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There's quite a bit of further discussion (including explanations of a number of the questions) scattered across a couple different LessWrong threads. Explanat
by adbge 13y ago
There's quite a bit of further discussion (including explanations of a number of the questions) scattered across a couple different LessWrong threads.
Explanations of many of the questions:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/emj/poll_less_wrong_and_mainstream_philosophy_how/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/emj/poll_less_wrong_and_mainstream_p...
What do professional philosophers believe, and why?
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/hbw/what_do_professional_philosophers_believe_and_why/ http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/hbw/what_do_professiona...
Here's a list of links to more discussions: http://philpapers.org/bbs/thread.pl?tId=420 http://philpapers.org/bbs/thread.pl?tId=420 I haven't actually gone through these, though.
You might also want to check out:
Survey of eating habits among philosophers:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/philosophers-eating-ethics-a-discussion-of-the-poll-results.html http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/philosophers-e...
Survey of beliefs among economists:
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/02/news-flash-economists-agree.html http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/02/news-flash-economists...
- Jacquass12321 13y agoSurvey of eating habits among philosophers: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/philosophers-e.. http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/philosophers-e.... I assumed they all starved because one guy never passed the fork.
- lurkinggrue 13y agoIt's well know that most philosophers were heavy drinkers, I mean... Immanuel Kant was a real pissant, Who was very rarely stable.
- rthomas6 13y agoIs there a better source for the economists survey? That is very interesting and I'd like to see more details about the study. Specifically, how many economists were surveyed, and how were the questions asked?