In a message dated 2/14/2010 9:50:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx writes: A contest somewhat along those lines would be fun: Name the ten most important (encompassing?) ideas in philosophy and defend your choices. --- Well, I'm currently discussing this: Grice's twelve betes noires as he encounters them on his way to the city of eternal truth For each, there is a twin monster he likes 1. extensionalism 2. nominalism 3. naturalism 4. physicalism 5. phenomenalism 6. scepticism 7. functionalism 8. reductionism 9. materialism 10. empiricism 11. mechanism 12. positivism -- Cheers JLS