Survey Results

Properties: classes, tropes, nonexistent, immanent universals, or transcendent universals?


776 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:
classes
11.47% (10.82%)
Reject or lean against:
classes
2.45% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
immanent universals
20.62% (17.91%)
Reject or lean against:
immanent universals
0.39% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
transcendent universals
19.85% (17.40%)
Reject or lean against:
transcendent universals
0.90% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
tropes
15.34% (13.14%)
Reject or lean against:
tropes
1.03% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
nonexistent
8.12% (7.86%)
Reject or lean against:
nonexistent
2.84% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
3.74%
Accept an alternative view
3.09%
The question is too unclear to answer
2.58%
There is no fact of the matter
5.28%
Agnostic/undecided
17.65%
Other
0.52%
N = 776, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (345 respondents)
Alternative Views

37 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.

  • CONC (4): conceptualism (2) conceptual (1) conceptualist (1)
  • DEFL (3): deflationism (2) deflationary (1)
  • REAL (2): realism (1) real (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.5
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 139 7
Reject 182 286
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: 0.42
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 21
Reject 50 392
n: 494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 27
Reject 18 313
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 20 37
Reject 26 413
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 109 26
Reject 233 210
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 47
Reject 308 245
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 61 60
Reject 92 330
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 31 72
Reject 290 222
n: 615
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 20 115
Reject 167 275
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 16 74
Reject 32 376
n: 498
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 41
Reject 13 446
n: 511
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 45
Reject 221 222
n: 495
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 74 47
Reject 155 223
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 41 88
Reject 258 177
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 67 48
Reject 100 281
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 29 92
Reject 15 363
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 29 26
Reject 132 422
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 33
Reject 209 186
n: 443
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 78 51
Reject 102 322
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 19 43
Reject 85 370
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 106 40
Reject 266 239
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 14 41
Reject 50 369
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 67 29
Reject 233 236
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 35 19
Reject 238 250
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 58 32
Reject 111 167
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 35 89
Reject 238 181
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 30
Reject 370 185
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 35
Reject 35 358
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 44 88
Reject 252 195
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 39 39
Reject 132 415
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 32 33
Reject 152 300
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 60 31
Reject 214 239
n: 544
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 16 40
Reject 264 154
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 71 61
Reject 142 303
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 30
Reject 318 228
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 52 23
Reject 247 241
n: 563
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 9 134
Reject 74 399
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 5 42
Reject 9 413
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 21 35
Reject 73 346
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 56 42
Reject 116 246
n: 460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 22 31
Reject 102 286
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 79 27
Reject 177 194
n: 477
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 5 51
Reject 29 465
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 10 43
Reject 38 349
n: 440
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 38 69
Reject 72 266
n: 445
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 28 27
Reject 118 269
n: 442
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 8 57
Reject 23 433
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 18 19
Reject 103 228
n: 368
p: 0.0005
r: -0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 15 38
Reject 208 181
n: 442
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 9 52
Reject 40 408
n: 509
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 128 19
Reject 326 162
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 63 72
Reject 132 331
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 28
Reject 143 425
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 38 16
Reject 260 247
n: 561
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 40 14
Reject 300 280
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 126 18
Reject 355 128
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 16 40
Reject 80 416
n: 552
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 31 46
Reject 311 212
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 30 27
Reject 422 153
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 74 29
Reject 149 190
n: 442
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 10 85
Reject 27 343
n: 465
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 31
Reject 51 332
n: 427
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 20
Reject 154 368
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 21 76
Reject 159 297
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 10 27
Reject 159 172
n: 368
p: 0.0011
r: 0.17
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 63 45
Reject 130 204
n: 442
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 24 29
Reject 123 263
n: 439
p: 0.0004
r: -0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 43 35
Reject 411 145
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 51 50
Reject 108 238
n: 447
p: 0.0004
r: -0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 7 49
Reject 172 323
n: 551
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 22 86
Reject 173 318
n: 599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 67 50
Reject 162 219
n: 498
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 13 42
Reject 77 335
n: 467
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 121 11
Reject 308 105
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 21
Reject 129 139
n: 302
p: 0.0039
r: 0.17
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 69 39
Reject 189 192
n: 489
p: 0.0002
r: -0.17
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 10 74
Reject 151 411
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 18 32
Reject 57 373
n: 480
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 32 88
Reject 53 339
n: 512
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 15 78
Reject 138 312
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 28 129
Reject 142 326
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 70 69
Reject 154 311
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 37
Reject 324 199
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 38 59
Reject 146 275
n: 518
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 37 83
Reject 80 287
n: 487
p: 0.0004
r: -0.16
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 10 48
Reject 116 328
n: 502
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 34 24
Reject 105 176
n: 339
p: 0.003
r: -0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 52 96
Reject 289 200
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 45
Reject 19 469
n: 541
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 76 70
Reject 338 167
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 49 25
Reject 225 244
n: 543
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 12 110
Reject 95 319
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 26 18
Reject 157 282
n: 483
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 82 33
Reject 333 204
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 25 61
Reject 114 139
n: 339
p: 0.0034
r: 0.16
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 26
Reject 100 311
n: 458
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 16 84
Reject 38 316
n: 454
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes Accept Reject
Accept 11 50
Reject 44 263
n: 368
p: 0.0024
r: 0.16
Properties: immanent universals Accept Reject
Accept 59 58
Reject 147 256
n: 520
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Properties: classes Accept Reject
Accept 14 45
Reject 158 242
n: 459
p: 0.0008

