ABSTRACT
It is a truth generally acknowledged that philosophers of high standing must have considerable disagreements with other philosophers. A brief look at a recent survey among professional philosophers reveals the fact of widespread disagreement in a drastic way. The following answers were drawn from a group of approximately 1,000 professional philosophers:1
Many interesting points could be made in response to these results. We make only one, namely that in the case of most philosophical problems, we seem to have two or three mutually exclusive positions that battle for dominance. With respect to most problems, there is no consensus.
