Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.25	Normative ethics: deontology
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	37
Reject	200	359

n: 670

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Practical reason: Kantian
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	53
Reject	79	379

n: 545

p: 0.0003

r: 0.15	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	66
Reject	44	410

n: 533

p: 0.0007

r: 0.14	Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	28
Reject	138	210

n: 413

p: 0.005

r: 0.14	Belief or credence: neither
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	58
Reject	80	310

n: 467

p: 0.0029

r: -0.13	Footbridge: push
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	94
Reject	159	395

n: 665

p: 0.0005

r: 0.13	Kant: one world
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	48	17
Reject	166	192

n: 423

p: 0.0066

r: 0.12	Free will: libertarianism
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	70
Reject	115	472

n: 697

p: 0.0013

r: 0.12	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	70
Reject	74	418

n: 583

p: 0.0039

r: 0.12	Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	32
Reject	56	215

n: 319

p: 0.0388

r: -0.11	Trolley problem: switch
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	33
Reject	414	114

n: 632

p: 0.005

r: -0.11	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	76
Reject	156	370

n: 625

p: 0.0055

r: 0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	65
Reject	75	379

n: 534

p: 0.0105

r: -0.11	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	73
Reject	148	362

n: 603

p: 0.0087

r: 0.11	Properties: nonexistent
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	63
Reject	34	332

n: 439

p: 0.0275

r: 0.1	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	76
Reject	91	374

n: 566

p: 0.0173

r: 0.1	Race categories: preserve
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	70
Reject	37	403

n: 520

p: 0.024

r: -0.09	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	68
Reject	126	325

n: 535

p: 0.0313

r: 0.09	Morality: expressivism
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	86
Reject	58	460

n: 618

p: 0.0258

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	53
Reject	274	291

n: 679

p: 0.0209

r: -0.09	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	39
Reject	358	145

n: 603

p: 0.0351

r: 0.08	Zombies: inconceivable
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	77
Reject	92	433

n: 625

p: 0.0345

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	57
Reject	142	367

n: 602

p: 0.0401

r: 0.08	Personal identity: biological view
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	67
Reject	121	374

n: 592

p: 0.0419

r: -0.08	Other minds: future AI systems
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	71
Reject	220	309

n: 635

p: 0.0371

r: 0.08	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Normative concepts: ought	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	37
Reject	335	230

n: 679

p: 0.0485

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Aristotle
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	8	89
Reject	117	356

n: 570

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Frege
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	15	82
Reject	36	437

n: 570

p: 0.0038

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Law
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	10	111
Reject	19	587

n: 727

p: 0.0056

r: 0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	17	101
Reject	35	564

n: 717

p: 0.0069

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Quine
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	9	88
Reject	32	441

n: 570

p: 0.029

r: 0.08	Region of affiliation: Europe
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	29	92
Reject	86	524

n: 731

p: 0.0226

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	13	84
Reject	36	437

n: 570

p: 0.0473

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: Europe
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	33	84
Reject	109	468

n: 694

p: 0.0458

r: 0.08	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Normative concepts: ought	Yes	No
Accept	19	102
Reject	52	554

n: 727

p: 0.0419