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Ruth Millikan

American philosopher (1933-)
Person human Q452770

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
1933, December 19, 1933[6]
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
philosopher, university teacher, philosopher of language
Employer
University of Connecticut, University of Michigan[11][12]
Field of work
philosophy, philosophy of biology, philosophy of language[8][9][10]
Educated at
Yale University
Award received
Jean Nicod Prize, Wilbur Cross Medal[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Family name
Millikan[17]
Given name
Ruth[18]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15]
Name in native language
Ruth Millikan[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ruth Garrett Millikan en Ruth Millikan cs Ruth G. Millikan cs Ruth Millikan de Ruth G. Millikan fa روث میلیکان fr Ruth Garrett Millikan he רות מיליקן ja ルース・ミリカン ko 루스 밀리컨 pl Ruth Milikan ru Милликен, Рут Гарретт ru Рут Гарретт Милликен zh 露丝·密立根
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000114491355
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1513-1049
VIAF cluster ID
79126970
Library of Congress authority ID
n83185730
GND ID
13710927X
OpenAlex ID
A5072947208as of 2026-09-23
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Academia.edu profile URL
uconn.academia.edu
Amazon author ID
B000AQ3W0E
BIBSYS ID
90273100
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
MillikanRuthGarrett
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
126888844
CANTIC ID
981061509050806706
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CONOR.SI ID
221396323
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11967299
CiNii Research ID
1140282266561218176
Curriculum vitae URL
philosophy.uconn.edu
DDB person (GND) ID
13710927X
FAST ID
118777
Freebase ID
/m/06f7kk
Goodreads author ID
447052, 23472455
Google Scholar author ID
pEx_vK4AAAAJ
IMDb ID
nm11703852
IdRef ID
069037787
InPhO ID
thinker/3588
IxTheo authority ID
589933566
KBR person ID
13919925
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA01454830
NDL Authority ID
01075476
NL CR AUT ID
jo20211097915
NSK (VIAF) ID
000179661
NSK ID
981005757711209366
NUKAT ID
n2005082378
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007275614205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202353385
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810615720705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX983995
National Virtual Library of India ID
146698
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071074686
Perlentaucher ID
ruth-g-millikan
PhilPeople profile
ruth-garrett-millikan
Podchaser creator ID
107u26X6hO
Prabook ID
434742
RERO ID (legacy)
A003596077
RILM ID
279171
ResearchGate profile ID
Ruth-Millikan
SELIBR ID
77138
SHARE Catalogue author ID
27858
Semantic Scholar author ID
34999744
Unz Review author ID
MillikanRuthGarrett
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcgyhg3pXy9vWPQg9G4MP
Yale LUX ID
person/e15ff4a2-fd23-4175-9401-35155b696f3d
ZbMATH author ID
millikan.ruth-garrett
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🔗 Connections
Field of work 3
philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of biology
Award received 2
Jean Nicod Prize, Wilbur Cross Medal
Employer 2
University of Michigan, University of Connecticut
Occupation 2
philosopher, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Yale University
Given name 1
Ruth
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
Philadelphia
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Ruth Millikan was born on January 1, 1933[1], in Philadelphia[2]. She has worked as a philosopher[3], university teacher[4], and philosopher of language[5].

FAQs

Where was Ruth Millikan born?

Ruth Millikan's place of birth was Philadelphia[2].

What did Ruth Millikan do for work?

Ruth Millikan worked as a philosopher[3], university teacher[4], and philosopher of language[5].

What awards did Ruth Millikan receive?

Honors received include Jean Nicod Prize[13] and Wilbur Cross Medal[14].

Related Entities

philosophy United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . philosophy.uconn.edu. philosophy.uconn.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . institutnicod.org. institutnicod.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . gsas.yale.edu. gsas.yale.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Gerwoman · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZbMATH author ID → millikan.ruth-garrett
    CONOR.SI ID → 221396323
    Unz Review author ID → MillikanRuthGarrett
    SELIBR ID → 77138
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ SELIBR ID: 77138, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/27614036|Ruth Garrett Millikan (#27614036)]] for {{P|906}}"
  2. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'ru', '
    Date of birth → +1933-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1933-12-19T00:00:00Z
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  3. 22w ago · Daask · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Podchaser creator ID → 107u26X6hO
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