FiftyTwo comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Jayson_Virissimo 26 September 2012 12:25PM

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 26 September 2012 08:38:13PM 4 points [-]

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IAWYC but it is slightly problematic that the Philpapers survey polls the opinions of all philosophers, rather than those in a specific field. I am unsure if the opinions on current debates in metaphysics held but political philosophers will be much better than an average college graduate's. It might be interesting to contrast the 'lesswrong position' on question X with the position of 'mainstream philosophers' who study the relevant sub-field.

Comment author: pragmatist 26 September 2012 08:44:12PM 9 points [-]

You can filter the survey results by specialization. Use the AOS (Area of Specialization) drop down menu.

Comment author: gwern 26 September 2012 11:23:55PM 6 points [-]

All I can say is that you're not going to be happy with the 'philosophy of religion' statistics.