Survey Results

Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

1639 respondents

What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Collapse accept and lean towards

Accept or lean towards:
Platonism

38.38% (37.83%)

Reject or lean against:
Platonism

0.49% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
nominalism

41.85% (41.37%)

Reject or lean against:
nominalism

0.61% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

1.10%

Accept an alternative view

5.74%

The question is too unclear to answer

2.75%

There is no fact of the matter

2.14%

Agnostic/undecided

8.36%

Other

0.73%

N = 1639, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (146 respondents)

Alternative Views

143 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

REAL (39): realism (35) realist (2) really (1) real (1)
ARIS (24): aristotelian (14) aristotelianism (5) aristotelean (3) aristotle (2)
CONC (20): conceptualism (15) concrete (2) concepts (2) conceptual (1)
MODE (12): moderate (12)
IDEA (8): idealism (5) ideas (3)
CONS (7): constructivism (5) construct (1) constructivist (1)
SENS (6): sense (5) sensitivity (1)
PRAG (5): pragmatism (3) pragmatist (1) pragmaticism (1)
HUSS (4): husserlian (3) husserl (1)
UNIV (4): universals (4)
DEFL (4): deflationary (3) deflationism (1)
PEIR (4): peircean (4)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

Comparison type

AOS

Geographic filters do not apply to this section.

Option

2009

2020

Change

Swing

Option

Accept or lean towards: Platonism

39.31%

37.19%

2.12

-0.57

2009	39.31%
2020	37.19%
Change	2.12
Swing	-0.57

Accept or lean towards: nominalism

37.7%

36.73%

0.97

0.57

2009	37.7%
2020	36.73%
Change	0.97
Swing	0.57

Accept a combination of views

6.12%

0.93%

5.19

2009	6.12%
2020	0.93%
Change	5.19

Accept an alternative view

4.94%

2.93%

2.01

2009	4.94%
2020	2.93%
Change	2.01

The question is too unclear to answer

2.04%

2.31%

0.27

2009	2.04%
2020	2.31%
Change	0.27

There is no fact of the matter

0.86%

3.09%

2.23

2009	0.86%
2020	3.09%
Change	2.23

Insufficiently familiar with the issue

2.79%

6.48%

3.69

2009	2.79%
2020	6.48%
Change	3.69

Agnostic/undecided

5.05%

8.95%

3.90

2009	5.05%
2020	8.95%
Change	3.90

Skipped

0.97%

1.08%

0.11

2009	0.97%
2020	1.08%
Change	0.11

Other

0.21%

0.31%

0.10

2009	0.21%
2020	0.31%
Change	0.10

N (2020) = 648
N (2009) = 931

Weighted values

Option	2009	2020	Change
Platonism	43.36	43.61	0.25
Nominalism	41.82	40.49	1.33

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.5	Properties: transcendent universals
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	182
Reject	7	286

n: 614

p < 0.0001

r: -0.46	Propositions: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	315
Reject	98	209

n: 637

p < 0.0001

r: -0.43	Knowledge: empiricism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	323
Reject	466	174

n: 1131

p < 0.0001

r: 0.37	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	494	98
Reject	387	345

n: 1324

p < 0.0001

r: 0.36	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	103
Reject	79	202

n: 552

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Consciousness: dualism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	143	212
Reject	54	378

n: 787

p < 0.0001

r: 0.34	Morality: non-naturalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	174	194
Reject	68	370

n: 806

p < 0.0001

r: -0.34	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	321
Reject	203	264

n: 857

p < 0.0001

r: 0.33	Propositions: structured entities
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	193	137
Reject	81	227

n: 638

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	198	297
Reject	464	194

n: 1153

p < 0.0001

r: 0.33	Aesthetic value: objective
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	358	192
Reject	271	445

n: 1266

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Possible worlds: abstract
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	287	103
Reject	212	254

n: 856

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	A priori knowledge: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	560	59
Reject	512	248

n: 1379

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Laws of nature: Humean
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	118	447
Reject	303	397

n: 1265

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Meaning of life: objective
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	270	234
Reject	190	461

n: 1155

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	487	82
Reject	461	266

n: 1296

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Properties: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	308
Reject	47	245

n: 611

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Concepts: nativism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	138	141
Reject	85	286

n: 650

p < 0.0001

r: 0.29	Propositional attitudes: representational
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	106
Reject	130	196

n: 632

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Mind: physicalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	259	327
Reject	510	234

n: 1330

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Properties: tropes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	290
Reject	72	222

n: 615

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Metaontology: anti-realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	254
Reject	56	224

