▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
OWEN FLANAGAN VS SUSAN HAACK
Owen Flanagan
b. 1949
What's true is what survives the test.
Susan Haack
b. 1945
What's true is what survives the test.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Owen Flanagan and Susan Haack are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1 / 10Owen Flanagan: 6/10Susan Haack: 5/10
somewhat (1/10): Owen Flanagan reaches for universal moral principles; Susan Haack weighs particular contexts more heavily.
- Tragic VisionΔ 0 / 10Owen Flanagan: 4/10Susan Haack: 4/10
somewhat (0/10): Susan Haack sees tragedy and limit as central; Owen Flanagan doesn't make that the starting point.
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0 / 10Owen Flanagan: 6/10Susan Haack: 6/10
somewhat (0/10): Susan Haack affirms life as it is more readily; Owen Flanagan qualifies that affirmation.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Owen Flanagan: 5/10Susan Haack: 5/10
Both register moderate self as illusion.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10Owen Flanagan: 6/10Susan Haack: 6/10
Both register moderate embodied sensibility.
- Ascetic Tendencygap 0 / 10Owen Flanagan: 4/10Susan Haack: 4/10
Both keep ascetic tendency muted.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 0
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 0
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 0
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 0
- Trust in ReasonΔ 0
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 1
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
◀ OWEN FLANAGANSUSAN HAACK ▶
▶ What to do next
Where do you sit between Owen Flanagan and Susan Haack?
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorTake the quiz — see which of them you sit closer to on the map.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · PROFILERuth MillikanA third thinker who sits between them — useful for triangulating.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · ARENAArgue Owen FlanaganFace Owen Flanagan in a 5-minute single-turn debate, judged on rigor.CONTINUE ▶