Survey Results

Continuum hypothesis (does it have a determinate truth-value?): determinate or indeterminate?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

478 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:
determinate

37.66% (37.66%)

Reject or lean against:
determinate

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
indeterminate

28.66% (28.66%)

Reject or lean against:
indeterminate

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

0.00%

Accept an alternative view

1.67%

The question is too unclear to answer

2.09%

There is no fact of the matter

2.72%

Agnostic/undecided

26.78%

Other

0.42%

N = 478, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (632 respondents)

Alternative Views

12 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.

TRUT (3): truth (3)
VALU (3): values (1) value (1) valuable (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: -0.27	Propositions: nonexistent
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	126
Reject	46	144

n: 331

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	47
Reject	62	110

n: 298

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Truth: correspondence
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	48
Reject	113	120

n: 398

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Morality: constructivism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	132
Reject	56	150

n: 352

p < 0.0001

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

n: 381

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	112
Reject	130	122

n: 424

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Metaontology: anti-realism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	120
Reject	37	135

n: 297

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	True contradictions: impossible
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	133	21
Reject	156	64

n: 374

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Knowledge: empiricism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	75
Reject	120	84

n: 339

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Truth: deflationary
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	129
Reject	86	146

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Aesthetic value: objective
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	58
Reject	98	125

n: 383

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	35
Reject	158	88

n: 411

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	28
Reject	159	70

n: 396

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Immortality: yes
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	58
Reject	88	118

n: 366

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	73
Reject	65	162

n: 373

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Science: scientific realism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	19
Reject	179	56

n: 412

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Spacetime: relationism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	72
Reject	81	90

n: 295

p: 0.001

r: -0.19	Truth: epistemic
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	152
Reject	31	201

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Other minds: newborn babies
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	12
Reject	177	37

n: 367

p: 0.0003

r: -0.19	Personal identity: psychological view
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	84
Reject	114	81

n: 345

p: 0.0005

r: -0.18	Laws of nature: Humean
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	127
Reject	78	159

n: 406

p: 0.0002

r: 0.18	A priori knowledge: yes
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	152	20
Reject	187	66

n: 425

p: 0.0002

r: -0.18	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	126
Reject	26	164

n: 329

p: 0.001

r: 0.18	Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	84
Reject	27	158

n: 308

p: 0.0018

r: 0.18	Morality: non-naturalism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	95
Reject	46	158

n: 350

p: 0.001

r: -0.17	Justification: coherentism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	108
Reject	47	134

n: 313

p: 0.0021

r: 0.17	Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	102
Reject	13	170

n: 314

p: 0.0022

r: 0.17	Consciousness: dualism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	94
Reject	39	159

n: 338

p: 0.0016

r: 0.17	Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	65
Reject	33	128

n: 261

p: 0.0073

r: -0.17	Properties: nonexistent
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	129
Reject	21	139

n: 302

p: 0.0039

r: -0.17	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	86
Reject	124	105

n: 375

p: 0.0013

r: -0.16	Propositions: acts
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	131
Reject	20	172

n: 333

p: 0.0025

r: 0.16	Propositions: structured entities
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	60
Reject	78	113

n: 333

p: 0.0026

r: -0.16	Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	98
Reject	59	128

n: 310

p: 0.0039

r: -0.16	True contradictions: actual
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	137
Reject	33	187

n: 374

p: 0.0018

r: -0.16	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	119
Reject	46	147

n: 333

p: 0.0035

r: 0.16	Logic: classical
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	43
Reject	116	90

n: 359

p: 0.0025

r: 0.16	Meaning of life: objective
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	82
Reject	81	128

n: 356

p: 0.0028

r: -0.16	Proper names: Fregean
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	97
Reject	83	113

n: 351

p: 0.0034

r: 0.16	External world: non-skeptical realism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	162	13
Reject	204	41

n: 420

p: 0.0014

r: -0.15	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	77
Reject	157	74

n: 397

p: 0.0022

r: 0.15	Concepts: nativism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	64
Reject	57	114

