Survey Results

Correlations

Continental 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: -0.2
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 33
No 545 262
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 21
No 640 191
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Science: scientific realism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 36
No 1152 284
n: 1509
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
True contradictions: actual
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 15
No 100 731
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
External world: idealism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 47
No 95 1434
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Mind: physicalism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 16 50
No 862 596
n: 1524
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 29 60
No 911 599
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Spacetime: relationism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 22 5
No 258 289
n: 574
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Philosophical progress: none
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 61
No 54 1472
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Temporal ontology: growing block
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 9
No 116 520
n: 652
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
External world: non-skeptical realism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 41 25
No 1325 201
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 6 24
No 241 377
n: 648
p: 0.0014
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 20 16
No 174 515
n: 725
p: 0.0009
r: 0.12
Metaontology: anti-realism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 14
No 76 517
n: 615
p: 0.0024
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 70
No 653 857
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: invariantism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 10 61
No 357 904
n: 1332
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Theory of reference: causal
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 21
No 392 346
n: 764
p: 0.002
r: 0.11
Truth: epistemic
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 38
No 142 1230
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 40
No 741 515
n: 1315
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Extended mind: yes
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 33 9
No 449 388
n: 879
p: 0.0017
r: 0.1
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 27 13
No 391 476
n: 907
p: 0.0017
r: 0.1
Time: A-theory
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 14
No 277 647
n: 957
p: 0.0014
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 44 39
No 487 944
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Consciousness: panpsychism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 23
No 68 790
n: 889
p: 0.0021
r: -0.1
Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 35 32
No 1063 370
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 31
No 505 573
n: 1120
p: 0.0014
r: -0.09
Well-being: objective list
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 19
No 494 319
n: 846
p: 0.0058
r: 0.09
Morality: constructivism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 20
No 195 710
n: 940
p: 0.0038
r: -0.09
Other minds: adult humans
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 2
No 982 10
n: 1031
p: 0.0026
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 20
No 46 628
n: 702
p: 0.014
r: 0.09
Causation: nonexistent
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 24
No 32 741
n: 802
p: 0.0093
r: 0.09
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 10
No 84 415
n: 517
p: 0.0375
r: 0.09
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 12
No 99 382
n: 501
p: 0.0414
r: 0.09
Causation: process/production
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 18
No 188 592
n: 809
p: 0.0104
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: contextualism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 55 16
No 731 533
n: 1335
p: 0.0011
r: 0.09
Other minds: plants
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 31
No 70 922
n: 1031
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
Truth: correspondence
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 38
No 808 568
n: 1433
p: 0.0009
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Humean
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 32
No 259 499
n: 797
p: 0.014
r: -0.09
Philosophical progress: a lot
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 55
No 700 827
n: 1601
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 6 23
No 385 457
n: 871
p: 0.0106
r: 0.09
Propositions: acts
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 21
No 58 621
n: 707
p: 0.0224
r: -0.08
Wittgenstein: early
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 33
No 224 600
n: 864
p: 0.0138
r: -0.08
Ought implies can: yes
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 20 24
No 650 316
n: 1010
p: 0.0088
r: -0.08
Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 39
No 999 472
n: 1547
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 19
No 94 523
n: 647
p: 0.0396
r: -0.08
Other minds: future AI systems
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 27
No 412 580
n: 1031
p: 0.0101
r: 0.08
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 22
No 80 535
n: 646
p: 0.0422
r: -0.08
Morality: naturalist realism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 30
No 314 593
n: 942
p: 0.0158
r: 0.08
Hume: skeptic
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 25 17
No 284 471
n: 797
p: 0.0266
r: 0.08
Theory of reference: deflationary
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 17
No 121 606
n: 753
p: 0.0341
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 32 57
No 808 702
n: 1599
p: 0.0022
r: 0.08
Practical reason: Kantian
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 27
No 152 603
n: 795
p: 0.0314
r: 0.08
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 25
No 111 700
n: 844
p: 0.0275
r: 0.08
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 27
No 179 892
n: 1113
p: 0.0119
r: -0.07
Zombies: metaphysically possible
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 10 60
No 375 936
n: 1381
p: 0.006
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 35 21
No 1038 327
n: 1421
p: 0.0056
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 55 26
No 1188 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0039
r: -0.07
Values in science: can be either
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 32
No 284 585
n: 909
p: 0.0306
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 44 33
No 581 817
n: 1475
p: 0.0061
r: 0.07
Justification: coherentism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 12
No 211 590
n: 825
p: 0.0406
r: 0.07
Free will: libertarianism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 24 56
No 294 1218
n: 1592
p: 0.0045
r: 0.07
Vagueness: metaphysical
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 20 33
No 272 971
n: 1296
p: 0.0117
r: -0.07
Immortality: yes
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 31
No 481 500
n: 1023
p: 0.0261
r: 0.07
Well-being: desire satisfaction
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 22
No 165 649
n: 847
p: 0.043
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: happiness
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 62
No 195 1202
n: 1478
p: 0.008
r: -0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 16
No 652 269
n: 956
p: 0.0357
r: -0.07
Other minds: cats
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 32 7
No 917 75
n: 1031
p: 0.0334
r: -0.07
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 47 42
No 972 538
n: 1599
p: 0.0084
r: 0.06
God: theism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 24 54
No 301 1225
n: 1604
p: 0.0106
r: -0.06
Abstract objects: Platonism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 22 44
No 589 758
n: 1413
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
Vagueness: semantic
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 24 30
No 702 551
n: 1307
p: 0.0287
r: 0.06
External world: skepticism
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 59
No 90 1439
n: 1593
p: 0.0244
r: 0.06
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 30 51
No 361 1064
n: 1506
p: 0.0313
r: 0.05
Gender: biological
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 46
No 430 910
n: 1423
p: 0.048

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.59
Tradition: Continental
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 62 28
No 50 1541
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.49
Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 6 84
No 1399 192
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Philosopher: Heidegger
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 21 63
No 11 1162
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Philosopher: Husserl
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 18 66
No 13 1160
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 15 69
No 13 1160
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Philosopher: Derrida
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 6 78
No 2 1171
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Nietzsche
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 13 71
No 26 1147
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Foucault
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 10 74
No 16 1157
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Arendt
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 8 76
No 10 1163
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Beauvoir
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 9 75
No 17 1156
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hegel
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 10 74
No 28 1145
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Marx
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 12 72
No 40 1133
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Sartre
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 5 79
No 8 1165
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Tradition: Other tradition
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 22 68
No 142 1449
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: United States
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 28 29
No 783 352
n: 1192
p: 0.0017
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Aristotle
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 5 79
No 225 948
n: 1257
p: 0.0024
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Europe
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 11 46
No 108 1027
n: 1192
p: 0.0162
r: 0.06
Region of PhD: Oceania
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 6 51
No 49 1086
n: 1192
p: 0.0292
r: 0.05
Region of affiliation: Oceania
AOS: Continental Philosophy Yes No
Yes 9 86
No 78 1543
n: 1716
p: 0.0441