Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.21	Practical reason: Humean
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	5
No	244	526

n: 797

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Mind uploading: survival
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	12
No	260	609

n: 897

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Politics: capitalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	6
No	299	589

n: 913

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	44	3
No	896	656

n: 1599

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Newcomb's problem: one box
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	38
No	318	598

n: 964

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Spacetime: relationism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	17
No	275	277

n: 574

p: 0.0017

r: 0.13	Time travel: metaphysically possible
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	4
No	372	476

n: 871

p: 0.0002

r: 0.12	Law: legal positivism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	2
No	229	336

n: 579

p: 0.0026

r: 0.12	Propositions: sets
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	12
No	61	628

n: 707

p: 0.0014

r: 0.12	Sleeping beauty: one-third
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	14
No	99	238

n: 369

p: 0.0229

r: 0.12	Normative ethics: consequentialism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	14
No	492	937

n: 1472

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Other minds: newborn babies
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	11
No	879	118

n: 1031

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Material composition: universalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	5
No	147	317

n: 479

p: 0.0135

r: 0.11	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	12
No	292	621

n: 943

p: 0.0007

r: 0.1	Human genetic engineering: permissible
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	5
No	643	280

n: 956

p: 0.0015

r: -0.1	Belief or credence: belief
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	28
No	226	447

n: 706

p: 0.0069

r: 0.1	Mind: physicalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	8
No	844	638

n: 1524

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Properties: classes
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	8
No	83	574

n: 670

p: 0.0103

r: 0.1	Footbridge: push
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	21
No	348	1074

n: 1466

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	Temporal ontology: eternalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	6
No	275	357

n: 654

p: 0.0115

r: -0.09	Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	26
No	1018	485

n: 1547

p: 0.0002

r: 0.09	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	12
No	308	470

n: 811

p: 0.0083

r: 0.09	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	28
No	300	1252

n: 1598

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	Units of selection: genes
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	3
No	276	289

n: 579

p: 0.0376

r: -0.09	Principle of sufficient reason: true
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	24
No	318	524

n: 872

p: 0.0109

r: 0.09	Belief or credence: credence
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	16
No	221	452

n: 706

p: 0.0227

r: -0.08	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	22
No	410	467

n: 907

p: 0.0109

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	15
No	163	550

n: 738

p: 0.0255

r: -0.08	Well-being: objective list
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	18
No	497	320

n: 846

p: 0.0259

r: -0.08	Normative ethics: deontology
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	35
No	534	895

n: 1472

p: 0.0034

r: 0.08	True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	2
No	620	210

n: 860

p: 0.0256

r: 0.08	Chinese room: understands
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	20
No	170	724

n: 923

p: 0.0221

r: 0.07	Logic: classical
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	6
No	707	422

n: 1165

p: 0.0136

r: 0.07	Arguments for theism: design
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	16
No	167	641

n: 835

p: 0.0375

r: 0.07	Free will: compatibilism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	10
No	980	572

n: 1595

p: 0.0049

r: 0.07	Other minds: future AI systems
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	17
No	407	590

n: 1031

p: 0.0258

r: -0.07	Aesthetic value: objective
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	29
No	706	706

n: 1453

p: 0.0092

r: 0.07	Moral principles: moral generalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	8
No	503	375

n: 911

p: 0.0396

r: 0.07	Morality: expressivism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	29
No	102	802

n: 939

p: 0.0382

r: -0.07	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	33
No	526	950

n: 1514

p: 0.0085

r: 0.07	Consciousness: functionalism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	15
No	319	540

n: 890

p: 0.0448

r: 0.07	Teletransporter: survival
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	20
No	526	744

n: 1309

p: 0.0177

r: -0.06	Other minds: fish
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	15
No	680	317

n: 1031

p: 0.0402

r: 0.06	Trolley problem: switch
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	4
No	1033	344

n: 1421

p: 0.0162

r: 0.06	Political philosophy: libertarianism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	25
No	194	1069

n: 1296

p: 0.0251

r: 0.06	Knowledge: empiricism
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	10
No	714	539

n: 1288

p: 0.0296

r: 0.06	Race: biological
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	22
No	290	1128

n: 1451

p: 0.0226

r: -0.05	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	29
No	806	749

n: 1601

p: 0.0343

r: 0.05	Experience machine: yes
AOS: Decision Theory	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	32
No	204	1250

n: 1499

p: 0.0459

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Carnap
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	10	21
No	66	1160

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Hume
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	13	18
No	205	1021

n: 1257

p: 0.0002

r: 0.09	Region of affiliation: Asia
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	6	42
No	47	1621

n: 1716

p < 0.0001

r: 0.08	Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	47	0
No	1358	276

n: 1681

p: 0.002

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Lewis
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	6	25
No	110	1116

n: 1257

p: 0.0486

r: 0.05	Other demographics: YOB
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	28	14
No	721	818

n: 1581

p: 0.0383

r: 0.05	Gender: male
AOS: Decision Theory	Yes	No
Yes	43	4
No	1289	348

n: 1684

p: 0.0341