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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
41 / 59 (69.5%)
Accept or lean toward: no
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Other
3 / 59 (5.1%)
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
Accept or lean toward: Platonism
33 / 59 (55.9%)
Accept or lean toward: nominalism
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Other
11 / 59 (18.6%)
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
Accept or lean toward: objective
25 / 59 (42.4%)
Accept or lean toward: subjective
22 / 59 (37.3%)
Other
12 / 59 (20.3%)
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
35 / 59 (59.3%)
Accept or lean toward: no
20 / 59 (33.9%)
Other
4 / 59 (6.8%)
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
30 / 59 (50.8%)
Other
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
12 / 59 (20.3%)
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism
46 / 59 (78.0%)
Other
7 / 59 (11.9%)
Accept or lean toward: skepticism
4 / 59 (6.8%)
Accept or lean toward: idealism
2 / 59 (3.4%)
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
Accept or lean toward: compatibilism
33 / 59 (55.9%)
Other
11 / 59 (18.6%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
8 / 59 (13.6%)
Accept or lean toward: no free will
7 / 59 (11.9%)
God: theism or atheism?
Accept or lean toward: atheism
42 / 59 (71.2%)
Accept or lean toward: theism
11 / 59 (18.6%)
Other
6 / 59 (10.2%)
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
Accept or lean toward: contextualism
25 / 59 (42.4%)
Other
18 / 59 (30.5%)
Accept or lean toward: invariantism
12 / 59 (20.3%)
Accept or lean toward: relativism
4 / 59 (6.8%)
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
Accept or lean toward: empiricism
22 / 59 (37.3%)
Accept or lean toward: rationalism
21 / 59 (35.6%)
Other
16 / 59 (27.1%)
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Accept or lean toward: non-Humean
29 / 59 (49.2%)
Accept or lean toward: Humean
23 / 59 (39.0%)
Other
7 / 59 (11.9%)
Logic: classical or non-classical?
Accept or lean toward: classical
26 / 59 (44.1%)
Accept or lean toward: non-classical
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Other
16 / 59 (27.1%)
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
27 / 59 (45.8%)
Other
19 / 59 (32.2%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
13 / 59 (22.0%)
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: moral realism
30 / 59 (50.8%)
Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism
23 / 59 (39.0%)
Other
6 / 59 (10.2%)
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
Accept or lean toward: naturalism
32 / 59 (54.2%)
Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism
19 / 59 (32.2%)
Other
8 / 59 (13.6%)
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
Accept or lean toward: physicalism
27 / 59 (45.8%)
Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism
21 / 59 (35.6%)
Other
11 / 59 (18.6%)
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
Accept or lean toward: cognitivism
34 / 59 (57.6%)
Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism
13 / 59 (22.0%)
Other
12 / 59 (20.3%)
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
Other
37 / 59 (62.7%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
12 / 59 (20.3%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
10 / 59 (16.9%)
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Other
24 / 59 (40.7%)
Accept or lean toward: two boxes
20 / 59 (33.9%)
Accept or lean toward: one box
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Other
18 / 59 (30.5%)
Accept or lean toward: deontology
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism
13 / 59 (22.0%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics
13 / 59 (22.0%)
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
Other
35 / 59 (59.3%)
Accept or lean toward: representationalism
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism
4 / 59 (6.8%)
Accept or lean toward: qualia theory
3 / 59 (5.1%)
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
Other
24 / 59 (40.7%)
Accept or lean toward: psychological view
21 / 59 (35.6%)
Accept or lean toward: biological view
9 / 59 (15.3%)
Accept or lean toward: further-fact view
5 / 59 (8.5%)
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
Other
29 / 59 (49.2%)
Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Accept or lean toward: communitarianism
9 / 59 (15.3%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
6 / 59 (10.2%)
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
Accept or lean toward: Millian
21 / 59 (35.6%)
Accept or lean toward: Fregean
21 / 59 (35.6%)
Other
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: scientific realism
41 / 59 (69.5%)
Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism
13 / 59 (22.0%)
Other
5 / 59 (8.5%)
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
Other
32 / 59 (54.2%)
Accept or lean toward: death
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Accept or lean toward: survival
12 / 59 (20.3%)
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
Other
33 / 59 (55.9%)
Accept or lean toward: B-theory
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Accept or lean toward: A-theory
9 / 59 (15.3%)
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
32 / 59 (54.2%)
Other
22 / 59 (37.3%)
Accept or lean toward: don't switch
5 / 59 (8.5%)
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
Accept or lean toward: correspondence
27 / 59 (45.8%)
Accept or lean toward: deflationary
17 / 59 (28.8%)
Other
10 / 59 (16.9%)
Accept or lean toward: epistemic
5 / 59 (8.5%)
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
Other
18 / 59 (30.5%)
Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible
18 / 59 (30.5%)
Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
15 / 59 (25.4%)
Accept or lean toward: inconceivable
8 / 59 (13.6%)
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