The Philosophy selector quiz

Yes I hoping more for a brief explanation on his beliefs. Or at least the high points of said beliefs. I gleaned most of what you just said from his page summary. So if you could please, Rott? Or PM it to me. Whichever you feel more appropriate.

edited 2nd Apr '11 5:18:41 PM by Aondeug

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah

@Aon: He wrote sooo much, the whole worldview doesn't pack down neatly into a brief explanation. What do you want first? A brief explanation of his metaphysics, his psychology, his political philosophy...?

“Love is the eternal law whereby the universe was created and is ruled.” — St. Bernard

I dunno...surprise me.

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah

In other words, I have issues with the strongly epistemological and ethical focus of the quiz, to the detriment of the metaphysical sides of these thinkers.

Although I suppose the average person would have more opinions on the first two.

You win this day, internet quiz.

Kill all math nerds

My #1 is: Platonist My #2 is: Socratic My #3 is: Stoic My #4 is: Pythagorean My #5 is: Epicurean My #6 is: Cynic My #7 is: Cyrenaeic (hedonist) My #8 is: Sophist

My #1 is: Kant My #2 is: Aristotle My #3 is: Hume My #4 is: Augustine My #5 is: Plato My #6 is: Aquinas My #7 is: Protagoras My #8 is: Sextus Empiricus My #9 is: Nietzsche

edited 2nd Apr '11 5:52:41 PM by Alichains

First test:

1. Epicurean
2. Stoic
3. Socratic (for some reason, this bar was the smallest)
4. Cynic
5. Cyrenaeic (hedonist)
6. Sophist
7. Pythagorean
8. Platonist

Second test:

1. Cyrenaeic (hedonist)
2. Sophist
3. Epicurean
4. Cynic
5. Socratic
6. Stoic
7. Pythagorean
8. Platonist

edited 2nd Apr '11 6:13:34 PM by Wicked223

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!

In order from most to least applicable:

Test 1:

• Epicurean
• Pythagorean
• Platonist, stoic (tie)
• Sophist
• Cyrenaeic (hedonist), Cynic, Socratic (all zero)

Test 2:

• Hume
• Augustine, Kant (Tie)
• Nietzsche, Sextus Empiricus (Tie)
• Aquinas, Aristotle (Tie)
• Protagoras
• Plato (Zero)

edited 2nd Apr '11 6:21:42 PM by Acebrock

My troper wall

Test 1:

• My #1 is: Epicurean (100%)
• My #2 is: Socratic (60%)
• My #3 is: Stoic (60%)
• My #4 is: Cynic(40%)
• My #5 is: Platonist(40%)
• My #6 is: Pythagorean (35%)
• My #7 is: Cyrenaeic (hedonist)(0%)
• My #8 is: Sophist (0%)

Test 2:

• My #1 is: Kant (100%)
• My #2 is: Aristotle (80%)
• My #3 is: Aquinas (50%)
• My #4 is: Augustine (40%)
• My #5 is: Hume (40%)
• My #6 is: Plato (20%)
• My #7 is: Sextus Empiricus (10%)
• My #8 is: Nietzsche (0%)
• My #9 is: Protagoras (0%)

My #1 is: Cynic

My #2 is: Epicurean

My #3 is: Stoic

My #4 is: Platonist

My #5 is: Socratic

My #6 is: Pythagorean

My #7 is: Cyrenaeic (hedonist)

My #8 is: Sophist

Only the first three have values.

Not surprising results, I guess.

The second quiz, I didn't really have a strong opinion on anything so I just put "I don't know" for all of them.

edited 2nd Apr '11 7:29:26 PM by LoveHappiness

"Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder." -Nick Bostrom

I got the same results as the OP.

It's surprising how much I identify with the Stoics. I didn't think I did because every time I think of the Stoics my mind goes to the trope page

One of the very few quizzes that I feel was accurate. Cool.

edited 2nd Apr '11 8:24:08 PM by ViralLamb

Power corrupts. Knowledge is Power. Study hard. Be evil.

