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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
48 / 90 (53.3%)
Accept or lean toward: no
26 / 90 (28.9%)
Other
16 / 90 (17.8%)
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
Accept or lean toward: nominalism
42 / 90 (46.7%)
Other
27 / 90 (30.0%)
Accept or lean toward: Platonism
21 / 90 (23.3%)
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
Accept or lean toward: subjective
46 / 90 (51.1%)
Accept or lean toward: objective
26 / 90 (28.9%)
Other
18 / 90 (20.0%)
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
42 / 90 (46.7%)
Accept or lean toward: no
36 / 90 (40.0%)
Other
12 / 90 (13.3%)
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
Other
36 / 90 (40.0%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
34 / 90 (37.8%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
20 / 90 (22.2%)
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism
72 / 90 (80.0%)
Other
11 / 90 (12.2%)
Accept or lean toward: idealism
4 / 90 (4.4%)
Accept or lean toward: skepticism
3 / 90 (3.3%)
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
Accept or lean toward: compatibilism
49 / 90 (54.4%)
Other
16 / 90 (17.8%)
Accept or lean toward: no free will
14 / 90 (15.6%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
11 / 90 (12.2%)
God: theism or atheism?
Accept or lean toward: atheism
68 / 90 (75.6%)
Other
14 / 90 (15.6%)
Accept or lean toward: theism
8 / 90 (8.9%)
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
Accept or lean toward: contextualism
37 / 90 (41.1%)
Other
35 / 90 (38.9%)
Accept or lean toward: invariantism
14 / 90 (15.6%)
Accept or lean toward: relativism
4 / 90 (4.4%)
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
Accept or lean toward: empiricism
49 / 90 (54.4%)
Other
28 / 90 (31.1%)
Accept or lean toward: rationalism
13 / 90 (14.4%)
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Accept or lean toward: non-Humean
44 / 90 (48.9%)
Accept or lean toward: Humean
31 / 90 (34.4%)
Other
15 / 90 (16.7%)
Logic: classical or non-classical?
Accept or lean toward: classical
49 / 90 (54.4%)
Other
28 / 90 (31.1%)
Accept or lean toward: non-classical
13 / 90 (14.4%)
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
Other
38 / 90 (42.2%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
34 / 90 (37.8%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
18 / 90 (20.0%)
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism
34 / 90 (37.8%)
Accept or lean toward: moral realism
32 / 90 (35.6%)
Other
24 / 90 (26.7%)
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
Accept or lean toward: naturalism
57 / 90 (63.3%)
Other
19 / 90 (21.1%)
Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism
14 / 90 (15.6%)
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
Accept or lean toward: physicalism
61 / 90 (67.8%)
Other
17 / 90 (18.9%)
Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism
12 / 90 (13.3%)
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
Accept or lean toward: cognitivism
38 / 90 (42.2%)
Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism
28 / 90 (31.1%)
Other
24 / 90 (26.7%)
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
Other
50 / 90 (55.6%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
22 / 90 (24.4%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
18 / 90 (20.0%)
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Other
48 / 90 (53.3%)
Accept or lean toward: two boxes
21 / 90 (23.3%)
Accept or lean toward: one box
21 / 90 (23.3%)
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Other
32 / 90 (35.6%)
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism
30 / 90 (33.3%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics
15 / 90 (16.7%)
Accept or lean toward: deontology
13 / 90 (14.4%)
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
Other
40 / 90 (44.4%)
Accept or lean toward: representationalism
33 / 90 (36.7%)
Accept or lean toward: qualia theory
8 / 90 (8.9%)
Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism
5 / 90 (5.6%)
Accept or lean toward: sense-datum theory
4 / 90 (4.4%)
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
Other
43 / 90 (47.8%)
Accept or lean toward: psychological view
21 / 90 (23.3%)
Accept or lean toward: biological view
17 / 90 (18.9%)
Accept or lean toward: further-fact view
9 / 90 (10.0%)
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
Other
37 / 90 (41.1%)
Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism
24 / 90 (26.7%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
16 / 90 (17.8%)
Accept or lean toward: communitarianism
13 / 90 (14.4%)
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
Other
42 / 90 (46.7%)
Accept or lean toward: Fregean
28 / 90 (31.1%)
Accept or lean toward: Millian
20 / 90 (22.2%)
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: scientific realism
60 / 90 (66.7%)
Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism
16 / 90 (17.8%)
Other
14 / 90 (15.6%)
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
Other
34 / 90 (37.8%)
Accept or lean toward: survival
31 / 90 (34.4%)
Accept or lean toward: death
25 / 90 (27.8%)
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
Accept or lean toward: B-theory
40 / 90 (44.4%)
Other
35 / 90 (38.9%)
Accept or lean toward: A-theory
15 / 90 (16.7%)
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
51 / 90 (56.7%)
Other
38 / 90 (42.2%)
Accept or lean toward: don't switch
1 / 90 (1.1%)
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
Accept or lean toward: correspondence
44 / 90 (48.9%)
Accept or lean toward: deflationary
26 / 90 (28.9%)
Other
10 / 90 (11.1%)
Accept or lean toward: epistemic
10 / 90 (11.1%)
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
Other
29 / 90 (32.2%)
Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
27 / 90 (30.0%)
Accept or lean toward: inconceivable
18 / 90 (20.0%)
Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible
16 / 90 (17.8%)
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