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Psychological egoism

The view that true altruism in humans is impossible
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Psychological egoism

Summary

Psychological egoism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Psychological egoism's subclass of is recorded as egoism[2].
  • Psychological egoism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qm5[3].
  • Psychological egoism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Psychological-Egoism[4].
  • Psychological egoism's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as psychological-egoism[5].
  • Psychological egoism's Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as psychego[6].
  • Psychological egoism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 183634100[7].

Why It Matters

Psychological egoism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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