▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
SARAH BUSS VS STUART HAMPSHIRE
Sarah Buss
b. 1953
What's true is what survives the test.
Stuart Hampshire
1914–2004
What's true is what survives the test.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Sarah Buss and Stuart Hampshire are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Trust in ReasonΔ 1 / 10Sarah Buss: 6/10Stuart Hampshire: 7/10
somewhat (1/10): Stuart Hampshire trusts reasoned argument more strongly than Sarah Buss does.
- Tragic VisionΔ 0 / 10Sarah Buss: 4/10Stuart Hampshire: 4/10
somewhat (0/10): Stuart Hampshire sees tragedy and limit as central; Sarah Buss doesn't make that the starting point.
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0 / 10Sarah Buss: 5/10Stuart Hampshire: 5/10
somewhat (0/10): Stuart Hampshire affirms life as it is more readily; Sarah Buss 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 / 10Sarah Buss: 4/10Stuart Hampshire: 4/10
Both keep self as illusion muted.
- Universalist Impulsegap 0 / 10Sarah Buss: 5/10Stuart Hampshire: 5/10
Both register moderate universalist impulse.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10Sarah Buss: 4/10Stuart Hampshire: 4/10
Both keep embodied sensibility 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 1
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 0
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
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