Survey Results

Method in history of philosophy (which do you prefer?): contextual/historicist or analytic/rational reconstruction?


936 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:
analytic/rational reconstruction
60.79% (42.95%)
Reject or lean against:
analytic/rational reconstruction
0.21% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
contextual/historicist
44.44% (26.82%)
Reject or lean against:
contextual/historicist
0.21% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
18.27%
Accept an alternative view
2.56%
The question is too unclear to answer
1.92%
There is no fact of the matter
1.71%
Agnostic/undecided
5.13%
Other
0.64%
N = 936, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (219 respondents)
Alternative Views

35 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.

  • BOTH (17): both (17)
  • PLAC (3): place (3)
  • HERM (3): hermeneutics (2) hermeneutical (1)
  • DIFF (3): different (3)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.27
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 325 219
Reject 97 187
n: 828
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 147 186
Reject 37 143
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 159 155
Reject 44 101
n: 459
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 444 97
Reject 183 93
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 436 89
Reject 180 75
n: 780
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 7 458
Reject 20 215
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 318 92
Reject 129 70
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 132 280
Reject 39 177
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 154 306
Reject 47 187
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 240 220
Reject 166 70
n: 696
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 153 126
Reject 62 89
n: 430
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 48 362
Reject 42 157
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 76 261
Reject 69 112
n: 518
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 135 209
Reject 44 146
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 229 253
Reject 86 162
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 81 312
Reject 71 142
n: 606
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 273 266
Reject 98 181
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 58 333
Reject 43 146
n: 580
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 54 216
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n: 396
p: 0.0014
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 87 225
Reject 64 81
n: 457
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 169 251
Reject 122 103
n: 645
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 156 184
Reject 56 104
n: 500
p: 0.0005
r: -0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 10 528
Reject 21 258
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 84 336
Reject 38 187
n: 645
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 171 249
Reject 59 150
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 115 262
Reject 41 151
n: 569
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 305 162
Reject 119 116
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 123 154
Reject 82 57
n: 416
p: 0.0025
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 110 284
Reject 36 174
n: 604
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 39 230
Reject 11 115
n: 395
p: 0.0035
r: -0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 237 208
Reject 153 81
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 120 295
Reject 38 165
n: 618
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 308 187
Reject 113 129
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 244 214
Reject 88 143
n: 689
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 50 444
Reject 44 198
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 262 167
Reject 99 109
n: 637
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 279 192
Reject 100 118
n: 689
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 62 118
Reject 25 53
n: 258
p: 0.03
r: 0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 264 135
Reject 99 95
n: 593
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 378 162
Reject 158 112
n: 810
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 262 254
Reject 116 159
n: 791
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 38 270
Reject 34 122
n: 464
p: 0.0062
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 55 285
Reject 38 121
n: 499
p: 0.0049
r: -0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 8 464
Reject 6 228
n: 706
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 86 253
Reject 22 124
n: 485
p: 0.0075
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 281 131
Reject 120 92
n: 624
p: 0.0025
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 339 205
Reject 148 136
n: 828
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 189 168
Reject 73 93
n: 523
p: 0.0058
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 89 342
Reject 25 191
n: 647
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 305 142
Reject 127 84
n: 658
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 243 226
Reject 144 87
n: 700
p: 0.0017
r: -0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 130 319
Reject 97 138
n: 684
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 93 280
Reject 30 173
n: 576
p: 0.0047
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 417 55
Reject 201 33
n: 706
p: 0.0018
r: -0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 74 402
Reject 53 180
n: 709
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 35 437
Reject 24 210
n: 706
p: 0.0027
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 202 283
Reject 69 173
n: 727
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 209 252
Reject 73 160
n: 694
p: 0.0033
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 35 277
Reject 25 119
n: 456
p: 0.0177
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 206 297
Reject 122 133
n: 758
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 113 379
Reject 40 221
n: 753
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 37 350
Reject 14 197
n: 598
p: 0.0074
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 257 282
Reject 154 125
n: 818
p: 0.0022
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 30 330
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n: 540
p: 0.0132
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 200 137
Reject 94 87
n: 518
p: 0.0153
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 518
p: 0.0156
r: 0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 461
p: 0.0225
r: -0.11
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n: 483
p: 0.0197
r: -0.11
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n: 593
p: 0.0103
r: 0.1
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Reject 111 141
n: 750
p: 0.0043
r: 0.1
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n: 763
p: 0.0046
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 666
p: 0.0086
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 828
p: 0.0039
r: 0.1
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n: 599
p: 0.0157
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 521
p: 0.0245
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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Reject 203 81
n: 828
p: 0.0047
r: -0.1
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n: 499
p: 0.0287
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 599
p: 0.0183
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 153 268
Reject 63 162
n: 646
p: 0.0152
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 104 364
Reject 53 162
n: 683
p: 0.013
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 176 285
Reject 107 126
n: 694
p: 0.0136
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 332 161
Reject 203 59
n: 755
p: 0.0103
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 99 298
Reject 28 161
n: 586
p: 0.0264
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 135 302
Reject 48 168
n: 653
p: 0.0227
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 268 276
Reject 126 158
n: 828
p: 0.0115
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 99 280
Reject 30 147
n: 556
p: 0.0392
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 97 343
Reject 64 153
n: 657
p: 0.0257
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 439 33
Reject 210 24
n: 706
p: 0.0212
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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n: 706
p: 0.022
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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Reject 143 91
n: 704
p: 0.0282
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 209 292
Reject 80 177
n: 758
p: 0.0236
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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Reject 17 186
n: 617
p: 0.0427
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 135 309
Reject 79 142
n: 665
p: 0.037
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
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Reject 120 96
n: 676
p: 0.0362
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 69 443
Reject 48 201
n: 761
p: 0.0332
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 147 330
Reject 53 180
n: 710
p: 0.0407
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 153 314
Reject 91 144
n: 702
p: 0.0455
r: 0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 360 168
Reject 163 100
n: 791
p: 0.041
r: -0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Accept Reject
Accept 279 232
Reject 156 106
n: 773
p: 0.0459

