Survey Results

Aesthetic value: subjective or objective?


1700 respondents
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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.

Accept or lean towards:
objective
43.53% (40.18%)
Reject or lean against:
objective
0.12% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
subjective
40.59% (37.18%)
Reject or lean against:
subjective
0.12% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
3.71%
Accept an alternative view
5.00%
The question is too unclear to answer
4.82%
There is no fact of the matter
1.35%
Agnostic/undecided
6.82%
Other
0.94%
N = 1700, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (85 respondents)
Alternative Views

120 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.

  • INTE (31): intersubjective (24) interesseloses (1) intersubjective--socially (1) interesting (1) internalism (1) internal (1) interaction (1) intermediate (1)
  • RELA (12): relational (4) relations (2) relativism (2) relationalism (1) relationship (1) relationalism--which (1) relation (1)
  • CONS (11): constructed (5) constructivism (2) construction (1) consider (1) considered (1) constraints (1)
  • NEIT (8): neither (8)
  • SOCI (7): social (5) socio-historical (1) socially (1)
  • BOTH (7): both (7)
  • PRAG (4): pragmatism (3) pragmatic (1)
  • QUES (4): question (4)
  • JUDG (4): judgements (2) judgment (1) judgments (1)
  • MIXE (4): mixed (4)
  • REAL (4): real (2) really (1) realist-expressivism (1)
  • HYBR (4): hybrid (4)
  • KANT (4): kantian (1) kantianly (1) kant (1) kantianism (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

Geographic filters do not apply to this section.
Option 2009 2020 Change Swing
Option
Accept or lean towards: objective 41.03% 37.81%  3.22 -3.43
2009 41.03%
2020 37.81%
Change  3.22
Swing -3.43
Accept or lean towards: subjective 34.48% 38.12%  3.64  3.43
2009 34.48%
2020 38.12%
Change  3.64
Swing  3.43
Accept a combination of views 10.1% 3.24%  6.86
2009 10.1%
2020 3.24%
Change  6.86
Accept an alternative view 2.58% 2.93%  0.35
2009 2.58%
2020 2.93%
Change  0.35
The question is too unclear to answer 4.51% 5.56%  1.05
2009 4.51%
2020 5.56%
Change  1.05
There is no fact of the matter 0.21% 0.46%  0.25
2009 0.21%
2020 0.46%
Change  0.25
Insufficiently familiar with the issue 3.11% 3.7%  0.59
2009 3.11%
2020 3.7%
Change  0.59
Agnostic/undecided 3.22% 6.94%  3.72
2009 3.22%
2020 6.94%
Change  3.72
Skipped 0.43% 0.77%  0.34
2009 0.43%
2020 0.77%
Change  0.34
Other 0.32% 0.46%  0.14
2009 0.32%
2020 0.46%
Change  0.14
N (2020) = 648
N (2009) = 931
Weighted values
Option 2009 2020 Change
Objective 43.4 42.99 0.41
Subjective 45.02 40.25 4.77

