Survey Results

Metaontology: deflationary realism, heavyweight realism, or anti-realism?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

704 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:
heavyweight realism

38.64% (37.64%)

Reject or lean against:
heavyweight realism

0.57% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
deflationary realism

28.13% (27.27%)

Reject or lean against:
deflationary realism

0.43% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
anti-realism

11.93% (11.65%)

Reject or lean against:
anti-realism

0.99% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

1.85%

Accept an alternative view

2.84%

The question is too unclear to answer

4.40%

There is no fact of the matter

2.41%

Agnostic/undecided

11.22%

Other

0.71%

N = 704, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (428 respondents)

Most popular option combinations

Options	Number of responses	% of responses
Accept or lean towards: heavyweight realism Accept or lean towards: deflationary realism	4	0.57%
Accept or lean towards: heavyweight realism	2	0.28%
Accept or lean towards: deflationary realism	1	0.14%
Accept or lean towards: heavyweight realism Accept or lean towards: anti-realism	1	0.14%
Accept or lean towards: deflationary realism Accept or lean towards: anti-realism	1	0.14%

Alternative Views

25 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.

IDEA (6): idealism (5) idea (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.5	Truth: correspondence
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	214	39
Reject	128	194

n: 575

p < 0.0001

r: -0.5	Science: scientific realism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	52
Reject	452	56

n: 583

p < 0.0001

r: -0.46	Truth: deflationary
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	224
Reject	148	172

n: 573

p < 0.0001

r: 0.41	Truth: deflationary
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	79
Reject	76	316

n: 572

p < 0.0001

r: 0.39	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	232	23
Reject	203	111

n: 569

p < 0.0001

r: 0.39	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	236	34
Reject	183	145

n: 598

p < 0.0001

r: -0.39	Truth: correspondence
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	112
Reject	272	121

n: 574

p < 0.0001

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

n: 552

p < 0.0001

r: -0.36	Theory of reference: deflationary
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	191
Reject	73	181

n: 457

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	29
Reject	33	258

n: 344

p < 0.0001

r: -0.35	External world: non-skeptical realism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	45	28
Reject	470	57

n: 600

p < 0.0001

r: 0.34	Truth: epistemic
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	54
Reject	39	459

n: 570

p < 0.0001

r: 0.33	External world: skepticism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	57
Reject	20	507

n: 600

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Knowledge: empiricism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	130
Reject	188	89

n: 491

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Morality: expressivism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	231
Reject	52	216

n: 506

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	51
Reject	388	127

n: 595

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Spacetime: relationism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	62	115
Reject	112	80

n: 369

p < 0.0001

r: 0.33	Aesthetic value: objective
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	174	77
Reject	124	172

n: 547

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	183	80
Reject	131	208

n: 602

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Meaning of life: objective
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	91
Reject	83	205

n: 513

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Science: scientific realism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	247	19
Reject	231	89

n: 586

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Laws of nature: Humean
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	206
Reject	131	186

n: 569

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	116	122
Reject	67	238

n: 543

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Morality: non-naturalism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	128
Reject	42	223

n: 503

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Justification: coherentism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	192
Reject	77	155

n: 454

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Theory of reference: deflationary
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	92
Reject	34	279

n: 456

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Spacetime: relationism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	19
Reject	135	175

n: 366

p < 0.0001

r: 0.29	Concepts: nativism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	95
Reject	70	171

n: 431

p < 0.0001

r: 0.29	External world: idealism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	61
Reject	28	499

n: 600

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Justification: coherentism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	29
Reject	81	316

n: 451

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Morality: expressivism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	44
Reject	37	401

n: 503

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	195
Reject	87	181

n: 486

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Consciousness: dualism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	129
Reject	39	225

n: 484

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Theory of reference: causal
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	75
Reject	105	151

n: 461

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Material composition: nihilism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	21
Reject	19	289

n: 337

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	137
Reject	17	196

n: 414

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	36
Reject	84	338

n: 484

p < 0.0001

r: -0.27	Extended mind: yes
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	86	131
Reject	166	98

n: 481

p < 0.0001

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

n: 298

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Morality: constructivism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	216
Reject	77	189

n: 504

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	35
Reject	398	98

n: 566

p < 0.0001

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

n: 549

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Morality: non-naturalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	123
Reject	126	228

