Survey Results

Correlations

20th Century Philosophy

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.13
Truth: correspondence
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 36 65
No 791 541
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Propositions: structured entities
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 37
No 294 365
n: 708
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Moral principles: moral generalism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 22 40
No 506 343
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
True contradictions: impossible
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 32 26
No 616 186
n: 860
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Philosophical progress: none
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 18 102
No 49 1431
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 31 50
No 166 867
n: 1114
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 70
No 193 786
n: 1054
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Metaontology: anti-realism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 31
No 73 500
n: 615
p: 0.0064
r: -0.11
Politics: capitalism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 52
No 304 543
n: 913
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
Propositions: acts
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 37
No 53 605
n: 707
p: 0.0045
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: representational
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 18 35
No 344 317
n: 714
p: 0.0052
r: -0.1
Units of selection: genes
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 25
No 272 267
n: 579
p: 0.0127
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: communitarianism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 52 58
No 356 831
n: 1297
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Proper names: Fregean
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 46 30
No 401 622
n: 1099
p: 0.0009
r: -0.09
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 32
No 114 365
n: 518
p: 0.0315
r: -0.09
Normative concepts: value
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 30
No 302 386
n: 731
p: 0.0108
r: -0.09
Temporal ontology: eternalism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 24
No 283 339
n: 654
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Temporal ontology: presentism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 21
No 121 501
n: 654
p: 0.0165
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: representationalism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 25 56
No 491 548
n: 1120
p: 0.0018
r: 0.09
Truth: deflationary
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 45 56
No 344 985
n: 1430
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 30
No 254 322
n: 618
p: 0.0228
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 38 33
No 522 262
n: 855
p: 0.0109
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 6 37
No 130 569
n: 742
p: 0.0202
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 44 67
No 617 572
n: 1300
p: 0.0027
r: -0.08
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 35
No 235 366
n: 648
p: 0.0352
r: 0.08
Morality: expressivism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 50
No 97 781
n: 939
p: 0.0115
r: -0.08
Theory of reference: causal
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 31
No 378 336
n: 764
p: 0.0243
r: -0.08
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 112
No 305 1168
n: 1598
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 24 29
No 170 502
n: 725
p: 0.0305
r: 0.08
Philosophical knowledge: none
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 6 57
No 33 917
n: 1013
p: 0.0112
r: -0.08
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 31
No 320 451
n: 811
p: 0.0244
r: 0.08
True contradictions: actual
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 45
No 101 701
n: 860
p: 0.0217
r: -0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 38 25
No 633 260
n: 956
p: 0.0155
r: 0.08
External world: idealism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 17 98
No 97 1383
n: 1595
p: 0.0021
r: -0.07
Immortality: yes
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 21 48
No 471 483
n: 1023
p: 0.0182
r: -0.07
Science: scientific realism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 73 33
No 1116 287
n: 1509
p: 0.0043
r: 0.07
Gender: social
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 91 22
No 928 395
n: 1436
p: 0.0061
r: -0.07
Logic: classical
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 53 50
No 684 378
n: 1165
p: 0.0148
r: -0.07
Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 69 40
No 1029 362
n: 1500
p: 0.0057
r: 0.07
Time: A-theory
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 26 34
No 270 627
n: 957
p: 0.0299
r: -0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-free
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 55
No 160 685
n: 907
p: 0.0371
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 68 51
No 557 799
n: 1475
p: 0.0082
r: -0.07
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 47 53
No 713 502
n: 1315
p: 0.0145
r: -0.07
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 54 71
No 786 688
n: 1599
p: 0.008
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 62 63
No 878 596
n: 1599
p: 0.0104
r: -0.06
Other minds: future AI systems
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 22 43
No 402 564
n: 1031
p: 0.0433
r: 0.06
Zombies: inconceivable
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 29 68
No 224 1060
n: 1381
p: 0.0298
r: -0.05
Race: biological
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 18 105
No 283 1045
n: 1451
p: 0.0363

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.25
Tradition: Analytic
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 67 63
No 1338 213
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Tradition: Continental
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 31 99
No 81 1470
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Heidegger
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 14 106
No 18 1119
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 12 108
No 16 1121
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Tradition: Other tradition
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 32 98
No 132 1419
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 25 95
No 89 1048
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Husserl
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 10 110
No 21 1116
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Sartre
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 5 115
No 8 1129
n: 1257
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hume
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 8 112
No 210 927
n: 1257
p: 0.0011
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Foucault
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 7 113
No 19 1118
n: 1257
p: 0.0023
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hegel
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 9 111
No 29 1108
n: 1257
p: 0.0026
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 10 110
No 220 917
n: 1257
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Other demographics: YOB
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 46 76
No 703 756
n: 1581
p: 0.0025
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: United States
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 49 75
No 788 687
n: 1599
p: 0.0029
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 17 61
No 138 976
n: 1192
p: 0.0169
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Marx
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 10 110
No 42 1095
n: 1257
p: 0.0152
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Yes No
Yes 5 115
No 16 1121
n: 1257
p: 0.0249