Iknowright?

After looking at the page for stoicism, I was quite amazed. The only thing that differs me from it is that it was originally "a pagan philosophy", but that isn't even something to be counted.

And indeed, this test was surprisingly accurate.

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! ~ GOD

Stoics and Lesswrong. Seem to go together well.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is Power. Study hard. Be evil.

I like love Less Wrong, but I'm devoutly Christian. Strange forces are at work at here. In any case, it makes sense that the two would go together well.

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! ~ GOD

What did you mean in the OP by "(the last two got zero points)"?

Btw, am I allowed to make a topic about Lesswrong in this forum? I've been wanting to but I'm not sure if that's in accordance with the rules or what?

edited 3rd Apr '11 1:23:22 AM by ViralLamb

Power corrupts. Knowledge is Power. Study hard. Be evil.

And I thought of you as a decent person.

If you are to do so, do it on Monday, and let it die before the weekend, this way I won't have to see it.

[/is a hater]

Getting back to topic, the second test gave me Augustine and Aquinas as first two, and somewhere around there Kant. Looks like it's only too easy to get the first two if you pick a religiously-themed option.

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Did it again. Now it is:

• Aquinas
• Augustine
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Kant
• Hume
• Protagoras

I can say that I like it.

edited 3rd Apr '11 5:49:52 AM by lordGacek

"Atheism is the religion whose followers are easiest to troll"

I meant that they had a completely empty bar.

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! ~ GOD

I am a stoicist platonist.

A single phrase renders Christianity a delusional cult.

First:

• Stoic
• Socratic
• Cyrenaeic
• Platonist
• Cynic
• Sophist
• Epicurean

No points in the last 3. Which is more that weird. This one, stoic? No way

Second

• Kant
• Aquinas
• Aristotle
• Augustine
• Hume
• Plato
• Protagoras
• Sextus Empiricus
• Nietzsche (no points)

Now that is closer to truth, for Kant is indeed someone this one finds herself agreeing with often. More often than with any other philosopher this one read about so far, even. Very surprised to find Aquinas on the second place, though. Thought it would be lower.

If we disagree, that much, at least, we have in common

I dunno, stoicism seems like it would match you. Why not?

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! ~ GOD

Stoicism in a nutshell:

Things cannot make you happy or sad, only ideas about things. Therefore true happiness is achievable, if you can only discard your thought that it's dependent on the outside world.

Also, it is very important that you keep your mind free of the influence of others, for if you don't you've given your only real possession away.

I'm convinced that our modern day analogues to ancient scholars are comedians. -0dd1

• Stoic and Socratic: Full bars
• Platonist: Almost full
• Cynic: 3/4s full
• Pythagorean: a little over half. Everything else is a zero.

For the second quiz:

• Augustine (no surprise there)
• Aquinus
• Aristotle
• Kant
• Hume

Nothing surprising there; My only issue with the quiz is that the options for the questions sometimes have more nuance than just "I agree" or "I disagree", but I guess those types of limitations are to be expected.

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I think that is part of what the priority bars are for. Quite nifty, I think.

Also:

~highfives everyone that got "stoic" and "Augustine"~

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! ~ GOD

First test:

1. Stoic
2. Platonist
3. Pythagorean
4. Socratic
5. Epicurean
6. Cynic
7. Cyrenaeic
8. Sophist

Second Test:

1. Kant
2. Aristotle
3. Augustine
4. Aquinas
5. Hume
6. Plato
7. Nietzsche
8. Protagoras
9. Sextus Empiricus

Apparently I'm a sophist and therefore always full of shit.

I think I took this test wrong.

Aha, apparently answering (Having the most intelligent resposne makes you right) boosts my sophist score like crazy.

Without it I'm a Socratic.

edited 3rd Apr '11 10:27:24 PM by Thorn14

Do they mean Sophism the historical philosophical Greek school, or sophistry, the insulting term for empty argumentation?

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