Survey Results

Practical reason: Aristotelian, Kantian, or Humean?


888 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:
Aristotelian
38.74% (34.35%)
Reject or lean against:
Aristotelian
0.56% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
Humean
30.63% (28.27%)
Reject or lean against:
Humean
2.59% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
Kantian
18.92% (15.88%)
Reject or lean against:
Kantian
1.69% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
5.41%
Accept an alternative view
2.03%
The question is too unclear to answer
5.18%
There is no fact of the matter
0.23%
Agnostic/undecided
7.88%
Other
0.79%
N = 888, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (249 respondents)
Alternative Views

29 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.

  • HEGE (4): hegel (2) hegelian (1) hegelian-jamesian (1)
  • SPIN (3): spinozism (2) spinozist (1)
  • SKEP (3): skepticism (2) skeptic (1)
  • CONS (3): consequentialism (1) constitutivist (1) constrained (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.5
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 225 84
Reject 91 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 121 32
Reject 146 410
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: 0.49
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 151 78
Reject 114 369
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.47
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 33 183
Reject 250 195
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 114 135
Reject 394 100
n: 743
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 75 125
Reject 278 115
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.39
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 186 42
Reject 191 237
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 134 101
Reject 110 348
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: -0.37
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 75 163
Reject 305 165
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 174 112
Reject 110 266
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 131
Reject 25 265
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 171 54
Reject 197 211
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 19 242
Reject 152 338
n: 751
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 198 58
Reject 215 258
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 183 58
Reject 170 181
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 17 233
Reject 153 354
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 135 142
Reject 77 301
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 27 133
Reject 127 182
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 90 84
Reject 70 239
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 46 211
Reject 135 203
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 199 95
Reject 181 233
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 142 102
Reject 397 97
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 77 67
Reject 90 198
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 114 199
Reject 57 382
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 229
Reject 176 222
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 34 140
Reject 129 180
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 83 61
Reject 96 188
n: 428
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 46 91
Reject 317 176
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 146
Reject 185 203
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 7 163
Reject 85 234
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 70 132
Reject 54 339
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 124 97
Reject 139 299
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 230
Reject 188 218
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 91 148
Reject 100 364
n: 703
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 42 110
Reject 271 290
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 208 78
Reject 353 39
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 105 102
Reject 110 269
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 61 43
Reject 115 276
n: 495
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 21 201
Reject 149 273
n: 644
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 112
Reject 132 102
n: 413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 123 173
Reject 290 144
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 91 102
Reject 63 212
n: 468
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 107 25
Reject 250 232
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 108 82
Reject 140 244
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 177
Reject 122 256
n: 584
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 171
Reject 28 393
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 92 53
Reject 107 160
n: 412
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 248 68
Reject 260 168
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 195
Reject 11 409
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 65 164
Reject 250 237
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 198 64
Reject 290 219
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 82 198
Reject 180 198
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 212 15
Reject 348 102
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 105 172
Reject 228 151
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 33 208
Reject 91 262
n: 594
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 169 152
Reject 102 300
n: 723
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 99 84
Reject 104 234
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 82 113
Reject 100 301
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 116 100
Reject 145 299
n: 660
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 18 126
Reject 81 207
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 60 174
Reject 224 215
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 46 156
Reject 41 350
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 68 148
Reject 65 373
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 119 132
Reject 240 126
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 66 184
Reject 51 433
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 52 118
Reject 126 131
n: 427
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 27 69
Reject 100 114
n: 310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 172 37
Reject 262 153
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 56 132
Reject 110 134
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 157 103
Reject 276 87
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 60 136
Reject 68 343
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 66 70
Reject 61 112
n: 309
p: 0.0002
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 105 212
Reject 65 375
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 133 149
Reject 244 130
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 198
Reject 34 473
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 38 246
Reject 96 275
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 45 51
Reject 58 156
n: 310
p: 0.0002
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 126 125
Reject 113 225
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 124 146
Reject 221 156
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 144 124
Reject 139 266
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 32 104
Reject 70 103
n: 309
p: 0.0004
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 124
Reject 164 125
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 79 36
Reject 152 187
n: 454
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 5 170
Reject 63 313
n: 551
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 20 219
Reject 66 287
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 133
Reject 167 216
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 46 150
Reject 114 172
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 116
Reject 63 255
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 38 75
Reject 202 231
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 87 157
Reject 160 169
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 118
Reject 27 269
n: 442
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 223
Reject 21 484
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 30 273
Reject 87 344
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 61 150
Reject 141 168
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 138 87
Reject 207 215
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 82 114
Reject 81 205
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 203 36
Reject 315 123
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 157
Reject 75 276
n: 584
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Kantian Accept Reject
Accept 39 45
Reject 123 272
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 48 181
Reject 218 265
n: 712
p < 0.0001

