... and other poll results here. (These are, of course, the results from David Chalmers' and David Bourget's PhilPapers survey of thousands of philosophers.)
It turns out that 81.6% of philosophers are non-skeptical realists about the external world, thus confirming my hypothesis that there is greater philosophical consensus in favor of the Democratic party than about the existence of a mind-independent external world.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Does the Majority of Philosophers Think that the External World Exists?
Posted by Eric Schwitzgebel at 11:56 AM
Labels: metaphilosophy
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A dirty job, but someone has to do it. Who else is going to doubt the existence of the external world? (while getting paid to do so)
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