The PhilPapers SurveysPreliminary Survey results (Back to contents)
A priori knowledge: yes or no?
| Accept or lean toward: yes | 24 / 35 (68.6%) |
| Accept or lean toward: no | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
| Other | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
| Accept or lean toward: Platonism | 21 / 35 (60.0%) |
| Other | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
| Accept or lean toward: nominalism | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
| Accept or lean toward: objective | 16 / 35 (45.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: subjective | 13 / 35 (37.1%) |
| Other | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
| Accept or lean toward: yes | 21 / 35 (60.0%) |
| Accept or lean toward: no | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Other | 2 / 35 (5.7%) |
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
| Accept or lean toward: externalism | 19 / 35 (54.3%) |
| Other | 9 / 35 (25.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: internalism | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
| Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism | 28 / 35 (80.0%) |
| Other | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: skepticism | 2 / 35 (5.7%) |
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
| Accept or lean toward: compatibilism | 22 / 35 (62.9%) |
| Other | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: libertarianism | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: no free will | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
God: theism or atheism?
| Accept or lean toward: atheism | 26 / 35 (74.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: theism | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
| Other | 2 / 35 (5.7%) |
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
| Accept or lean toward: contextualism | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Other | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: invariantism | 10 / 35 (28.6%) |
| Accept or lean toward: relativism | 1 / 35 (2.9%) |
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
| Accept or lean toward: rationalism | 13 / 35 (37.1%) |
| Accept or lean toward: empiricism | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Other | 10 / 35 (28.6%) |
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
| Accept or lean toward: non-Humean | 17 / 35 (48.6%) |
| Accept or lean toward: Humean | 14 / 35 (40.0%) |
| Other | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
Logic: classical or non-classical?
| Accept or lean toward: classical | 18 / 35 (51.4%) |
| Other | 9 / 35 (25.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: non-classical | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
| Accept or lean toward: externalism | 20 / 35 (57.1%) |
| Other | 11 / 35 (31.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: internalism | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
| Accept or lean toward: moral realism | 18 / 35 (51.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism | 14 / 35 (40.0%) |
| Other | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
| Accept or lean toward: naturalism | 21 / 35 (60.0%) |
| Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism | 11 / 35 (31.4%) |
| Other | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
| Accept or lean toward: physicalism | 15 / 35 (42.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism | 13 / 35 (37.1%) |
| Other | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
| Accept or lean toward: cognitivism | 22 / 35 (62.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
| Other | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
| Other | 25 / 35 (71.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: externalism | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
| Accept or lean toward: internalism | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
| Accept or lean toward: two boxes | 15 / 35 (42.9%) |
| Other | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: one box | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
| Accept or lean toward: deontology | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Other | 9 / 35 (25.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: consequentialism | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
| Other | 22 / 35 (62.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: representationalism | 11 / 35 (31.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism | 1 / 35 (2.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: qualia theory | 1 / 35 (2.9%) |
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
| Other | 20 / 35 (57.1%) |
| Accept or lean toward: psychological view | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
| Accept or lean toward: further-fact view | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: biological view | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
| Other | 19 / 35 (54.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism | 7 / 35 (20.0%) |
| Accept or lean toward: communitarianism | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: libertarianism | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
| Accept or lean toward: Fregean | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: Millian | 12 / 35 (34.3%) |
| Other | 11 / 35 (31.4%) |
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
| Accept or lean toward: scientific realism | 26 / 35 (74.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
| Other | 4 / 35 (11.4%) |
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
| Other | 23 / 35 (65.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: survival | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
| Accept or lean toward: death | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
| Other | 16 / 35 (45.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: B-theory | 14 / 35 (40.0%) |
| Accept or lean toward: A-theory | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
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 | 23 / 35 (65.7%) |
| Other | 9 / 35 (25.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: don't switch | 3 / 35 (8.6%) |
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
| Accept or lean toward: correspondence | 19 / 35 (54.3%) |
| Accept or lean toward: deflationary | 8 / 35 (22.9%) |
| Other | 6 / 35 (17.1%) |
| Accept or lean toward: epistemic | 2 / 35 (5.7%) |
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
| Other | 11 / 35 (31.4%) |
| Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible | 10 / 35 (28.6%) |
| Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible | 9 / 35 (25.7%) |
| Accept or lean toward: inconceivable | 5 / 35 (14.3%) |
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