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.55
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 78 58
Reject 27 476
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.49
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 93 113
Reject 27 408
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 124 164
Reject 25 328
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 19 269
Reject 101 252
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 37 251
Reject 1 352
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 18 188
Reject 131 304
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 32 306
Reject 0 460
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 49 289
Reject 7 453
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 10 196
Reject 94 341
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 25 263
Reject 79 274
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 245 16
Reject 422 101
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 17 119
Reject 131 372
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 22 244
Reject 5 526
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 21 115
Reject 17 486
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 253
Reject 68 455
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 7 129
Reject 112 391
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 19 269
Reject 4 349
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 31 257
Reject 10 343
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 192
Reject 9 370
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 27 179
Reject 13 422
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 198
Reject 2 433
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 31 175
Reject 28 407
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 259 72
Reject 407 46
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 33 132
Reject 56 574
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 47 291
Reject 24 436
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 20 246
Reject 13 518
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 39 227
Reject 31 500
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 49 282
Reject 27 426
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 185
Reject 15 420
n: 641
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 13 275
Reject 45 308
n: 641
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 5 160
Reject 51 579
n: 795
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 280
Reject 32 321
n: 641
p: 0.0012
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 25 237
Reject 18 489
n: 769
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 13 253
Reject 58 473
n: 797
p: 0.0007
r: 0.11
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 86 252
Reject 74 386
n: 798
p: 0.0015
r: -0.11
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 17 148
Reject 143 487
n: 795
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 330
Reject 25 435
n: 798
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 51 215
Reject 140 391
n: 797
p: 0.0023
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 18 248
Reject 14 517
n: 797
p: 0.0032
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 36 230
Reject 44 487
n: 797
p: 0.0032
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 280
Reject 30 323
n: 641
p: 0.0092
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 58 107
Reject 132 498
n: 795
p: 0.0038
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 7 281
Reject 28 325
n: 641
p: 0.0095
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 78 79
Reject 269 337
n: 763
p: 0.0054
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 253
Reject 33 490
n: 784
p: 0.0049
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 7 235
Reject 24 328
n: 594
p: 0.0155
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 24 182
Reject 29 406
n: 641
p: 0.0122
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 12 276
Reject 3 350
n: 641
p: 0.014
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 40 116
Reject 112 500
n: 768
p: 0.008
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 8 128
Reject 10 493
n: 639
p: 0.0158
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 9 279
Reject 2 351
n: 641
p: 0.0159
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 11 277
Reject 3 350
n: 641
p: 0.019
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 43 245
Reject 25 328
n: 641
p: 0.0208
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 5 131
Reject 5 498
n: 639
p: 0.0214
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 30 308
Reject 58 402
n: 798
p: 0.0115
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 34 132
Reject 92 541
n: 799
p: 0.0115
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 72 266
Reject 128 332
n: 798
p: 0.0136
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 7 259
Reject 32 499
n: 797
p: 0.014
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 17 189
Reject 18 417
n: 641
p: 0.0296
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 39 299
Reject 29 431
n: 798
p: 0.0155
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 86 80
Reject 371 262
n: 799
p: 0.0194
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 74 192
Reject 125 406
n: 797
p: 0.0208
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 43 122
Reject 98 532
n: 795
p: 0.0211
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 9 156
Reject 15 615
n: 795
p: 0.023
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 15 273
Reject 8 345
n: 641
p: 0.043
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 24 314
Reject 56 404
n: 798
p: 0.0242
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 14 310
Reject 30 416
n: 770
p: 0.0274
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 13 152
Reject 27 603
n: 795
p: 0.0314
r: 0.07
Practical reason: Kantian Yes No
Accept 12 153
Reject 23 607
n: 795
p: 0.036
r: -0.07
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 16 250
Reject 52 479
n: 797
p: 0.0419