Survey Results

Kant (what is his view?): one world or two worlds?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

722 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:
one world

45.43% (45.01%)

Reject or lean against:
one world

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
two worlds

34.90% (34.35%)

Reject or lean against:
two worlds

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

0.55%

Accept an alternative view

1.66%

The question is too unclear to answer

4.85%

There is no fact of the matter

2.63%

Agnostic/undecided

10.53%

Other

0.42%

N = 722, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (415 respondents)

Alternative Views

13 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.

ASPE (4): aspect (2) aspects (2)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.2	Practical reason: Kantian
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	152
Reject	36	187

n: 454

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Race: biological
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	48	249
Reject	72	212

n: 581

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Politics: capitalism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	155
Reject	97	135

n: 458

p: 0.0003

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

n: 239

p: 0.0269

r: -0.14	Normative concepts: value
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	125
Reject	106	104

n: 424

p: 0.0032

r: 0.14	Extended mind: yes
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	143	85
Reject	122	124

n: 474

p: 0.0019

r: -0.14	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	156	150
Reject	183	126

n: 615

p: 0.0005

r: -0.14	Consciousness: dualism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	172
Reject	72	168

n: 462

p: 0.0034

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

n: 423

p: 0.0066

r: -0.13	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	208
Reject	51	184

n: 483

p: 0.0045

r: 0.12	Consciousness: panpsychism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	189
Reject	16	224

n: 463

p: 0.0071

r: -0.12	Law: legal positivism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	111
Reject	78	98

n: 341

p: 0.0253

r: -0.12	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	210
Reject	59	190

n: 493

p: 0.0078

r: -0.12	Footbridge: push
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	226
Reject	69	213

n: 561

p: 0.0048

r: -0.12	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	189
Reject	88	167

n: 518

p: 0.0071

r: -0.12	Hume: skeptic
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	151
Reject	103	135

n: 472

p: 0.0103

r: 0.12	Race: social
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	217	80
Reject	187	99

n: 583

p: 0.0045

r: 0.12	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	207	101
Reject	165	122

n: 595

p: 0.0042

r: -0.12	Concepts: nativism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	131
Reject	80	136

n: 412

p: 0.0178

r: -0.12	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	225
Reject	48	206

n: 513

p: 0.0082

r: -0.12	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	202
Reject	51	190

n: 480

p: 0.0106

r: 0.12	Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	112
Reject	20	138

n: 294

p: 0.0473

r: 0.12	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	139
Reject	16	173

n: 350

p: 0.0308

r: -0.11	Gender: biological
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	185
Reject	108	163

n: 561

p: 0.0074

r: 0.11	Other minds: plants
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	233
Reject	14	253

n: 529

p: 0.0097

r: 0.11	Gender: social
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	208	82
Reject	182	93

n: 565

p: 0.0077

r: -0.11	Practical reason: Humean
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	181
Reject	72	151

n: 456

p: 0.017

r: 0.11	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	121
Reject	99	150

n: 493

p: 0.0136

r: 0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	189
Reject	22	210

n: 449

p: 0.02

r: -0.11	Trolley problem: switch
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	77
Reject	203	67

n: 532

p: 0.0127

r: 0.11	Other minds: particles
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	251
Reject	4	263

n: 529

p: 0.0144

r: -0.11	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	207
Reject	87	183

n: 542

p: 0.0138

r: 0.1	Properties: classes
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	163
Reject	20	176

n: 387

p: 0.041

r: -0.1	Possible worlds: abstract
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	116
Reject	165	90

n: 501

p: 0.0244

r: 0.1	Truth: epistemic
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	229
Reject	28	255

n: 551

p: 0.0216

r: -0.09	Truth: correspondence
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	150	119
Reject	182	102

n: 553

p: 0.0303

r: -0.09	Race: unreal
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	243
Reject	60	219

n: 572

p: 0.0365

r: 0.09	Philosophical progress: none
Kant: one world	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	279
Reject	12	294

n: 605

p: 0.0362

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Kant
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	69	194
Reject	32	225

n: 520

p: 0.0004

r: 0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	48	272
Reject	24	285

n: 629

p: 0.0129

r: -0.1	Philosopher: Russell
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	12	251
Reject	24	233

n: 520

p: 0.0246

r: 0.09	Region of affiliation: Oceania
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	22	301
Reject	9	312

n: 644

p: 0.0209

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: Oceania
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	19	286
Reject	9	297

n: 611

p: 0.049

r: -0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Kant: one world	Yes	No
Accept	23	301
Reject	38	279

n: 641

p: 0.0446