▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALVA NOË VS KARL FRISTON
Alva Noë
b. 1964
What's true is what survives the test.
Karl Friston
b. 1959
Patient mapper of how things fit.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Alva Noë and Karl Friston are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1 / 10Alva Noë: 7/10Karl Friston: 8/10
somewhat (1/10): Karl Friston trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Alva Noë does.
- Theoretical DriveΔ 1 / 10Alva Noë: 7/10Karl Friston: 8/10
somewhat (1/10): Karl Friston pursues understanding for its own sake; Alva Noë is more interested in what understanding is for.
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 1 / 10Alva Noë: 7/10Karl Friston: 6/10
somewhat (1/10): Alva Noë trusts the body and the senses; Karl Friston is more dualist or sceptical of them.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Alva Noë: 5/10Karl Friston: 5/10
Both register moderate self as illusion.
- Universalist Impulsegap 0 / 10Alva Noë: 5/10Karl Friston: 5/10
Both register moderate universalist impulse.
- Practical Orientationgap 0 / 10Alva Noë: 6/10Karl Friston: 6/10
Both register moderate practical orientation.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 1
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 0
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 1
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 0
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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