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The PhilPapers Surveys
Preliminary Survey results
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Note: set response grain to "fine" for details on "other" responses.
Population
AOS
Response details
All respondents
Target faculty
Philosophy faculty or PhD
Philosophy faculty/PhD, non-target
Philosophy graduate student
Philosophy undergraduate
No philosophy affiliation listed
All respondents
17th/18th Century Philosophy
19th Century Philosophy
20th Century Philosophy
Aesthetics
African/Africana Philosophy
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Applied Ethics
Arts and Humanities
Asian Philosophy
Cognitive Sciences
Continental Philosophy
Decision Theory
Epistemology
Formal Sciences
General Philosophy of Science
Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Meta-Ethics
Metaphilosophy
Metaphysics
Natural Sciences
Normative Ethics
Philosophy of Action
Philosophy of Biology
Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Computing and Information
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosophy of Probability
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of the Americas
Philosophy, General Works
Philosophy, Introductions and Anthologies
Professional Areas
Social and Political Philosophy
Social Sciences
Teaching Philosophy
coarse
medium
fine
A priori knowledge: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
135 / 187 (72.2%)
Accept or lean toward: no
31 / 187 (16.6%)
Other
21 / 187 (11.2%)
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
Accept or lean toward: nominalism
69 / 187 (36.9%)
Accept or lean toward: Platonism
60 / 187 (32.1%)
Other
58 / 187 (31.0%)
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
Accept or lean toward: objective
76 / 187 (40.6%)
Accept or lean toward: subjective
67 / 187 (35.8%)
Other
44 / 187 (23.5%)
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
134 / 187 (71.7%)
Accept or lean toward: no
40 / 187 (21.4%)
Other
13 / 187 (7.0%)
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
73 / 187 (39.0%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
62 / 187 (33.2%)
Other
52 / 187 (27.8%)
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism
162 / 187 (86.6%)
Other
11 / 187 (5.9%)
Accept or lean toward: skepticism
10 / 187 (5.3%)
Accept or lean toward: idealism
4 / 187 (2.1%)
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
Accept or lean toward: compatibilism
116 / 187 (62.0%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
27 / 187 (14.4%)
Other
25 / 187 (13.4%)
Accept or lean toward: no free will
19 / 187 (10.2%)
God: theism or atheism?
Accept or lean toward: atheism
143 / 187 (76.5%)
Other
26 / 187 (13.9%)
Accept or lean toward: theism
18 / 187 (9.6%)
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
Accept or lean toward: contextualism
81 / 187 (43.3%)
Accept or lean toward: invariantism
56 / 187 (29.9%)
Other
43 / 187 (23.0%)
Accept or lean toward: relativism
7 / 187 (3.7%)
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
Accept or lean toward: empiricism
69 / 187 (36.9%)
Other
62 / 187 (33.2%)
Accept or lean toward: rationalism
56 / 187 (29.9%)
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Accept or lean toward: non-Humean
93 / 187 (49.7%)
Other
52 / 187 (27.8%)
Accept or lean toward: Humean
42 / 187 (22.5%)
Logic: classical or non-classical?
Accept or lean toward: classical
90 / 187 (48.1%)
Other
71 / 187 (38.0%)
Accept or lean toward: non-classical
26 / 187 (13.9%)
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
97 / 187 (51.9%)
Other
52 / 187 (27.8%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
38 / 187 (20.3%)
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: moral realism
107 / 187 (57.2%)
Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism
52 / 187 (27.8%)
Other
28 / 187 (15.0%)
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
Accept or lean toward: naturalism
86 / 187 (46.0%)
Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism
56 / 187 (29.9%)
Other
45 / 187 (24.1%)
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
Accept or lean toward: physicalism
100 / 187 (53.5%)
Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism
50 / 187 (26.7%)
Other
37 / 187 (19.8%)
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
Accept or lean toward: cognitivism
136 / 187 (72.7%)
Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism
26 / 187 (13.9%)
Other
25 / 187 (13.4%)
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: internalism
84 / 187 (44.9%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
72 / 187 (38.5%)
Other
31 / 187 (16.6%)
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Other
91 / 187 (48.7%)
Accept or lean toward: two boxes
58 / 187 (31.0%)
Accept or lean toward: one box
38 / 187 (20.3%)
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Other
69 / 187 (36.9%)
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism
44 / 187 (23.5%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics
38 / 187 (20.3%)
Accept or lean toward: deontology
36 / 187 (19.3%)
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
Other
87 / 187 (46.5%)
Accept or lean toward: representationalism
47 / 187 (25.1%)
Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism
32 / 187 (17.1%)
Accept or lean toward: qualia theory
18 / 187 (9.6%)
Accept or lean toward: sense-datum theory
3 / 187 (1.6%)
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
Accept or lean toward: psychological view
74 / 187 (39.6%)
Other
67 / 187 (35.8%)
Accept or lean toward: biological view
24 / 187 (12.8%)
Accept or lean toward: further-fact view
22 / 187 (11.8%)
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
Other
73 / 187 (39.0%)
Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism
67 / 187 (35.8%)
Accept or lean toward: communitarianism
24 / 187 (12.8%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
23 / 187 (12.3%)
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
Other
75 / 187 (40.1%)
Accept or lean toward: Millian
56 / 187 (29.9%)
Accept or lean toward: Fregean
56 / 187 (29.9%)
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: scientific realism
136 / 187 (72.7%)
Other
31 / 187 (16.6%)
Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism
20 / 187 (10.7%)
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
Accept or lean toward: survival
74 / 187 (39.6%)
Accept or lean toward: death
58 / 187 (31.0%)
Other
55 / 187 (29.4%)
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
Other
132 / 187 (70.6%)
Accept or lean toward: B-theory
32 / 187 (17.1%)
Accept or lean toward: A-theory
23 / 187 (12.3%)
Trolley problem (five straight ahead, one on side track, turn requires switching, what ought one do?): switch or don't switch?
Accept or lean toward: switch
147 / 187 (78.6%)
Other
28 / 187 (15.0%)
Accept or lean toward: don't switch
12 / 187 (6.4%)
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
Accept or lean toward: correspondence
87 / 187 (46.5%)
Accept or lean toward: deflationary
58 / 187 (31.0%)
Other
28 / 187 (15.0%)
Accept or lean toward: epistemic
14 / 187 (7.5%)
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
59 / 187 (31.6%)
Other
51 / 187 (27.3%)
Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible
50 / 187 (26.7%)
Accept or lean toward: inconceivable
27 / 187 (14.4%)
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