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The PhilPapers Survey

Apr 21, 2023

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The PhilPapers Survey project aims to explore a wide range of topics in philosophy and understand the distribution of current thought among philosophers.

Future plans for the PhilPapers surveys include the launch of a new website called Phil Survey that will provide an ongoing rolling survey of philosophers' views.

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Overview of the Book Recommendations Survey

The podcast episode begins by discussing the results of a book recommendations survey on artificial intelligence. The top recommended book was 'Superintelligence' by Nick Bostrom. Other notable mentions included 'Life 3.0' by Max Tegmark, 'Artificial Unintelligence' by Meredith Prasard, and 'The War on Normal People' by Andrew Yang.

Introduction

3min

The Phil Papers Survey

3min

The Philosophical Gourmet Report

2min

The Survey of Professional Philosophers

2min

The Challenges of Running a Follow-Up Survey

2min

How to Succeed in the Digital Economy

3min

The Evolution of Knowledge Claims

3min

The Future of Philosophers' Views

2min

The Benefits of Measuring the Different Thoughts of Philosophers on a Variety of Topics

2min

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How to Conduct a Rolling Survey of Philosophy

2min

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The Future of the Project

2min

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Chad GPD: The Future of AI

2min

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Notion AI: The New Buzz Around Artificial Intelligence

3min

Today, we are joined by David Bourget. David is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Western University in London, Ontario. David is also the co-director of the PhilPapers Foundation and Director of the Center for Digital Philosophy. He joins us to discuss the PhilPapers Survey project.

The PhilPapers survey was initially taken in 2009, but there was a follow-up survey in 2020. David discussed the need for the subsequent survey and what changed. He mentioned the metric for measuring the opinion changes between the 2009 and 2020 surveys. He also shared future plans for the PhilPapers surveys.

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Data Skeptic

The PhilPapers Survey

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Overview of the Book Recommendations Survey

Introduction to the Phil Paper Survey

Methodology and Future Plans

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