With almost 1700 votes, 56% deemed it a "central, foundational part of the discipline," with another 14% thinking it a "major area of research"–so a bit more than two-thirds gave the most favorable responses. Another 13% thought epistemology "useful when informed by the cognitive and empirical sciences," while a mere 3% described epistemology as a "minor area of research." 15% expressed no love for epistemology, choosing the option that described epistemology as "armchair bullshit and irrelevant puzzles" of no interest to anyone other than some professional philosophers.
armchair bullshit and irrelevant puzzles of no interest to anyone but a handful of philosophers. – See more at: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2014/06/next-reader-poll-what-do-you-think-of-epistemology.html#sthash.0JgXIyq2.dpuf
armchair bullshit and irrelevant puzzles of no interest to anyone but a handful of philosophers. – See more at: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2014/06/next-reader-poll-what-do-you-think-of-epistemology.html#sthash.0JgXIyq2.dpuf
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