PHILOSOPHER

Thomas Sebeok

1920 - 2001

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Thomas Albert Sebeok (Hungarian: Sebők Tamás, pronounced [ˈʃɛbøːk ˈtɒmaːʃ]; November 9, 1920 – December 21, 2001) was a Hungarian-born American polymath, semiotician, and linguist. As one of the founders of the biosemiotics field, he studied non-human and cross-species signaling and communication. He is also known for his work in the development of long-term nuclear waste warning messages, in which he worked with the Human Interference Task Force (established 1981) to create methods for keeping the inhabitants of Earth away from buried nuclear waste that will still be hazardous 10,000 or more years in the future. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Sebeok is the 1,164th most popular philosopher (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Thomas Sebeok ranks 1,164 out of 1,267. Before him are André Comte-Sponville, Liang Shuming, Semyon Frank, Eduardo Lourenço, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and Sedulius Scottus. After him are Barbara Cassin, Patricia Hill Collins, Bernard Bosanquet, Dieter Henrich, Friedrich Gogarten, and Papirius Fabianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Thomas Sebeok ranks 341. Before him are Tatyana Makarova, Robert Lamoureux, Alberto Crespo, Eric Sturgess, Guinn Smith, and Julian Jaynes. After him are Josef Doležal, Olle Åhlund, Kamisese Mara, Ragnhild Hveger, Richard Bong, and Aleksandar Atanacković. Among people deceased in 2001, Thomas Sebeok ranks 253. Before him are Bent Hansen, Jalil Zandi, Daniel Lewin, Arne Sucksdorff, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Charles Régnier. After him are Francis Bebey, Mario Bergara, Álvaro Magaña, Burkhard Heim, Hilda Cameron, and Frans De Mulder.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Thomas Sebeok ranks 616 out of 1,077. Before him are György Kárpáti (1935), László Rajcsányi (1907), Sándor Rozsnyói (1930), Kálmán Széll (1843), Károly Makk (1925), and Anna Kéthly (1889). After him are József Turay (1905), István Fekete (1900), József Háda (1911), Nicholas Kurti (1908), István Barta (1895), and Péter Bakonyi (1938).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Hungary

Among philosophers born in Hungary, Thomas Sebeok ranks 8. Before him are György Lukács (1885), Imre Lakatos (1922), Ágnes Heller (1929), Ervin László (1932), István Mészáros (1930), and George Gerbner (1919). After him are Victor Basch (1863), and Stanley Jaki (1924).

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