Survey Results

Statue and lump: one thing or two things?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

956 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:
one thing

30.13% (29.71%)

Reject or lean against:
one thing

0.42% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
two things

41.84% (41.32%)

Reject or lean against:
two things

0.31% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

0.84%

Accept an alternative view

3.66%

The question is too unclear to answer

5.02%

There is no fact of the matter

9.73%

Agnostic/undecided

9.41%

Other

0.31%

N = 956, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (175 respondents)

Alternative Views

49 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.

NIHI (10): nihilism (9) nihilist (1)
ZERO (8): zero (8)
ELIM (5): eliminativism (4) eliminativist (1)
MATE (3): material (3)
MERE (3): mereological (2) mere (1)
OBJE (3): objects (2) object (1)
BOTH (3): both (3)
KIND (2): kinds (1) kind (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: -0.17	Abstract objects: Platonism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	149
Reject	226	202

n: 673

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Propositions: nonexistent
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	139
Reject	31	289

n: 498

p: 0.0003

r: 0.16	Properties: nonexistent
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	157
Reject	18	282

n: 483

p: 0.0004

r: 0.16	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	116
Reject	25	190

n: 358

p: 0.0026

r: -0.16	Propositions: structured entities
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	106
Reject	161	161

n: 500

p: 0.0004

r: -0.16	Concepts: nativism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	121
Reject	121	189

n: 484

p: 0.0006

r: -0.15	Properties: transcendent universals
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	152
Reject	82	221

n: 485

p: 0.0007

r: -0.15	Possible worlds: abstract
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	125	115
Reject	249	151

n: 640

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	172
Reject	4	319

n: 507

p: 0.0011

r: -0.14	Aesthetic value: objective
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	118	131
Reject	250	189

n: 688

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	115
Reject	21	195

n: 354

p: 0.0078

r: 0.13	Mental content: internalism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	153
Reject	109	304

n: 654

p: 0.0006

r: -0.13	Vagueness: metaphysical
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	194
Reject	102	314

n: 649

p: 0.0007

r: 0.13	Theory of reference: deflationary
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	144
Reject	37	290

n: 510

p: 0.0027

r: 0.13	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	149
Reject	108	293

n: 641

p: 0.0009

r: -0.13	Well-being: objective list
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	108	95
Reject	211	125

n: 539

p: 0.0026

r: -0.13	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	187	80
Reject	361	88

n: 716

p: 0.0006

r: 0.13	Properties: tropes
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	147
Reject	48	255

n: 485

p: 0.0051

r: 0.12	Quantum mechanics: collapse
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	111
Reject	30	187

n: 355

p: 0.0214

r: -0.12	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	107	155
Reject	247	200

n: 709

p: 0.0017

r: 0.12	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	116
Reject	96	234

n: 516

p: 0.0077

r: -0.12	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	137
Reject	46	234

n: 434

p: 0.016

r: 0.12	Propositions: sets
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	155
Reject	26	295

n: 500

p: 0.0098

r: -0.11	External world: non-skeptical realism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	232	43
Reject	417	52

n: 744

p: 0.0017

r: 0.11	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	101
Reject	224	236

n: 731

p: 0.0019

r: 0.11	External world: skepticism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	254
Reject	18	451

n: 745

p: 0.0021

r: 0.11	Laws of nature: Humean
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	163
Reject	115	311

n: 682

p: 0.0037

r: -0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	131
Reject	105	198

n: 495

p: 0.0156

r: -0.11	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	98
Reject	340	120

n: 728

p: 0.0038

r: 0.11	Propositions: acts
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	159
Reject	23	298

n: 500

p: 0.0176

r: -0.11	Propositional attitudes: representational
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	96
Reject	188	142

n: 519

p: 0.016

r: -0.1	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	209
Reject	129	330

n: 731

p: 0.005

r: 0.1	Causation: process/production
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	143
Reject	75	271

n: 556

p: 0.016

r: -0.1	Theory of reference: causal
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	91
Reject	189	141

n: 518

p: 0.0244

r: 0.1	Consciousness: identity theory
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	44	175
Reject	50	329

n: 598

p: 0.0164

r: 0.1	Gender: biological
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	135
Reject	115	289

n: 639

p: 0.0132

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: relativism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	222
Reject	15	386

n: 636

p: 0.0152

r: -0.09	Consciousness: dualism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	166
Reject	107	272

n: 597

p: 0.0212

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	131	136
Reject	271	187

n: 725

p: 0.0127

r: 0.09	Moral motivation: internalism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	111
Reject	161	217

n: 604

p: 0.0232

r: 0.09	Mind: physicalism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	98
Reject	243	206

n: 715

p: 0.0168

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	193
Reject	20	342

n: 564

p: 0.0355

r: 0.09	Free will: no free will
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	232
Reject	42	424

n: 739

p: 0.0171

r: 0.08	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	160
Reject	67	284

n: 562

p: 0.0441

r: 0.08	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	166
Reject	61	303

n: 566

p: 0.0457

r: 0.08	Experience machine: yes
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	214
Reject	54	395

n: 710

p: 0.0361

r: 0.08	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Statue and lump: one thing	Accept	Reject
Accept	148	96
Reject	202	188

n: 634

p: 0.0497

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: -0.11	Philosopher: Frege
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	15	198
Reject	42	318

n: 573

p: 0.0068

r: -0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	44	235
Reject	110	373

n: 762

p: 0.0044

r: -0.1	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	21	258
Reject	52	431

n: 762

p: 0.0058

r: 0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	14	265
Reject	7	476

n: 762

p: 0.0103

r: 0.09	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	40	239
Reject	42	441

n: 762

p: 0.0125

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	14	265
Reject	13	470

n: 762

p: 0.0301

r: 0.07	AOS: Asian Philosophy
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	10	269
Reject	6	477

n: 762

p: 0.0426

r: -0.07	Region of affiliation: Europe
Statue and lump: one thing	Yes	No
Accept	34	251
Reject	80	404

n: 769

p: 0.0479