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Bahya ibn Paquda, Ajita Kesakambali, Erich Neumann, and Tomáš Halík. After her are Michael Löwy, Édouard Le Roy, Cineas, Perry Anderson, Johannes Agricola, and Michel Marcel Navratil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Patricia Churchland ranks 290. Before her are Randall Duk Kim, Ma'ruf Amin, Katherine Karađorđević, Peter Hyams, Gilbert & George, and Penny Marshall. After her are Ignacio Ramonet, Ronnie Spector, Peter Sinfield, Yukio Kasaya, William Calley, and Leo Kinnunen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Patricia Churchland ranks 226 out of 1,622. Before her are Hubert Reeves (1932), Florence Lawrence (1886), Mario Lemieux (1965), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Douglas Bennett (1918), and Pierre Poilievre (1979). After her are Chris Benoit (1967), Donald Jackson (1940), James Doohan (1920), Daniel Lavoie (1949), Jon Vickers (1926), and Walter Byron (1894).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Patricia Churchland ranks 6. Before her are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), G. A. Cohen (1941), Ian Stevenson (1918), and Ian Hacking (1936). After her are Northrop Frye (1912), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Paul Churchland (1942), Will Kymlicka (1962), and Leonard Peikoff (1933).

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