With over 1800 votes in the earlier poll, here's what we learned about reader opinions on contemporary Anglophone metaphysics:
The vast majority of respondents were favorably disposed. 29% think it a "central and foundational part of the discipline," while another 21% deem it "an important area of contemporary research." Another 21% deem it "useful when pursued in tandem with actual scientific results" (some of them may be more skeptical otherwise), while 8% think it is only "a minor area of philosophy, but worth pursuing." But a non-trivial minority, 20%, think metaphysics is "armchair bullshit, I can't believe it's back!"
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