The PhilPapers Survey
Data Skeptic
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The Challenges of Running a Follow-Up Survey
The survey was based on discussion with specialists in various areas of philosophy. There wasn't really like an algorithm or something we can point to as a very objective way of selecting the questions. Opinions in general are very divided, but there were some questions where we had acceptance rates for one answer around 80%. We tried to ask questions that we knew would be a little bit controversial.
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