n: 291

p: 0.0094

r: 0.15	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	97
Reject	20	165

n: 306

p: 0.0109

r: 0.14	Kant: one world
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	48
Reject	61	74

n: 239

p: 0.0269

r: 0.14	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	29
Reject	153	55

n: 352

p: 0.0079

r: 0.14	Propositional attitudes: representational
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	46
Reject	98	90

n: 319

p: 0.0129

r: 0.14	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	55
Reject	44	102

n: 243

p: 0.0312

r: -0.14	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	110
Reject	54	129

n: 314

p: 0.0147

r: 0.14	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	76
Reject	53	126

n: 311

p: 0.0169

r: -0.14	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	107
Reject	55	118

n: 309

p: 0.0175

r: -0.13	Extended mind: yes
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	75
Reject	104	95

n: 340

p: 0.0128

r: 0.13	Wittgenstein: early
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	75
Reject	58	143

n: 336

p: 0.0134

r: -0.13	Properties: tropes
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	123
Reject	29	131

n: 303

p: 0.024

r: 0.13	Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	101
Reject	38	153

n: 330

p: 0.0185

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	70
Reject	168	84

n: 424

p: 0.0075

r: 0.13	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	70
Reject	61	101

n: 274

p: 0.0331

r: -0.13	Gender: social
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	52
Reject	159	64

n: 373

p: 0.0139

r: -0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	96
Reject	52	120

n: 295

p: 0.0309

r: 0.13	Personal identity: biological view
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	101
Reject	42	153

n: 345

p: 0.0196

r: 0.12	Other minds: adult humans
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	153	0
Reject	209	5

n: 367

p: 0.0174

r: -0.12	Zombies: inconceivable
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	140
Reject	45	173

n: 381

p: 0.0174

r: -0.12	External world: idealism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	166
Reject	19	226

n: 420

p: 0.0127

r: -0.12	Practical reason: Humean
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	79
Reject	67	112

n: 287

p: 0.0444

r: 0.11	Capital punishment: permissible
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	120
Reject	39	181

n: 372

p: 0.027

r: -0.11	Chinese room: understands
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	124
Reject	55	139

n: 347

p: 0.0329

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	75
Reject	113	139

n: 424

p: 0.0185

r: -0.11	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	119
Reject	36	154

n: 333

p: 0.0375

r: 0.11	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	102
Reject	40	173

n: 350

p: 0.0377

r: -0.11	Knowledge claims: relativism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	140
Reject	16	212

n: 374

p: 0.0339

r: 0.11	Trolley problem: switch
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	31
Reject	158	70

n: 389

p: 0.0353

r: -0.11	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	90
Reject	137	115

n: 424

p: 0.0294

r: -0.1	Epistemic justification: internalism
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	92
Reject	99	133

n: 385

p: 0.0442

r: -0.1	Vagueness: semantic
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	74
Reject	152	91

n: 410

p: 0.0408

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.21	AOS: Metaphysics
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	79	97
Reject	73	187

n: 436

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	9	125
Reject	27	174

n: 335

p: 0.0013

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Plato
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	16	118
Reject	8	193

n: 335

p: 0.0042

r: 0.14	Region of PhD: United States
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	99	32
Reject	133	63

n: 327

p: 0.0103

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Carnap
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	10	124
Reject	26	175

n: 335

p: 0.019

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Aristotle
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	29	105
Reject	31	170

n: 335

p: 0.0339

r: 0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	156	14
Reject	227	33

n: 430

p: 0.0168

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Frege
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	26	108
Reject	24	177

n: 335

p: 0.0367

r: -0.11	Region of affiliation: Europe
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	25	154
Reject	51	213

n: 443

p: 0.0186

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	19	157
Reject	20	240

n: 436

p: 0.0262

r: -0.1	Region of nationality: Europe
Continuum hypothesis: determinate	Yes	No
Accept	28	144
Reject	55	189

n: 416

p: 0.0327