So in the second iteration of our earlier poll, more than 340 votes were cast. Only two of the new inclusions (Duhem and Ramsey) cracked the top ten. The results:
| 1. Rudolf Carnap (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. Thomas Kuhn loses to Rudolf Carnap by 186–123 |
| 3. Karl Popper loses to Rudolf Carnap by 207–101, loses to Thomas Kuhn by 167–118 |
| 4. Carl Hempel loses to Rudolf Carnap by 236–62, loses to Karl Popper by 154–131 |
| 5. W.V.O. Quine loses to Rudolf Carnap by 231–78, loses to Carl Hempel by 171–117 |
| 6. Hans Reichenbach loses to Rudolf Carnap by 251–38, loses to W.V.O. Quine by 149–126 |
| 7. Pierre Duhem loses to Rudolf Carnap by 238–52, loses to Hans Reichenbach by 147–114 |
| 8. Paul Feyerabend loses to Rudolf Carnap by 246–52, loses to Pierre Duhem by 157–106 |
| 9. Imre Lakatos loses to Rudolf Carnap by 254–46, loses to Paul Feyerabend by 137–121 |
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10. Frank Ramsey loses to Rudolf Carnap by 270–20, loses to Imre Lakatos by 137–126 Ramsey really tied Goodman, who lost to Ramsey by just one vote (119-118). David Lewis was further behind (lost to Goodman 132-113), and then Ernest Nagel (lost to Lewis 138-116). |
Thoughts from readers? Please, before commenting, make sure you actually understand the criteria for inclusion and see who was included. I've just listed the 'top ten' plus the runners-up. Signed comments will be quite strongly preferred.