n: 549

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	220
Reject	35	308

n: 646

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	198
Reject	69	321

n: 733

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	103
Reject	47	120

n: 381

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	398	189
Reject	337	428

n: 1352

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Morality: constructivism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	327
Reject	131	309

n: 808

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Justification: coherentism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	289
Reject	136	256

n: 734

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	209	308
Reject	127	531

n: 1175

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Truth: correspondence
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	388	175
Reject	342	358

n: 1263

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Well-being: objective list
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	225	96
Reject	203	213

n: 737

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Practical reason: Humean
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	224
Reject	174	215

n: 673

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Free will: libertarianism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	183	408
Reject	92	676

n: 1359

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	272	90
Reject	262	190

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Spacetime: relationism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	146
Reject	146	112

n: 499

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	God: theism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	184	415
Reject	104	665

n: 1368

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Experience machine: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	507
Reject	138	584

n: 1283

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	289
Reject	115	272

n: 729

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Immortality: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	223	157
Reject	196	289

n: 865

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	202
Reject	57	175

n: 455

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Material composition: nihilism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	227
Reject	27	165

n: 433

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	144	139
Reject	124	266

n: 673

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	209
Reject	100	180

n: 550

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	233
Reject	138	188

n: 631

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	457	138
Reject	437	317

n: 1349

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Meaning of life: subjective
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	157	347
Reject	311	340

n: 1155

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Personal identity: further-fact view
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	368
Reject	80	551

n: 1134

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	True contradictions: impossible
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	300	65
Reject	263	118

n: 746

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Truth: deflationary
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	122	440
Reject	225	475

n: 1262

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	229	86
Reject	253	162

n: 730

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Abortion: permissible
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	314	84
Reject	448	57

n: 903

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	257	261
Reject	424	234

n: 1176

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Wittgenstein: early
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	116	215
Reject	96	319

n: 746

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Statue and lump: one thing
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	226
Reject	149	202

n: 673

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	334	253
Reject	530	235

n: 1352

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Law: legal positivism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	142
Reject	134	146

n: 501

p: 0.0002

r: -0.17	True contradictions: actual
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	330
Reject	58	323

n: 746

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Science: scientific realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	504	91
Reject	536	195

n: 1326

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Morality: expressivism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	340
Reject	67	374

n: 808

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	137
Reject	106	233

n: 588

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	269
Reject	107	310

n: 738

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	External world: skepticism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	579
Reject	57	708

n: 1371

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Causation: primitive
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	90	233
Reject	68	311

n: 702

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Theory of reference: deflationary
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	266
Reject	77	290

n: 673

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Properties: classes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	288
Reject	53	240

n: 613

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Consciousness: functionalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	242
Reject	195	240

n: 789

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	151
Reject	79	210

n: 561

p: 0.0002

r: -0.15	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	150	437
Reject	306	459

n: 1352

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	213
Reject	35	276

n: 574

p: 0.0003

r: -0.15	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	161	399
Reject	284	406

n: 1250

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	292
Reject	80	336

n: 736

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	188	353
Reject	159	510

n: 1210

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	245
Reject	101	232

n: 633

p: 0.0003

r: -0.14	Free will: compatibilism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	330	262
Reject	539	231

n: 1362

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Logic: classical
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	347	143
Reject	315	239

n: 1044

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	426
Reject	162	480

n: 1138

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	351
Reject	23	358

n: 746

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Philosophical knowledge: none
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	381
Reject	26	455

n: 867

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Truth: epistemic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	520
Reject	91	607

n: 1259

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	External world: non-skeptical realism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	531	73
Reject	646	120

n: 1370

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Consciousness: eliminativism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	346
Reject	35	399

n: 788

p: 0.0004

r: -0.13	Chinese room: understands
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	307
Reject	95	342

n: 805

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	178
Reject	31	201

n: 456

p: 0.0071

r: -0.13	Extended mind: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	167	183
Reject	238	171

n: 759

p: 0.0005

r: -0.12	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	247
Reject	100	241

n: 642

p: 0.0015

r: 0.12	Gender categories: preserve
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	226
Reject	79	357

n: 755

p: 0.0007

r: -0.12	Personal identity: psychological view
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	238	272
Reject	357	276

n: 1143

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Arguments for theism: ontological
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	273
Reject	25	345

n: 701

p: 0.0012

r: -0.12	Belief or credence: credence
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	223
Reject	124	189

n: 625

p: 0.0027

r: -0.12	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	294
Reject	78	292

n: 699

p: 0.0016

r: -0.12	Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	213
Reject	21	211

n: 453

p: 0.0114

r: 0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	271
Reject	40	342

n: 721

p: 0.0023

r: 0.11	Time: A-theory
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	254
Reject	106	344

