The BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time is conducting a vote "to find out who you think is the Greatest Philosopher of all time". You actually get to vote twice: the first time to nominate a candidate, and the second time to pick from the twenty most nominated philosophers. After seeing the large number who are choosing Wittgenstein (some for the strangest of reasons), I felt compelled to submit a nomination for David Hume.
Posted by geoff2 at June 2, 2005 05:22 AMthe guide for the perplexed. enough said
Posted by: tsips at June 2, 2005 10:36 AMUnfortunately I'm one of those people who immediately thinks of Monty Python's Bruces' Philosophers Song whenever I hear Wittgenstein or Hume mentioned. There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach-ya 'bout the raising of the wrist...
Which one is the philosopher who's theory is that we all have free will but our actions are moderated by the morals we're taught as children? That's the bloke I'm voting for.
Posted by: Mark J Musante at June 2, 2005 04:17 PM