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Robert Brandom

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Robert Boyce Brandom (; born March 13, 1950) is an American philosopher who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. He works primarily in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and philosophical logic, and his academic output manifests both systematic and historical interests in these topics. His work has presented "arguably the first fully systematic and technically rigorous attempt to explain the meaning of linguistic items in terms of their socially norm-governed use ("meaning as use", to cite the Wittgensteinian slogan), thereby also giving a non-representationalist account of the intentionality of thought and the rationality of action as well." Brandom is broadly considered to be part of the American pragmatist tradition in philosophy. In 2003 he won the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Brandom is the 1,198th most popular philosopher (down from 1,192nd in 2019), the 9,226th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,329th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Robert Brandom ranks 1,198 out of 1,267. Before him are Philip Pettit, Alexander Berzin, Walter Kaufmann, Victor Basch, William Alston, and Marshall Berman. After him are Bernard Lonergan, John Peckham, James Burnham, Hermann Lietz, David Benatar, and Sara Danius.

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Among people born in 1950, Robert Brandom ranks 504. Before him are Marc Millecamps, Awn Al-Khasawneh, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Paolo Conti, Mariz Kemal, and Peter Jurasik. After him are Jean-Paul Dubois, Michael Paul Chan, Werewere Liking, Hasely Crawford, Luciano Spinosi, and George Thorogood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Brandom ranks 9,228 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Menendez (1954), Bill Haywood (1869), Booth Tarkington (1869), Betty Bronson (1906), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), and Meg Whitman (1956). After him are Michael Hayden (1945), Don Patinkin (1922), Jimmy Hart (1943), William Hopper (1915), Gil Gerard (1943), and Charles Sheeler (1883).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Robert Brandom ranks 69. Before him are William Chittick (1943), Iris Marion Young (1949), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), Alexander Berzin (1944), William Alston (1921), and Marshall Berman (1940). After him are James Burnham (1905), Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929), Michael Novak (1933), R. C. Sproul (1939), Paul Kurtz (1925), and David Ray Griffin (1939).

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