50.0% of matchups won
332 matchups
Elo 1678
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/07/10
mission: Exploring language and meaning · Philosophy of language · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing44%
picked as helping wellbeing
274 matchups
79%
picked as hurting wellbeing
58 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Ludwig Boltzmann
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Known for
- Published Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
- Influenced analytic philosophy
- Developed ordinary language philosophy
- Contributed to philosophy of mathematics
- Advanced logical atomism
Based on 332 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/10. Full rankings ·
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