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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
42 / 47 (89.4%)
Accept or lean toward: no
4 / 47 (8.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
Accept or lean toward: Platonism
22 / 47 (46.8%)
Accept or lean toward: nominalism
19 / 47 (40.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept an intermediate view
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Reject both
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Agnostic/undecided
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
Accept or lean toward: objective
31 / 47 (66.0%)
Accept or lean toward: subjective
10 / 47 (21.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Agnostic/undecided
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept an intermediate view
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
37 / 47 (78.7%)
Accept or lean toward: no
7 / 47 (14.9%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
18 / 47 (38.3%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
17 / 47 (36.2%)
Accept an intermediate view
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Accept both
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Agnostic/undecided
3 / 47 (6.4%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism
40 / 47 (85.1%)
Accept or lean toward: idealism
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept or lean toward: skepticism
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Skip
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
27 / 47 (57.4%)
Accept or lean toward: compatibilism
12 / 47 (25.5%)
Accept or lean toward: no free will
5 / 47 (10.6%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
God: theism or atheism?
Accept or lean toward: theism
34 / 47 (72.3%)
Accept or lean toward: atheism
9 / 47 (19.1%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject both
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
Accept or lean toward: invariantism
19 / 47 (40.4%)
Accept or lean toward: contextualism
18 / 47 (38.3%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
6 / 47 (12.8%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Reject one, undecided between others
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
Accept or lean toward: rationalism
22 / 47 (46.8%)
Accept or lean toward: empiricism
12 / 47 (25.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept an intermediate view
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept another alternative
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject both
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Other
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Accept or lean toward: non-Humean
37 / 47 (78.7%)
Accept or lean toward: Humean
7 / 47 (14.9%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Logic: classical or non-classical?
Accept or lean toward: classical
28 / 47 (59.6%)
Accept or lean toward: non-classical
7 / 47 (14.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
5 / 47 (10.6%)
The question is too unclear to answer
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept both
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Agnostic/undecided
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: internalism
19 / 47 (40.4%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
16 / 47 (34.0%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
5 / 47 (10.6%)
Agnostic/undecided
4 / 47 (8.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept an intermediate view
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: moral realism
41 / 47 (87.2%)
Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Other
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept an intermediate view
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism
27 / 47 (57.4%)
Accept or lean toward: naturalism
9 / 47 (19.1%)
The question is too unclear to answer
7 / 47 (14.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Agnostic/undecided
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism
30 / 47 (63.8%)
Accept or lean toward: physicalism
13 / 47 (27.7%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept another alternative
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
Accept or lean toward: cognitivism
42 / 47 (89.4%)
Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: internalism
16 / 47 (34.0%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
13 / 47 (27.7%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
9 / 47 (19.1%)
Agnostic/undecided
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Accept an intermediate view
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept both
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Skip
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Accept or lean toward: one box
13 / 47 (27.7%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
12 / 47 (25.5%)
Agnostic/undecided
10 / 47 (21.3%)
Accept or lean toward: two boxes
10 / 47 (21.3%)
There is no fact of the matter
1 / 47 (2.1%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Accept or lean toward: deontology
15 / 47 (31.9%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics
14 / 47 (29.8%)
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism
6 / 47 (12.8%)
Accept more than one
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Reject all
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject one, undecided between others
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Other
1 / 47 (2.1%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
Accept or lean toward: representationalism
10 / 47 (21.3%)
Accept or lean toward: qualia theory
9 / 47 (19.1%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
8 / 47 (17.0%)
Agnostic/undecided
5 / 47 (10.6%)
Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism
5 / 47 (10.6%)
Reject one or two, undecided between others
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept more than one
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept or lean toward: sense-datum theory
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
There is no fact of the matter
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
Accept or lean toward: further-fact view
16 / 47 (34.0%)
Accept or lean toward: psychological view
11 / 47 (23.4%)
Accept or lean toward: biological view
9 / 47 (19.1%)
Agnostic/undecided
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
3 / 47 (6.4%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Reject all
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept more than one
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
Accept or lean toward: communitarianism
11 / 47 (23.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
9 / 47 (19.1%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
8 / 47 (17.0%)
Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism
7 / 47 (14.9%)
Accept another alternative
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Reject all
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject one, undecided between others
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept an intermediate view
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Accept more than one
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
Accept or lean toward: Millian
13 / 47 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: Fregean
13 / 47 (27.7%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
11 / 47 (23.4%)
Agnostic/undecided
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept an intermediate view
3 / 47 (6.4%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Other
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: scientific realism
39 / 47 (83.0%)
Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism
6 / 47 (12.8%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
1 / 47 (2.1%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
Accept or lean toward: death
22 / 47 (46.8%)
Accept or lean toward: survival
15 / 47 (31.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Agnostic/undecided
3 / 47 (6.4%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
There is no fact of the matter
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
Accept or lean toward: A-theory
19 / 47 (40.4%)
Accept or lean toward: B-theory
10 / 47 (21.3%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
10 / 47 (21.3%)
Agnostic/undecided
4 / 47 (8.5%)
There is no fact of the matter
1 / 47 (2.1%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept another alternative
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Accept an intermediate view
1 / 47 (2.1%)
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
33 / 47 (70.2%)
Accept or lean toward: don't switch
4 / 47 (8.5%)
There is no fact of the matter
3 / 47 (6.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject both
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
Accept or lean toward: correspondence
31 / 47 (66.0%)
Accept or lean toward: deflationary
5 / 47 (10.6%)
Agnostic/undecided
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Accept or lean toward: epistemic
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Other
2 / 47 (4.3%)
Reject one, undecided between others
1 / 47 (2.1%)
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible
20 / 47 (42.6%)
Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
13 / 47 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: inconceivable
6 / 47 (12.8%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue
4 / 47 (8.5%)
Agnostic/undecided
2 / 47 (4.3%)
The question is too unclear to answer
2 / 47 (4.3%)
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