▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD

RUTH MILLIKAN VS SUSAN HAACK

Ruth Millikan
b. 1933
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 Ruth Millikan and Susan Haack are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.

  • Trust in ExperienceΔ 1 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 8/10
    Susan Haack: 7/10

    somewhat (1/10): Ruth Millikan grounds knowing in lived experience; Susan Haack weights other sources of evidence more.

  • Practical OrientationΔ 1 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 7/10
    Susan Haack: 6/10

    somewhat (1/10): Ruth Millikan is oriented toward what helps a life go well in practice; Susan Haack foregrounds other priorities.

  • Tragic VisionΔ 0 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 4/10
    Susan Haack: 4/10

    somewhat (0/10): Susan Haack sees tragedy and limit as central; Ruth Millikan doesn't make that the starting point.

▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED

Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").

  • Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 5/10
    Susan Haack: 5/10

    Both register moderate self as illusion.

  • Universalist Impulsegap 0 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 5/10
    Susan Haack: 5/10

    Both register moderate universalist impulse.

  • Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10
    Ruth Millikan: 6/10
    Susan Haack: 6/10

    Both register moderate embodied sensibility.

▸ 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 1
  • Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
  • Self as IllusionΔ 0
  • Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
  • Sovereign SelfΔ 0
  • Theoretical DriveΔ 0
  • Trust in ExperienceΔ 1
  • Trust in ReasonΔ 0
  • Tragic VisionΔ 0
  • Universalist ImpulseΔ 0
  • Vital AffirmationΔ 0
  • Will to PowerΔ 0
RUTH MILLIKANSUSAN HAACK
What to do next

Where do you sit between Ruth Millikan and Susan Haack?

  1. 01 · QUIZ
    The Inheritor
    Take the quiz — see which of them you sit closer to on the map.
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  2. 02 · PROFILE
    Owen Flanagan
    A third thinker who sits between them — useful for triangulating.
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  3. 03 · ARENA
    Argue Ruth Millikan
    Face Ruth Millikan in a 5-minute single-turn debate, judged on rigor.
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