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Stanley Cavell

1926 - 2018

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Stanley Louis Cavell (; September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and ordinary language philosophy. As an interpreter, he produced influential works on Wittgenstein, Austin, Emerson, Thoreau, and Heidegger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Cavell is the 952nd most popular philosopher (up from 1,007th in 2019), the 4,777th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,762nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Stanley Cavell ranks 952 out of 1,267. Before him are Ogyū Sorai, Ibrahim al-Nazzam, Lanza del Vasto, Leo Baeck, Sarada Devi, and Dirck Coornhert. After him are Bernard Stiegler, Keshub Chandra Sen, Lars Gustafsson, Sandra Harding, Ramananda, and Derek Parfit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Stanley Cavell ranks 230. Before him are Jon Vickers, Borys Romanchenko, Juan Hohberg, Allan Sandage, Driss Chraïbi, and Rudi Gutendorf. After him are Avraham Adan, James Hillman, Bhupen Hazarika, Ri Kun-mo, Salvador Jorge Blanco, and Nikita Simonyan. Among people deceased in 2018, Stanley Cavell ranks 203. Before him are Donald Moffat, René Houseman, Sridevi, Philip Kerr, Ivor Richard, and Stefán Karl Stefánsson. After him are Győző Kulcsár, Sinan Sakić, Bill Slater, Serhiy Tkach, Kirin Kiki, and Álvaro Arzú.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Cavell ranks 4,777 out of 20,380. Before him are Corbin Bleu (1989), William Katt (1951), Ryan Phillippe (1974), Tia Carrere (1967), Paul Scheuring (1968), and Logan Paul (1995). After him are Sam Phillips (1923), Sasha Grey (1988), Milton George Henschel (1920), Brandon Teena (1972), Jennifer Warnes (1947), and Aunjanue Ellis (1969).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Stanley Cavell ranks 40. Before him are Eric Hoffer (1898), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), and Helen Parkhurst (1886). After him are Sandra Harding (1935), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Ram Dass (1931), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), and Lysander Spooner (1808).

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