470 votes were cast, and here's the top ten:
| 1. W.V.O. Quine (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. Saul Kripke loses to W.V.O. Quine by 166–163 |
| 3. David K. Lewis loses to W.V.O. Quine by 170–139, loses to Saul Kripke by 181–130 |
| 4. John Rawls loses to W.V.O. Quine by 181–125, loses to David K. Lewis by 165–151 |
| 5. Hilary Putnam loses to W.V.O. Quine by 196–112, loses to John Rawls by 163–146 |
| 6. Derek Parfit loses to W.V.O. Quine by 204–103, loses to Hilary Putnam by 190–111 |
| 7. Bernard Williams loses to W.V.O. Quine by 208–104, loses to Derek Parfit by 143–134 |
| 8. Donald Davidson loses to W.V.O. Quine by 221–63, loses to Bernard Williams by 139–133 |
| 9. Thomas Nagel loses to W.V.O. Quine by 218–88, loses to Donald Davidson by 128–123 |
| 10. P.F. Strawson loses to W.V.O. Quine by 240–53, loses to Thomas Nagel by 138–117 |
David Lewis fans were caught rallying votes late in the process, thus displacing Rawls at #3! G.E.M. Anscombe trailed P.F. Strawson by just five votes. Filling out the top 20 were the following philosophers:
| 11. G.E.M. Anscombe loses to W.V.O. Quine by 238–68, loses to P.F. Strawson by 125–120 |
| 12. Wilfrid Sellars loses to W.V.O. Quine by 236–53, loses to G.E.M. Anscombe by 126–107 |
| 13. J.L. Austin loses to W.V.O. Quine by 238–49, loses to Wilfrid Sellars by 120–105 |
| 14. Thomas Kuhn loses to W.V.O. Quine by 236–44, loses to J.L. Austin by 120–104 |
| 15. Noam Chomsky loses to W.V.O. Quine by 242–45, loses to Thomas Kuhn by 114–105 |
| 16. Robert Nozick loses to W.V.O. Quine by 246–39, loses to Noam Chomsky by 113–104 |
| 17. Nelson Goodman loses to W.V.O. Quine by 244–33, loses to Robert Nozick by 108–92 |
| 18. Daniel Dennett loses to W.V.O. Quine by 248–35, loses to Nelson Goodman by 99–98 |
| 19. Jerry Fodor loses to W.V.O. Quine by 253–28, loses to Daniel Dennett by 97–86 |
| 20. H. Paul Grice loses to W.V.O. Quine by 244–27, loses to Jerry Fodor by 92–84 |
Only five living philosophers made the top 20: Kripke, Nagel, Chomsky, Dennett, and Fodor. (Recall that among living philosophers, only those age 70 or older were included.
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