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.52
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 390 228
Reject 112 497
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: 0.49
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 594 106
Reject 343 339
n: 1382
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 298 98
Reject 160 208
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.37
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 75 305
Reject 163 165
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 580 99
Reject 400 251
n: 1330
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 155 462
Reject 340 271
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 113 218
Reject 20 297
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 174 124
Reject 77 172
n: 547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 358 271
Reject 192 445
n: 1266
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 199 181
Reject 95 233
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 225 462
Reject 75 643
n: 1405
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 79 189
Reject 138 111
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 253 315
Reject 398 190
n: 1156
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 148 491
Reject 264 347
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 302 370
Reject 475 217
n: 1364
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 277 311
Reject 391 189
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 353 121
Reject 420 40
n: 934
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 175 255
Reject 75 320
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 45 353
Reject 115 252
n: 765
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 24 405
Reject 63 335
n: 827
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 7 422
Reject 43 354
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 21 276
Reject 50 197
n: 544
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 146 254
Reject 57 329
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 115 120
Reject 63 129
n: 427
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 212 482
Reject 84 625
n: 1403
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 39 356
Reject 69 298
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 187 485
Reject 290 348
n: 1310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 263
Reject 96 331
n: 861
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 102 98
Reject 58 125
n: 383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 149 446
Reject 61 512
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 110 244
Reject 55 299
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 128 167
Reject 73 201
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 63 598
Reject 121 541
n: 1323
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 67 366
Reject 106 290
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 21 318
Reject 30 228
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 444 249
Reject 303 387
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 208 385
Reject 118 464
n: 1175
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 133 187
Reject 72 239
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 45 287
Reject 61 228
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 60 364
Reject 92 301
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 585 111
Reject 514 190
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 133 170
Reject 83 218
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 68 229
Reject 89 159
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 163
Reject 101 188
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 260 201
Reject 178 257
n: 896
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 136 187
Reject 81 238
n: 642
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 31 311
Reject 46 212
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 86 244
Reject 132 185
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 157 290
Reject 207 239
n: 893
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 27 677
Reject 58 654
n: 1416
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 124 271
Reject 58 323
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 259 149
Reject 326 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 130 498
Reject 199 444
n: 1271
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 638
Reject 118 593
n: 1405
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 84 236
Reject 132 179
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 91 515
Reject 146 459
n: 1211
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 175 225
Reject 125 245
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 410 219
Reject 338 307
n: 1274
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 279 323
Reject 340 237
n: 1179
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 15 220
Reject 25 167
n: 427
p: 0.0009
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 95 318
Reject 147 229
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 38 262
Reject 50 185
n: 535
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 36 295
Reject 67 250
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 93 248
Reject 46 213
n: 600
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 121 258
Reject 72 282
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 116 156
Reject 146 104
n: 522
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 122 236
Reject 170 188
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 19 314
Reject 39 250
n: 622
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 128 275
Reject 161 225
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 135 517
Reject 205 451
n: 1308
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 118 250
Reject 131 189
n: 688
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 412 281
Reject 479 211
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 18 494
Reject 40 448
n: 1000
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 36 182
Reject 62 170
n: 450
p: 0.0026
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 397 50
Reject 383 63
n: 893
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 85 300
Reject 109 243
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 257 377
Reject 176 446
n: 1256
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 279 303
Reject 350 227
n: 1159
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 40 317
Reject 21 350
n: 728
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 323 354
Reject 227 409
n: 1313
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 154 203
Reject 115 221
n: 693
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 117 183
Reject 56 179
n: 535
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 79 228
Reject 44 235
n: 586
p: 0.0012
r: -0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 37 253
Reject 47 226
n: 563
p: 0.0024
r: -0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 69 166
Reject 70 122
n: 427
p: 0.0084
r: -0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 218 475
Reject 273 417
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 156 423
Reject 99 474
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 324 269
Reject 361 223
n: 1177
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 120 315
Reject 149 275
n: 859
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 620 84
Reject 595 115
n: 1414
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 206 372
Reject 148 426
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 269 310
Reject 318 259
n: 1156
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 63 229
Reject 27 244
n: 563
p: 0.0043
r: -0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 10 392
Reject 29 356
n: 787
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 174 406
Reject 134 440
n: 1154
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 562 108
Reject 505 166
n: 1341
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 340
Reject 82 301
n: 779
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 62 315
Reject 27 325
n: 729
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 124 182
Reject 139 141
n: 586
p: 0.0066
r: 0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 130 256
Reject 85 264
n: 735
p: 0.0042

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: -0.24
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 57 493
Reject 135 375
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 45 505
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 58 492
Reject 11 499
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 91 627
Reject 33 702
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 17 533
Reject 53 457
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 4 506
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 128 422
Reject 78 432
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 13 705
Reject 42 693
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 54 664
Reject 21 714
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 55 663
Reject 28 707
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 6 504
n: 1060
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 182 536
Reject 141 594
n: 1453
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 65 653
Reject 105 630
n: 1453
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 35 515
Reject 54 456
n: 1060
p: 0.0032
r: 0.09
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 72 637
Reject 45 683
n: 1437
p: 0.0009
r: -0.08
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 16 702
Reject 32 703
n: 1453
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 38 449
Reject 56 487
n: 1030
p: 0.0078
r: 0.08
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 76 411
Reject 63 480
n: 1030
p: 0.011
r: -0.08
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 43 507
Reject 64 446
n: 1060
p: 0.0119
r: 0.08
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 23 527
Reject 10 500
n: 1060
p: 0.013
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 55 663
Reject 84 651
n: 1453
p: 0.0049
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 10 540
Reject 25 485
n: 1060
p: 0.0173
r: 0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 31 687
Reject 17 718
n: 1453
p: 0.0065
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 12 706
Reject 29 706
n: 1453
p: 0.0092
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 601 108
Reject 644 84
n: 1437
p: 0.0117
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 20 698
Reject 33 702
n: 1453
p: 0.012
r: 0.07
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 13 537
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p: 0.0321
r: 0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 13 497
n: 1060
p: 0.037
r: 0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 16 534
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p: 0.0373
r: 0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 367 318
Reject 346 348
n: 1379
p: 0.0252
r: -0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 25 660
Reject 50 644
n: 1379
p: 0.0259
r: -0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 107 628
Reject 125 618
n: 1478
p: 0.0226
r: -0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 9 676
Reject 12 682
n: 1379
p: 0.0394
r: 0.06
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 56 662
Reject 39 696
n: 1453
p: 0.0356