The correlation between a person's psychology and his/her philosophical views?

[Psyduck]

To which extent is one's philosophical worldview (...presupposedly objective and uncontaminated by subjective emotions...) the result of psychological dispositions (pessimism, optimism, analytic person, sensuous person,...). To which extent does a certain psychological disposition make a person lean more towards a certain philosophical stance (i.e. determinism, free will, materialism, spiritualism, nihilism,...) instead of sound logical arguments and reasoning? And, to which extent is it possible to do philosophy in a "neutral" way?

"What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture that we can reject or accept as we wish; it is rather a thing animated by the soul of the person who holds it." Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814)

 

[ebola?]

It makes sense: views congruent with facets of personality may more intuitively be understood and engaged with less effort. For example, those of a highly analytical bent will have an easier time working with cut-and-dried conceptual objects subject to clear logical manipulation than with conceptual systems resting on mysticism, ambiguity, contradiction, metaphor, etc. While I doubt that there could be any 'neutral ground' on this matter, prevailing norms of intersubjectivity lead people to converge on shared approaches to evaluating philosophy (insofar as people get beyond just stating views at each other without appropriate engagement with others' views).

ebola

 

[rickolasnice]

I don't think there is a link between philosophical views and psychological predispositions for most of the examples given aside from the one ebola? mentions.

Other than that i reckon it's a case by case kinda thing. I don't think believing in anything in particular will cause you to be happy, unhappy, optimistic, loving, etc.. I doubt there is any correlation yet alone any causation between philosophical views and psychological attributes.. not truly, anyway.