Survey Results

Propositional attitudes: nonexistent, dispositional, representational, or phenomenal?


794 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:
dispositional
31.49% (25.82%)
Reject or lean against:
dispositional
0.38% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
phenomenal
6.93% (4.41%)
Reject or lean against:
phenomenal
1.89% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
representational
46.47% (40.93%)
Reject or lean against:
representational
0.63% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
nonexistent
3.53% (3.27%)
Reject or lean against:
nonexistent
4.16% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
6.68%
Accept an alternative view
2.27%
The question is too unclear to answer
4.66%
There is no fact of the matter
0.50%
Agnostic/undecided
10.71%
Other
0.76%
N = 794, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (333 respondents)
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.

  • NORM (2): normative (2)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.4
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 22 12
Reject 40 394
n: 468
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 200 130
Reject 106 196
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 5 33
Reject 26 499
n: 563
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 203 119
Reject 87 172
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 44 275
Reject 62 196
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 57 138
Reject 49 330
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 115 76
Reject 83 111
n: 385
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 15
Reject 23 522
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 11
Reject 18 492
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 38 251
Reject 57 178
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 8 31
Reject 30 445
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 121 137
Reject 59 171
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 12 26
Reject 80 447
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 130 112
Reject 78 142
n: 462
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 7
Reject 100 484
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 5
Reject 81 414
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 164 126
Reject 69 167
n: 526
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 11 38
Reject 362 233
n: 644
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 49 245
Reject 75 189
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 23 151
Reject 24 324
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 36 158
Reject 119 241
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 25 25
Reject 153 422
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 76 164
Reject 124 125
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 249 50
Reject 182 84
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 9 179
Reject 16 133
n: 337
p: 0.0003
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 72 138
Reject 233 188
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 57 222
Reject 80 149
n: 508
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 123 138
Reject 64 153
n: 478
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 104 187
Reject 52 212
n: 555
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 14
Reject 23 533
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 16 32
Reject 114 503
n: 665
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 9 41
Reject 36 596
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 5
Reject 123 359
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 217 108
Reject 147 149
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 5 9
Reject 42 413
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 128 53
Reject 192 196
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 232 108
Reject 157 155
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 81 244
Reject 111 184
n: 620
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 175 107
Reject 104 142
n: 528
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 18 34
Reject 127 492
n: 671
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 79 177
Reject 27 194
n: 477
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 317 37
Reject 228 82
n: 664
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 96 230
Reject 154 157
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 175 136
Reject 115 183
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 28 21
Reject 175 409
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 29 18
Reject 227 370
n: 644
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 9
Reject 52 383
n: 450
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 10
Reject 80 413
n: 511
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 36 7
Reject 336 209
n: 588
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 9 28
Reject 37 493
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 137 157
Reject 183 93
n: 570
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 23 14
Reject 112 371
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 32 104
Reject 33 215
n: 384
p: 0.0005
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 10
Reject 61 472
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 10
Reject 81 522
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 5 18
Reject 38 617
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 10
Reject 97 450
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 16 24
Reject 105 402
n: 547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 27 21
Reject 148 424
n: 620
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 32 243
Reject 57 187
n: 519
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 25 274
Reject 48 218
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 253 96
Reject 201 141
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 67 215
Reject 105 167
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 34 129
Reject 38 275
n: 476
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 27 136
Reject 23 289
n: 475
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 9
Reject 61 321
n: 397
p: 0.0009
r: -0.17
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 85 111
Reject 203 179
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 17 20
Reject 123 406
n: 566
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 110 109
Reject 140 279
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 36 14
Reject 546 85
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 26 99
Reject 20 210
n: 355
p: 0.0025
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 9 25
Reject 75 359
n: 468
p: 0.0005
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 52 130
Reject 27 150
n: 359
p: 0.0025
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 7 27
Reject 51 366
n: 451
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 13 179
Reject 19 360
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 23 26
Reject 128 457
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 122 197
Reject 84 217
n: 620
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 19 133
Reject 85 237
n: 474
p: 0.0009
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 50 237
Reject 75 174
n: 536
p: 0.0004
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 13
Reject 414 119
n: 554
p: 0.0004
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 68 174
Reject 76 142
n: 460
p: 0.0012
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 22 18
Reject 143 342
n: 525
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 19 270
Reject 28 207
n: 524
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 22 219
Reject 37 182
n: 460
p: 0.0015
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 73 117
Reject 100 265
n: 555
p: 0.0005
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 38 16
Reject 310 316
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 135 80
Reject 200 206
n: 621
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 237 89
Reject 189 116
n: 631
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 60 129
Reject 64 305
n: 558
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 12
Reject 516 138
n: 678
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 4
Reject 172 319
n: 507
p: 0.0011
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 184 103
Reject 144 137
n: 568
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 43 127
Reject 46 303
n: 519
p: 0.0012
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 22 30
Reject 394 227
n: 673
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 85 98
Reject 46 90
n: 319
p: 0.0129
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 186 154
Reject 138 182
n: 660
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Accept Reject
Accept 16 27
Reject 93 435
n: 571
p: 0.0009
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 25 235
Reject 36 182
n: 478
p: 0.0024
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 15
Reject 475 148
n: 647
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Accept Reject
Accept 110 66
Reject 101 99
n: 376
p: 0.0081

