Who is the best philosopher of mind?
  • mosesquine
    95
    Let's determine the best philosopher of mind in all times. There are 36 options.
    1. Who is the best philosopher of mind? (15 votes)
        Jerry Fodor
          0%
        Daniel Dennett
          0%
        Hilary Putnam
          0%
        David Chalmers
        13%
        Donald Davidson
          7%
        David Lewis
          0%
        J. J. C. Smart
          0%
        U. T. Place
          0%
        David Armstrong
          0%
        Rene Descartes
          0%
        David Hume
          7%
        Ned Block
          0%
        Aristotle
          7%
        Jaegwon Kim
          0%
        Frank Jackson
          0%
        Wilfrid Sellars
          0%
        Gareth Evans
          0%
        Bertrand Russell
          7%
        Gilbert Ryle
          0%
        Stephen Stich
          0%
        Andy Clark
          7%
        Robert Brandom
          0%
        Alvin Plantinga
          0%
        John Searle
        13%
        Tyler Burge
          0%
        Immanuel Kant
        13%
        C. S. Peirce
          7%
        Ludwig Wittgenstein
          0%
        Noam Chomsky
          0%
        Thomas Nagel
          0%
        Alan Turing
          7%
        Patricia Churchland
          7%
        Paul Churchland
          0%
        George Berkeley
          7%
        Robert Stalnaker
          0%
        Gilbert Harman
          0%
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  • Ying
    397
    Franz Brentano.
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  • Streetlight
    9.1k
    Dunno about *best*, but my favourite modern trio would be Alva Noe, Andy Clark, and Evan Thompson. Only Clarky is there so he gets my vote. Henri Bergson and Maurice Merleau-Ponty would be in the running too, but they're a lot more than just philosophers of mind.
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  • Emptyheady
    228
    "Chomsky" (again) lol what am I missing, is this some kind of a cheeky meme I am missing?
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