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.35
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 504 46
Reject 200 88
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 13 537
Reject 38 250
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 33 517
Reject 50 238
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 15 545
Reject 33 262
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 153 407
Reject 45 250
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 7 444
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n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 54 397
Reject 12 234
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 8 443
Reject 18 228
n: 697
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 17 543
Reject 24 271
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 49 511
Reject 50 245
n: 855
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 9 442
Reject 13 233
n: 697
p: 0.0018
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 66 494
Reject 16 279
n: 855
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 466 83
Reject 226 69
n: 844
p: 0.0024
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 81 468
Reject 68 227
n: 844
p: 0.0026
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 5 446
Reject 9 237
n: 697
p: 0.0066
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 17 434
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n: 697
p: 0.0067
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 21 430
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n: 697
p: 0.0095
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 31 420
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n: 697
p: 0.0095
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 41 410
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n: 697
p: 0.0114
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 45 406
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n: 697
p: 0.0114
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 10 441
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n: 697
p: 0.0117
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 128 401
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n: 813
p: 0.0067
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 145 415
Reject 60 235
n: 855
p: 0.006
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 23 428
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n: 697
p: 0.0137
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
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n: 813
p: 0.0095
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 38 522
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n: 855
p: 0.0109
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 19 510
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n: 813
p: 0.0156
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 23 537
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n: 855
p: 0.0153
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 59 345
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n: 628
p: 0.0448
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 86 474
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n: 855
p: 0.0225
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 14 546
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n: 855
p: 0.0245
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 18 433
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n: 697
p: 0.045
r: 0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 122 438
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n: 855
p: 0.0317
r: -0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 263 266
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n: 813
p: 0.0364
r: -0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 18 542
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n: 855
p: 0.0372
r: -0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction Yes No
Accept 12 548
Reject 14 281
n: 855
p: 0.0389