n: 862

p: 0.0009

r: -0.11	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	211
Reject	205	222

n: 767

p: 0.002

r: -0.11	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	203	276
Reject	362	276

n: 1117

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	181
Reject	21	210

n: 452

p: 0.0184

r: 0.11	Race: biological
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	138	390
Reject	120	585

n: 1233

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Other minds: future AI systems
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	243
Reject	223	256

n: 867

p: 0.0011

r: 0.11	Normative ethics: deontology
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	246	316
Reject	230	459

n: 1251

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Other minds: current AI systems
Abstract objects: Platonism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	375
Reject	17	462

n: 867

p: 0.0022

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: -0.26	Philosopher: Hume
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	29	414
Reject	159	446

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Philosopher: Plato
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	57	386
Reject	10	595

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	AOS: Metaphysics
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	192	419
Reject	128	674

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Frege
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	58	385
Reject	28	577

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	142	469
Reject	98	704

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Moore
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	26	417
Reject	10	595

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Russell
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	48	395
Reject	26	579

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Leibniz
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	28	415
Reject	9	596

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Reid
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	22	421
Reject	7	598

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Philosopher: Mill
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	10	433
Reject	46	559

n: 1048

p: 0.0002

r: -0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	40	571
Reject	98	704

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Philosopher: Nietzsche
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	5	438
Reject	27	578

n: 1048

p: 0.0003

r: -0.11	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	57	554
Reject	158	644

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	82	529
Reject	48	754

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	50	561
Reject	118	684

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	74	537
Reject	53	749

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Epistemology
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	184	427
Reject	164	638

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Lewis
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	62	381
Reject	43	562

n: 1048

p: 0.0008

r: -0.1	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	46	565
Reject	91	711

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Region of PhD: Europe
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	29	402
Reject	66	499

n: 996

p: 0.0013

r: 0.1	Region of PhD: United States
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	318	113
Reject	365	200

n: 996

p: 0.0013

r: 0.09	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	51	560
Reject	34	768

n: 1413

p: 0.0004

r: -0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	10	601
Reject	40	762

n: 1413

p: 0.0004

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Augustine
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	14	429
Reject	5	600

n: 1048

p: 0.0024

r: 0.09	Region of nationality: United States
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	318	250
Reject	374	393

n: 1335

p: 0.0008

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Descartes
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	29	414
Reject	17	588

n: 1048

p: 0.0045

r: -0.08	Region of PhD: Canada
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	11	420
Reject	29	536

n: 996

p: 0.0107

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	26	585
Reject	12	790

n: 1413

p: 0.0028

r: -0.08	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	14	597
Reject	51	751

n: 1413

p: 0.0031

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Aquinas
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	25	418
Reject	13	592

n: 1048

p: 0.0142

r: -0.07	Philosopher: James
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	9	434
Reject	29	576

n: 1048

p: 0.0193

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Spinoza
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	7	436
Reject	20	585

n: 1048

p: 0.0199

r: 0.07	Tradition: Analytic
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	530	74
Reject	672	122

n: 1398

p: 0.0071

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Husserl
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	16	427
Reject	8	597

n: 1048

p: 0.0204

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Socrates
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	25	418
Reject	19	586

n: 1048

p: 0.026

r: -0.07	Gender: female
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	88	524
Reject	181	615

n: 1408

p: 0.0104

r: 0.07	Gender: male
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	520	92
Reject	611	185

n: 1408

p: 0.0117

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	13	598
Reject	44	758

n: 1413

p: 0.0123

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Carnap
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	21	422
Reject	42	563

n: 1048

p: 0.034

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Davidson
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	10	433
Reject	31	574

n: 1048

p: 0.0343

r: -0.06	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	22	589
Reject	44	758

n: 1413

p: 0.0166

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Latin America
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	6	562
Reject	16	751

n: 1335

p: 0.0226

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	34	409
Reject	67	538

n: 1048

p: 0.0449

r: -0.06	AOS: Applied Ethics
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	56	555
Reject	114	688

n: 1413

p: 0.0202

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Canada
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	35	533
Reject	70	697

n: 1335

p: 0.0327

r: -0.06	AOS: Asian Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	8	603
Reject	22	780

n: 1413

p: 0.036

r: -0.06	Tradition: Other tradition
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	44	560
Reject	70	724

n: 1398

p: 0.0372

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: Europe
Abstract objects: Platonism	Yes	No
Accept	92	533
Reject	138	676

n: 1439

p: 0.0349