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: -0.21
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 16 72
Reject 213 369
n: 670
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 21 94
Reject 19 404
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 15 100
Reject 10 413
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 44 88
Reject 63 343
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: tropes Yes No
Accept 26 70
Reject 62 381
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 11 51
Reject 14 424
n: 500
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 10 70
Reject 17 541
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 28 34
Reject 308 130
n: 500
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 13 102
Reject 17 406
n: 538
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 15 38
Reject 41 442
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 91 50
Reject 251 247
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 89 25
Reject 249 138
n: 501
p: 0.0014
r: 0.14
Properties: tropes Yes No
Accept 46 70
Reject 121 435
n: 672
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 8 142
Reject 63 458
n: 671
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 8 107
Reject 10 413
n: 538
p: 0.0033
r: -0.12
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 24 56
Reject 316 242
n: 638
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 108
Reject 14 409
n: 538
p: 0.0083
r: 0.11
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 5 68
Reject 16 450
n: 539
p: 0.0089
r: 0.11
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 60 78
Reject 225 267
n: 630
p: 0.0053
r: 0.11
Properties: tropes Yes No
Accept 5 91
Reject 8 435
n: 539
p: 0.0103
r: 0.11
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 8 124
Reject 8 398
n: 538
p: 0.0113
r: 0.11
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 16 71
Reject 65 514
n: 666
p: 0.0049
r: -0.11
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 22 119
Reject 114 384
n: 639
p: 0.0059
r: 0.11
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 13 67
Reject 35 523
n: 638
p: 0.0066
r: 0.1
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 25 36
Reject 259 308
n: 628
p: 0.0085
r: 0.1
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 30 120
Reject 54 467
n: 671
p: 0.0074
r: -0.1
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 71 16
Reject 513 66
n: 666
p: 0.0077
r: -0.1
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 35 51
Reject 352 237
n: 675
p: 0.008
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 74 72
Reject 210 273
n: 629
p: 0.0118
r: -0.1
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 107
Reject 39 348
n: 501
p: 0.0249
r: 0.1
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 5 83
Reject 8 574
n: 670
p: 0.0103
r: 0.1
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 5 68
Reject 15 451
n: 539
p: 0.0216
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 11 144
Reject 16 499
n: 670
p: 0.0106
r: 0.1
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 137 12
Reject 451 58
n: 658
p: 0.0123
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 6 126
Reject 7 399
n: 538
p: 0.0237
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 23 109
Reject 42 364
n: 538
p: 0.0249
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 16 116
Reject 18 388
n: 538
p: 0.0249
r: 0.1
Properties: tropes Yes No
Accept 20 96
Reject 50 506
n: 672
p: 0.0133
r: 0.1
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 108
Reject 7 416
n: 538
p: 0.0269
r: -0.09
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 13 75
Reject 167 415
n: 670
p: 0.0145
r: -0.09
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 13 142
Reject 71 444
n: 670
p: 0.0152
r: -0.09
Properties: immanent universals Yes No
Accept 9 123
Reject 44 362
n: 538
p: 0.0317
r: 0.09
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 49 101
Reject 131 390
n: 671
p: 0.0198
r: -0.09
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 18 135
Reject 95 428
n: 676
p: 0.0204
r: -0.09
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 23 39
Reject 206 400
n: 668
p: 0.023
r: 0.09
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 15 58
Reject 73 393
n: 539
p: 0.0416
r: 0.09
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 6 109
Reject 8 415
n: 538
p: 0.0464
r: 0.09
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 11 51
Reject 66 540
n: 668
p: 0.0273
r: 0.08
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 97 56
Reject 292 231
n: 676
p: 0.0294
r: 0.08
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 24 126
Reject 65 456
n: 671
p: 0.0372
r: -0.08
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 9 140
Reject 42 467
n: 658
p: 0.0449
r: 0.08
Properties: classes Yes No
Accept 8 78
Reject 24 565
n: 675
p: 0.0495