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Ruth Barcan Marcus

1921 - 2012

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Ruth Barcan Marcus (; born Ruth Charlotte Barcan; 2 August 1921 – 19 February 2012) was an American academic philosopher and logician best known for her work in modal and philosophical logic. She developed the first formal systems of quantified modal logic and in so doing introduced the schema or principle known as the Barcan formula. (She would also introduce the now standard "box" operator for necessity in the process.) Marcus, who originally published as Ruth C. Barcan, was, as Don Garrett notes "one of the twentieth century's most important and influential philosopher-logicians". Timothy Williamson, in a 2008 celebration of Marcus' long career, states that many of her "main ideas are not just original, and clever, and beautiful, and fascinating, and influential, and way ahead of their time, but actually – I believe – true". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Barcan Marcus is the 1,241st most popular philosopher (down from 1,230th in 2019), the 11,470th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,163rd in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ruth Barcan Marcus ranks 1,241 out of 1,267. Before her are Stephen Walt, Peter Geach, Roderick Chisholm, Peter Kreeft, Richard David Precht, and Christine Korsgaard. After her are Will Kymlicka, Richard Crashaw, Nancy Cartwright, Norman Malcolm, Nel Noddings, and Rosemary Radford Ruether.

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Among people born in 1921, Ruth Barcan Marcus ranks 434. Before her are Joe Fulks, Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, Erwin Hahn, Gene Saks, Peter Sallis, and Johnny Otis. After her are Art Clokey, Marilyn Maxwell, Richard Wilbur, Ion Negoițescu, Wilbur Thompson, and Horace Gould. Among people deceased in 2012, Ruth Barcan Marcus ranks 437. Before her are Robert B. Sherman, Colin Davis, Turhan Bey, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Johnny Otis, and Mitch Lucker. After her are Finn Pedersen, Stephen Dunham, Slater Martin, Elyse Knox, John Tchicai, and Adam Yauch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Barcan Marcus ranks 11,472 out of 20,380. Before her are Glenn Corbett (1933), Kamala (1950), Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Mark Mothersbaugh (1950), and Kirk Cameron (1970). After her are Shelley Morrison (1936), Awkwafina (1988), Josh Homme (1973), Ralph Bishop (1915), Casey Calvert (1990), and Alfred Lindley (1904).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Ruth Barcan Marcus ranks 85. Before her are Ralph Barton Perry (1876), Ned Block (1942), Stephen Walt (1955), Roderick Chisholm (1916), Peter Kreeft (1937), and Christine Korsgaard (1952). After her are Nancy Cartwright (1944), Norman Malcolm (1911), Nel Noddings (1929), Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936), Stanley Hauerwas (1940), and Stanley Fish (1938).

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