Philosophy

[andrewducker]

Of course, I now need to go away and review what all these people believed and then shriek in horror at who I just associated myself with.

1. Sartre (100%)
2. Bentham (91%)
3. Epicureans (78%)
4. Kant (78%)
5. Mill (67%)
6. Spinoza (63%)
7. Stoics (57%)
8. Hobbes (55%)
9. Aquinas (53%)
10. Aristotle (53%)
11. Noddings (52%)
12. Nietzsche (51%)
13. Hume (49%)
14. Prescriptivism (47%)
15. Rand (47%)
16. Plato (39%)
17. Augustine (31%)
18. Cynics (23%)
19. Ockham (19%)

Quiz here.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Here's my thoughts on the people on the list, based on descriptions here:

Aquinas: religious nutball
Aristotle: Believes there is an absolute right and wrong. Is therefore wrong
Augustine: religious nutball
Ayn Rand: Again, believes in absolute morals. Very strange idea
Cynicism: They forget that to rebel against something is to define yourself by it
Simone de Beauvoir: Looks interesting, but not enough info.
Sartre: Thinks that consistency is the important bit and so forgets that rules are there to produce ends, not as an end. He's right about conflicts though.
Kant: Believes in a priori knowledge and universal application. Neither seem like useful concepts to me.
Nietzche: Believes in free will. I don't even know what that is any more.
Bentham: Thinks pleasure can be quantified, which means it must somehow be absolute. Another strange idea.
Epicurianism: I likes this one. Except that I sometimes like being passionate.
Nel Noddings: Sadly, I'm not a woman. The word "should" is used. Never liked that word.
Hobbes: I like his ideas. I'm not sure the 'sovereign' has to be literal though.
Hume: I agree with the first 3 statements and would like to believe the 4th.
Mill: Aah, the liberty obsessive.
Ockham: Religious nutball
Plato: Another idealist. And he believes in the soul too.
Spinoza: Well, I agree with determinism. Not enough there to agree more.
Stoicism: Was doing well until stating that reason can lead to moral bases.
Utilitarianism: If I had a detector capable and time enough to measure all the pleasure in the universe, then this might be useful. But I doubt it.

So, I appear to be with Hume. Time to get some reading done.

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

[onceupon.livejournal.com]

1. Aristotle (100%) Click here for info
2. Spinoza (96%) Click here for info
3. Aquinas (89%) Click here for info
4. Mill (89%) Click here for info
5. Epicureans (84%) Click here for info
6. Nietzsche (76%) Click here for info
7. Rand (70%) Click here for info
8. Stoics (69%) Click here for info
9. Bentham (64%) Click here for info
10. Sartre (54%) Click here for info
11. Hume (54%) Click here for info
12. Augustine (50%) Click here for info
13. Kant (48%) Click here for info
14. Prescriptivism (48%) Click here for info
15. Hobbes (46%) Click here for info
16. Plato (46%) Click here for info
17. Cynics (42%) Click here for info
18. Ockham (32%) Click here for info
19. Noddings (24%) Click here for info

[squeeky-jane.livejournal.com]

Your Results:


1. Spinoza (100%) Click here for info
2. Aquinas (98%) Click here for info
3. Bentham (81%) Click here for info
4. Kant (81%) Click here for info
5. Mill (78%) Click here for info
6. Sartre (76%) Click here for info
7. Nietzsche (75%) Click here for info
8. Aristotle (73%) Click here for info
9. Hume (71%) Click here for info
10. Epicureans (68%) Click here for info
11. Stoics (67%) Click here for info
12. Hobbes (60%) Click here for info
13. Ockham (60%) Click here for info
14. Augustine (57%) Click here for info
15. Noddings (54%) Click here for info
16. Prescriptivism (54%) Click here for info
17. Cynics (48%) Click here for info
18. Plato (37%) Click here for info
19. Rand (32%) Click here for info

Well I have know idea who any of them are but hey...It's interesting!
Squeeks xx

[indiecoolqueen.livejournal.com]

i just thought i'd leave a wee comment since i noticed you'd added me to your friends. i really have no clue what this topic is about and for that i apologise.

Sartre

[(Anonymous)]

If you have 100% Sartre have you got 'Being and Nothingness' on your bookshelf?

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Mine turns out pretty similar to yours. My top 3 are identical but then it's Mill 4th and Rand turns up in 5th.

I'm also off to check out what they said (as I have never studied philosophy, I have an excuse)