It’s official – Wittgenstein wins in a landslide 11 Mar 2009 Leiter’s poll has Wittgenstein beating Frege. I’m disappointed that Peirce didn’t get a higher ranking, and astonished the Nietzsche did. History Humor
Evolution Evolution quotes: Quetelet on populations 12 Jan 201212 Jan 2012 Populations arise imperceptibly; it is only when they have reached a certain degree of development that we begin to think of their existence. This increase is more or less rapid, and it proceeds either from an excess of births over deaths, or from immigrations, or both. In general, it is… Read More
Evolution Evolution quotes 6 May 2010 But is it not possible to apply a test whereby a true species may be known from a mere variety? Is there no criterion of species? Great authorities affirm that there is—that the unions of members of the same species are always fertile, while those of distinct species are either… Read More
Accommodationism Accommodating science: Geology and Time 27 Feb 20142 Mar 2014 Some religions have no real view of history, while others hold to some kind of eternal cycle, but the western religions have a narrative with a beginning middle and end. And in the best known version of this – Christianity, what else? – history is given as a very short… Read More
I voted for Peirce, but before he switched to condorcet system. Should have gone again and voted and voted and voted.
Husserl got #17. w00t!! When I was in college I studied under Izchak Miller, a Husserl scholar. http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Izchak_Miller
wOOtgenstein? Pfft! [English soccer fan chant to tune of Guantanamera] John Stuart Mi-ill! There’s only John Stuart Mill! John Stuart Mii-ill! There’s only John Stuart Mill! [/English soccer fan chant to tune of Guantanamera]