# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-lipton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:06:16.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-lipton"
name: "Peter Lipton"
slug: "peter-lipton"
description: "Peter Lipton was an American philosopher. He was the Hans Rausing Professor and Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, and a fellow of King's College, until his death in November 2007. According to his obituary on the Cambridge web site, he was \"recognized as one of the leading philosophers of science and epistemologists in the world.\""
tagline: "American philosopher (1954–2007)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-10-09"
deathDate: "2007-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump