Monday, August 9, 2010

Philosophers and Zombies

Don't ask how I got here but check out this amusing survey of what Philosophers believe. Check out the final question:

Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?

Lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible 191 / 931 (20.5%)
Accept: conceivable but not metaphysically possible 140 / 931 (15%)
Accept: metaphysically possible 115 / 931 (12.3%)
Lean toward: metaphysically possible 102 / 931 (10.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue 84 / 931 (9%)
Lean toward: inconceivable 82 / 931 (8.8%)
Accept: inconceivable 67 / 931 (7.1%)
Agnostic/undecided 61 / 931 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer 40 / 931 (4.2%)
There is no fact of the matter 12 / 931 (1.2%)
Skip 10 / 931 (1%)
Reject all 10 / 931 (1%)
Other 9 / 931 (0.9%)
Accept another alternative 5 / 931 (0.5%)
Reject one, undecided between others 3 / 931 (0.3%)