As a recreational philosopher, I'm surprised that Rorty isn't among the top five, or at minimum, top ten. That seems to doom the seriousness of the respondents right away, suggesting confounds in the woodshed. It's also odd to see MacIntyre--is that Thomist M. or younger M.?--tied with William James. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html