43.6% of matchups won
273 matchups
Elo 1504
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/06/21
mission: Analyze power and knowledge dynamics · Philosophy and social theory · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing41%
picked as helping wellbeing
220 matchups
55%
picked as hurting wellbeing
53 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Jacques Derrida
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39.0% wins · French philosopher (1930–2004)
02
Frantz Fanon
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49.4% wins · French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)
03
Jean-Pierre Faye
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32.7% wins · French philosopher and writer (born 1925)
04
Jean-Paul Sartre
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60.4% wins · French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
05
Jean Baudrillard
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22.0% wins · French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist
Known for
- Madness and Civilization
- Discipline and Punish
- The History of Sexuality
- The Birth of the Clinic
- The Order of Things
Based on 273 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/06/21. Full rankings ·
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