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Results from the 2020 PhilPapers Survey
What Philosophers Believe: Results from the 2020 PhilPapers Survey | Daily Nous
Somebody surveyed 1800 of the world's academic philosophers regarding their personal views on a range of philospophical topics. Some of the results were a surprise to me. For instance, I've heard some philosophers state that the most common position regarding free will is compatibilism. The result here corroborates that but much more strongly than I would have guessed from the stuff I've read over the years. Only about 11% of the respondents thought "no free will" described their position best. 60% are compatibilist.
The question of God breaks down as approx 67% atheist, 19% theist, 14% other.
About 32% say that the mind is non-physical. Much higher than I would have expected.
Thoughts?
What Philosophers Believe: Results from the 2020 PhilPapers Survey | Daily Nous
Somebody surveyed 1800 of the world's academic philosophers regarding their personal views on a range of philospophical topics. Some of the results were a surprise to me. For instance, I've heard some philosophers state that the most common position regarding free will is compatibilism. The result here corroborates that but much more strongly than I would have guessed from the stuff I've read over the years. Only about 11% of the respondents thought "no free will" described their position best. 60% are compatibilist.
The question of God breaks down as approx 67% atheist, 19% theist, 14% other.
About 32% say that the mind is non-physical. Much higher than I would have expected.
Thoughts?