https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/27.aspxEverything else.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/276662.aspxThu, 10 Dec 2009 00:15:25 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:276662John Ess0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/276662.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=27&PostID=276662<p>This is baffling.&nbsp; And also interesting.&nbsp; Turns out, about 20 percent of philosophy PhDs, grad students, and philosophers don&#39;t believe in any sort of external world outside of their own head.&nbsp; Given postmodernism, I don&#39;t know if that is better or worse than expected.</p> <p>Also, this study found that almost 90 percent of professors are Democrats.&nbsp; Only 7 percent Republicans.&nbsp; And Libertarians almost unaccounted for.</p> <p>http://philpapers.org/bbs/thread.pl?tId=417</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Accept or lean toward: non-skeptical realism 760 / 931 (81.6%)<br />Other 86 / 931 (9.2%)<br />Accept or lean toward: skepticism 45 / 931 (4.8%)<br />Accept or lean toward: idealism 40 / 931 (4.2%)<br /><br />with this result from my study of the political affiliations of American philosophy professors (based on the voter registration data of 375 philosophy professors in CA, FL, and NC):<br /><br />Democrat 87.2%<br />Republican: 7.7%<br />Green: 2.7%<br />Independent: 1.3%<br />Libertarian: 0.8%<br />Peace&amp;Freedom: 0.3%</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>