L. Susan Stebbing
1885–1943
“Her Thinking to Some Purpose arms the citizen with logic against propaganda.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex7 / 10
- SSSovereign Self7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Onora O'NeillFORGE
Constructive Kantianism; trust and accountability in modern institutions.
- Aspasia of MiletusFORGE
Rhetorician of Pericles' Athens; teacher of Socrates by report.
- Mary CalkinsPILGRIM
In her personalist self-psychology, the self is the primary datum of philosophy.
- Catharine MacaulayFORGE
Her History of England argues for republican virtue and women's equal capacity.
- Mary WarnockFORGE
Imagination — Warnock report on bioethics; reason in moral committees.
- Maria LugonesFORGE
World-traveling sets a playful pluralism against the logic of purity.
Short exercises in the same tradition as L. Susan Stebbing's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with L. Susan Stebbing or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREL. Susan Stebbing vs Onora O'NeillOn Mull's map Onora O'Neill sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