n: 502

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	A priori knowledge: yes
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	230	33
Reject	233	104

n: 600

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	131
Reject	145	227

n: 541

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Aesthetic value: objective
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	50
Reject	276	197

n: 544

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	True contradictions: impossible
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	204	33
Reject	170	83

n: 490

p < 0.0001

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

n: 297

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Logic: classical
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	44
Reject	293	146

n: 503

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Immortality: yes
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	88
Reject	119	175

n: 527

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Knowledge: empiricism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	17
Reject	219	200

n: 488

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Extended mind: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	48
Reject	149	181

n: 479

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	55
Reject	152	133

n: 509

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Philosophical knowledge: none
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	64
Reject	15	438

n: 525

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	123
Reject	53	180

n: 454

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	True contradictions: impossible
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	29
Reject	343	86

n: 488

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	34
Reject	77	301

n: 438

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Wittgenstein: early
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	86	121
Reject	64	206

n: 477

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Consciousness: dualism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	124
Reject	112	228

n: 482

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	True contradictions: actual
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	42
Reject	47	382

n: 488

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Truth: epistemic
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	244
Reject	48	272

n: 573

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Experience machine: yes
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	48
Reject	57	424

n: 550

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Propositions: structured entities
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	44
Reject	186	208

n: 448

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Propositional attitudes: representational
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	78
Reject	112	142

n: 462

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	120
Reject	243	167

n: 600

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	32
Reject	131	327

n: 529

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	44
Reject	155	101

n: 459

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	138
Reject	189	117

n: 544

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	163
Reject	70	145

n: 415

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Properties: nonexistent
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	209
Reject	33	186

n: 443

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	160
Reject	78	176

n: 440

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	56
Reject	318	76

n: 567

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Laws of nature: Humean
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	28
Reject	135	361

n: 566

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Truth: correspondence
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	50
Reject	318	182

n: 572

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Morality: expressivism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	122
Reject	30	324

n: 504

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	External world: non-skeptical realism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	244	25
Reject	274	60

n: 603

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Morality: error theory
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	136
Reject	16	338

n: 502

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Knowledge: empiricism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	51
Reject	169	168

n: 490

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	141
Reject	48	147

n: 346

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Philosophical progress: a lot
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	106
Reject	135	192

n: 592

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Concepts: nativism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	53
Reject	151	213

n: 429

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Causation: primitive
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	76	147
Reject	31	209

n: 463

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Properties: nonexistent
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	35
Reject	35	358

n: 441

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	59
Reject	176	196

n: 542

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Propositions: structured entities
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	100
Reject	87	152

n: 450

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	57
Reject	169	301

n: 540

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Abortion: permissible
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	61
Reject	272	27

n: 540

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Propositions: acts
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	45
Reject	30	363

n: 447

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	131
Reject	17	203

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	163
Reject	56	166

n: 399

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Consciousness: functionalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	72
Reject	110	230

n: 484

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	125
Reject	190	118

n: 542

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	32
Reject	86	274

n: 413

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Meaning of life: objective
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	58
Reject	203	238

n: 512

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Morality: error theory
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	227
Reject	19	248

n: 503

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	True contradictions: actual
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	221
Reject	48	205

n: 490

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Causation: nonexistent
Metaontology: anti-realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	48
Reject	17	389

n: 461

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Propositions: nonexistent
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	183
Reject	56	182

n: 448

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	155
Reject	63	153

n: 417

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Logic: classical
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	62
Reject	147	128

n: 506

p < 0.0001

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.29	AOS: Metaphysics
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	128	138
Reject	71	281

n: 618

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	AOS: Metaphysics
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	42	151
Reject	157	266

n: 616

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	AOS: Metaphysics
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	17	67
Reject	181	350

n: 615

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	46	220
Reject	21	331

n: 618

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Philosopher: Moore
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	18	184
Reject	4	278

n: 484

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	11	191
Reject	41	241

n: 484

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Carnap
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	12	58
Reject	19	393

n: 482

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Philosopher: Aquinas
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	22	180
Reject	5	277

n: 484

p: 0.0007

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Hegel
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	7	145
Reject	4	327

n: 483

p: 0.0015

r: 0.13	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	26	167
Reject	36	387

