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Most philosophers are atheist.
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Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 8:34 am
Quote:Last year, David Bourget and David Chalmers conducted an exercise in the sociology of philosophy, the largest survey of philosophers ever (3000+ respondents): the PhilPapers Surveys. Now that new results have been released, let’s look back at the findings.

Atheism or theism?
72.8% atheism
14.6% theism
12.5% other

http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=13371
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 8:57 am
I'll take this with a grain of salt. There are many out there promoting a philosophy that probably didn't receive the survey questionnaire.
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 1:48 pm
(November 3, 2017 at 8:57 am)mh.brewer Wrote: I'll take this with a grain of salt. There are many out there promoting a philosophy that probably didn't receive the survey questionnaire.

They surveyed 3,000 -- how many could be left?
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 2:06 pm
Unless they canvassed every fast food drive through they couldn't possibly have hit every philosophy major.  

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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Because religious people have all the answers, no need for silly philosophy.
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November 3, 2017 at 3:22 pm
(November 3, 2017 at 1:48 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(November 3, 2017 at 8:57 am)mh.brewer Wrote: I'll take this with a grain of salt. There are many out there promoting a philosophy that probably didn't receive the survey questionnaire.

They surveyed 3,000 -- how many could be left?

Quote: ".... a survey of professional philosophers and others on their philosophical views,....The Survey was taken by 3226 respondents, including 1803 philosophy faculty members and/or PhDs and 829 philosophy graduate students.". 

There are probably many others.
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 3:38 pm
The sample size is big enough though.
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 5:35 pm
12.5% don't understand what the words mean, I notice. Some philosophers they are.
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RE: Most philosophers are atheist.
November 3, 2017 at 8:03 pm
(November 3, 2017 at 5:35 pm)Hammy Wrote: 12.5% don't understand what the words mean, I notice. Some philosophers they are.

Some philosophers probably do not like words.  Still, I think that most are pretty level-headed.
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November 3, 2017 at 8:19 pm
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