New poll: 10 "Most Important" Early Modern Philosophers
Another of the polls from Leiter: The 10 “Most Important” Philosophers of the Early Modern Period. Not bad, although I gotta put Descartes over Hume, myself:
- Immanuel Kant (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)
- David Hume loses to Immanuel Kant by 421–232
- Rene Descartes loses to Immanuel Kant by 443–201, loses to David Hume by 335–314
- John Locke loses to Immanuel Kant by 576–85, loses to Rene Descartes by 508–136
- Gottfried Leibniz loses to Immanuel Kant by 586–76, loses to John Locke by 351–272
- Thomas Hobbes loses to Immanuel Kant by 596–64, loses to Gottfried Leibniz by 371–247
- Baruch Spinoza loses to Immanuel Kant by 589–70, loses to Thomas Hobbes by 321–292
- George Berkeley loses to Immanuel Kant by 625–31, loses to Baruch Spinoza by 377–230
- Adam Smith loses to Immanuel Kant by 612–32, loses to George Berkeley by 337–247
- Francis Bacon loses to Immanuel Kant by 603–39, loses to Adam Smith by 302–252