n: 616

p: 0.0008

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Dewey
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	8	144
Reject	4	327

n: 483

p: 0.0036

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	25	127
Reject	27	304

n: 483

p: 0.0037

r: 0.13	Region of nationality: United States
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	146	108
Reject	156	178

n: 588

p: 0.0014

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Plato
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	5	147
Reject	28	303

n: 483

p: 0.0038

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Leibniz
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	17	185
Reject	6	276

n: 484

p: 0.0038

r: -0.13	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	11	182
Reject	56	367

n: 616

p: 0.0015

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Carnap
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	7	195
Reject	24	258

n: 484

p: 0.0049

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Russell
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	28	174
Reject	16	266

n: 484

p: 0.0051

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Plato
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	22	180
Reject	11	271

n: 484

p: 0.0059

r: 0.12	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	8	76
Reject	14	517

n: 615

p: 0.0024

r: 0.12	Region of affiliation: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	42	152
Reject	63	364

n: 621

p: 0.0024

r: -0.12	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	6	260
Reject	23	329

n: 618

p: 0.0029

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Aristotle
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	54	148
Reject	45	237

n: 484

p: 0.0087

r: 0.12	Tradition: Continental
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	8	74
Reject	11	512

n: 605

p: 0.0034

r: 0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	239	22
Reject	297	50

n: 608

p: 0.0043

r: -0.11	Region of nationality: Europe
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	42	212
Reject	83	251

n: 588

p: 0.0068

r: -0.11	Region of affiliation: Europe
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	33	237
Reject	72	281

n: 623

p: 0.0056

r: -0.11	Region of PhD: Europe
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	9	185
Reject	29	225

n: 448

p: 0.0191

r: 0.11	Region of PhD: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	16	121
Reject	22	287

n: 446

p: 0.0195

r: 0.11	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	20	64
Reject	55	476

n: 615

p: 0.0061

r: 0.11	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	11	73
Reject	31	500

n: 615

p: 0.0064

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	11	182
Reject	16	407

n: 616

p: 0.0081

r: 0.11	Region of affiliation: United States
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	163	107
Reject	184	169

n: 623

p: 0.0079

r: -0.11	Region of affiliation: United States
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	97	97
Reject	248	179

n: 621

p: 0.0086

r: 0.1	Region of nationality: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	47	135
Reject	78	326

n: 586

p: 0.0118

r: 0.1	Region of PhD: Canada
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	9	128
Reject	8	301

n: 446

p: 0.0288

r: 0.1	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	9	75
Reject	19	512

n: 615

p: 0.0105

r: -0.1	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	17	249
Reject	42	310

n: 618

p: 0.0126

r: -0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	17	249
Reject	45	307

n: 618

p: 0.0137

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Lewis
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	38	164
Reject	35	247

n: 484

p: 0.0295

r: -0.1	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	25	241
Reject	51	301

n: 618

p: 0.0143

r: 0.1	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	55	211
Reject	46	306

n: 618

p: 0.0164

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Descartes
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	13	189
Reject	10	272

n: 484

p: 0.0348

r: 0.09	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	13	71
Reject	49	482

n: 615

p: 0.0201

r: -0.09	Tradition: Analytic
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	64	18
Reject	469	54

n: 605

p: 0.0217

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Marx
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	5	65
Reject	9	403

n: 482

p: 0.0439

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Sellars
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	5	147
Reject	2	329

n: 483

p: 0.0439

r: -0.09	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	12	254
Reject	30	322

n: 618

p: 0.0228

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Husserl
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	5	65
Reject	7	405

n: 482

p: 0.048

r: -0.09	Region of nationality: United States
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	84	98
Reject	217	187

n: 586

p: 0.0346

r: 0.09	Region of nationality: Asia
Metaontology: anti-realism	Yes	No
Accept	5	74
Reject	9	497

n: 585

p: 0.0395

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	11	182
Reject	11	412

n: 616

p: 0.0391

r: 0.08	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism	Yes	No
Accept	22	171
Reject	37	386

n: 616

p: 0.0431

r: -0.08	Gender: female
Metaontology: heavyweight realism	Yes	No
Accept	21	242
Reject	61	289

n: 613

p: 0.0485