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.24
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 336 19
Reject 283 59
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 36 236
Reject 10 272
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 16 339
Reject 42 300
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 42 230
Reject 16 266
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 5 38
Reject 6 498
n: 547
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 9 45
Reject 67 581
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 16 256
Reject 37 245
n: 554
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 104 258
Reject 63 289
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 30 169
Reject 23 331
n: 553
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 14 40
Reject 173 475
n: 702
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 7 192
Reject 39 315
n: 553
p: 0.0012
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 5 23
Reject 25 647
n: 700
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 16 9
Reject 293 347
n: 665
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 38 15
Reject 554 88
n: 695
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 46 153
Reject 53 301
n: 553
p: 0.0024
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 10 18
Reject 175 497
n: 700
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 46 226
Reject 23 259
n: 554
p: 0.0031
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 14 39
Reject 87 555
n: 695
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 23 339
Reject 53 299
n: 714
p: 0.0021
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 15 257
Reject 3 279
n: 554
p: 0.0071
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 14 185
Reject 12 342
n: 553
p: 0.0071
r: -0.11
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 9 45
Reject 155 493
n: 702
p: 0.0027
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 15 6
Reject 340 165
n: 526
p: 0.0094
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 5 23
Reject 23 649
n: 700
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 38 234
Reject 61 221
n: 554
p: 0.0083
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 6 48
Reject 14 619
n: 687
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 116 246
Reject 76 276
n: 714
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 11 43
Reject 106 542
n: 702
p: 0.005
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 21 30
Reject 291 327
n: 669
p: 0.0065
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 18 344
Reject 35 317
n: 714
p: 0.0052
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 15 184
Reject 43 311
n: 553
p: 0.0152
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 29 21
Reject 308 320
n: 678
p: 0.01
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 27 217
Reject 59 410
n: 713
p: 0.0088
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 12 12
Reject 322 328
n: 674
p: 0.0118
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 8 46
Reject 20 628
n: 702
p: 0.014
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 46 198
Reject 59 410
n: 713
p: 0.0145
r: -0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 5 267
Reject 14 268
n: 554
p: 0.0333
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 16 11
Reject 373 302
n: 702
p: 0.017
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 12 187
Reject 11 343
n: 553
p: 0.0381
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 32 11
Reject 326 161
n: 530
p: 0.0425
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 26 218
Reject 27 442
n: 713
p: 0.0209
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 321 38
Reject 283 65
n: 707
p: 0.0223
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 6 48
Reject 58 590
n: 702
p: 0.0256
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 6 266
Reject 12 270
n: 554
p: 0.0479
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 50 194
Reject 117 352
n: 713
p: 0.0267
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 38 321
Reject 63 285
n: 707
p: 0.029
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 10 352
Reject 18 334
n: 714
p: 0.0314
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 6 22
Reject 81 591
n: 700
p: 0.0353
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 9 353
Reject 5 347
n: 714
p: 0.038
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal Yes No
Accept 5 48
Reject 111 540
n: 704
p: 0.0447
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational Yes No
Accept 125 237
Reject 92 260
n: 714
p: 0.0434
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 44 201
Reject 59 402
n: 706
p: 0.0459