It's official - Wittgenstein wins in a landslide

By evolvingthoughts on March 11, 2009.

Leiter's poll has Wittgenstein beating Frege. I'm disappointed that Peirce didn't get a higher ranking, and astonished the Nietzsche did.

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I voted for Peirce, but before he switched to condorcet system. Should have gone again and voted and voted and voted.

That would have been the pragmatistic solution, yes.

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]

I head it as a glazier's chant:

One tonne of mirrors...
We're fitting one tonne of mirrors...

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