Charting philosophical influences

(tip from Leiter’s blog) Here is a great big chart, from “Drunks & Lampposts,” of philosophers’ influence upon other philosophers, with an explanation of how they produced it. Neat.

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Huenemann says:

July 2, 2012 at 7:22 am

This, by the way, is Usuphilosophy’s 500th post! Wahoo!

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PHILOSOPHY BOWLING RESULTS

• Is the world eternal? YES
• Do humans have contra-causal free will (i.e., can humans do otherwise)? NO
• Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? YES
• Do humans have souls? YES
• Are there natural rights? YES
• Is it morally permissible to eat meat? NO
• Is the unexamined life worth living? NO
• Is truth subjectivity? YES
• Is virtue necessary for happiness? YES
• Can a computer have a mind? YES
• Can humans know reality as it is in itself? YES
• Is hell other people? YES
• Can art be created accidentally? NO
• Can we change the past? NO
• Are numbers real? NO
• Is it always better to know the truth? YES

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