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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
52 / 94 (55.3%)
Accept or lean toward: no
27 / 94 (28.7%)
Other
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?
Accept or lean toward: nominalism
51 / 94 (54.3%)
Accept or lean toward: Platonism
24 / 94 (25.5%)
Other
19 / 94 (20.2%)
Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?
Accept or lean toward: subjective
41 / 94 (43.6%)
Accept or lean toward: objective
32 / 94 (34.0%)
Other
21 / 94 (22.3%)
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?
Accept or lean toward: yes
56 / 94 (59.6%)
Accept or lean toward: no
31 / 94 (33.0%)
Other
7 / 94 (7.4%)
Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
46 / 94 (48.9%)
Other
30 / 94 (31.9%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
18 / 94 (19.1%)
External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?
Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism
76 / 94 (80.9%)
Other
7 / 94 (7.4%)
Accept or lean toward: skepticism
7 / 94 (7.4%)
Accept or lean toward: idealism
4 / 94 (4.3%)
Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?
Accept or lean toward: compatibilism
57 / 94 (60.6%)
Other
17 / 94 (18.1%)
Accept or lean toward: no free will
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
5 / 94 (5.3%)
God: theism or atheism?
Accept or lean toward: atheism
73 / 94 (77.7%)
Other
18 / 94 (19.1%)
Accept or lean toward: theism
3 / 94 (3.2%)
Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?
Accept or lean toward: contextualism
43 / 94 (45.7%)
Other
25 / 94 (26.6%)
Accept or lean toward: invariantism
23 / 94 (24.5%)
Accept or lean toward: relativism
3 / 94 (3.2%)
Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?
Accept or lean toward: empiricism
53 / 94 (56.4%)
Other
33 / 94 (35.1%)
Accept or lean toward: rationalism
8 / 94 (8.5%)
Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?
Accept or lean toward: non-Humean
46 / 94 (48.9%)
Accept or lean toward: Humean
39 / 94 (41.5%)
Other
9 / 94 (9.6%)
Logic: classical or non-classical?
Accept or lean toward: classical
43 / 94 (45.7%)
Other
36 / 94 (38.3%)
Accept or lean toward: non-classical
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Mental content: internalism or externalism?
Accept or lean toward: externalism
41 / 94 (43.6%)
Other
34 / 94 (36.2%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
19 / 94 (20.2%)
Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: moral anti-realism
44 / 94 (46.8%)
Accept or lean toward: moral realism
38 / 94 (40.4%)
Other
12 / 94 (12.8%)
Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?
Accept or lean toward: naturalism
61 / 94 (64.9%)
Other
18 / 94 (19.1%)
Accept or lean toward: non-naturalism
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?
Accept or lean toward: physicalism
70 / 94 (74.5%)
Accept or lean toward: non-physicalism
13 / 94 (13.8%)
Other
11 / 94 (11.7%)
Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?
Accept or lean toward: cognitivism
53 / 94 (56.4%)
Accept or lean toward: non-cognitivism
24 / 94 (25.5%)
Other
17 / 94 (18.1%)
Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?
Other
42 / 94 (44.7%)
Accept or lean toward: externalism
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: internalism
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?
Other
40 / 94 (42.6%)
Accept or lean toward: two boxes
34 / 94 (36.2%)
Accept or lean toward: one box
20 / 94 (21.3%)
Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?
Accept or lean toward: consequentialism
36 / 94 (38.3%)
Other
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: deontology
18 / 94 (19.1%)
Accept or lean toward: virtue ethics
14 / 94 (14.9%)
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?
Accept or lean toward: representationalism
40 / 94 (42.6%)
Other
36 / 94 (38.3%)
Accept or lean toward: qualia theory
8 / 94 (8.5%)
Accept or lean toward: disjunctivism
7 / 94 (7.4%)
Accept or lean toward: sense-datum theory
3 / 94 (3.2%)
Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?
Other
41 / 94 (43.6%)
Accept or lean toward: biological view
25 / 94 (26.6%)
Accept or lean toward: psychological view
24 / 94 (25.5%)
Accept or lean toward: further-fact view
4 / 94 (4.3%)
Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?
Other
34 / 94 (36.2%)
Accept or lean toward: egalitarianism
32 / 94 (34.0%)
Accept or lean toward: communitarianism
16 / 94 (17.0%)
Accept or lean toward: libertarianism
12 / 94 (12.8%)
Proper names: Fregean or Millian?
Other
37 / 94 (39.4%)
Accept or lean toward: Millian
31 / 94 (33.0%)
Accept or lean toward: Fregean
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?
Accept or lean toward: scientific realism
56 / 94 (59.6%)
Other
23 / 94 (24.5%)
Accept or lean toward: scientific anti-realism
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?
Other
34 / 94 (36.2%)
Accept or lean toward: survival
31 / 94 (33.0%)
Accept or lean toward: death
29 / 94 (30.9%)
Time: A-theory or B-theory?
Other
50 / 94 (53.2%)
Accept or lean toward: B-theory
35 / 94 (37.2%)
Accept or lean toward: A-theory
9 / 94 (9.6%)
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
65 / 94 (69.1%)
Other
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: don't switch
3 / 94 (3.2%)
Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?
Accept or lean toward: correspondence
40 / 94 (42.6%)
Accept or lean toward: deflationary
31 / 94 (33.0%)
Other
15 / 94 (16.0%)
Accept or lean toward: epistemic
8 / 94 (8.5%)
Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?
Accept or lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
39 / 94 (41.5%)
Other
26 / 94 (27.7%)
Accept or lean toward: metaphysically possible
16 / 94 (17.0%)
Accept or lean toward: inconceivable
13 / 94 (13.8%)
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