Survey Results

Correlations

Medieval and Renaissance 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: 0.3
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 22 7
No 114 599
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Abortion: permissible
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 23
No 892 146
n: 1074
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Practical reason: Aristotelian
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 32 0
No 306 460
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
God: theism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 11
No 288 1268
n: 1604
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Material composition: restrictivism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 17 1
No 182 279
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Arguments for theism: cosmological
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 21 11
No 189 614
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Free will: libertarianism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 27 18
No 291 1256
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Principle of sufficient reason: true
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 21 9
No 303 539
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 36 10
No 589 840
n: 1475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Causation: primitive
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 12
No 166 609
n: 802
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 10 30
No 750 525
n: 1315
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 3
No 87 422
n: 517
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Propositions: acts
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 15
No 56 627
n: 707
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Gender categories: preserve
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 18 16
No 177 676
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: objective
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 33 13
No 507 797
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Immortality: yes
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 26 8
No 466 523
n: 1023
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Political philosophy: communitarianism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 25 15
No 383 874
n: 1297
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Time travel: metaphysically possible
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 24
No 383 456
n: 871
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Free will: compatibilism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 17 28
No 996 554
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 31
No 652 608
n: 1300
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Mind: physicalism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 32
No 866 614
n: 1524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 21
No 184 835
n: 1054
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Well-being: objective list
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 23 3
No 485 335
n: 846
p: 0.0011
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 17
No 658 268
n: 956
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Hume: skeptic
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 9
No 290 479
n: 797
p: 0.0017
r: 0.11
Consciousness: dualism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 16 10
No 204 658
n: 888
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Gender: biological
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 30 18
No 437 938
n: 1423
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 13
No 223 694
n: 945
p: 0.0008
r: -0.1
Laws of nature: Humean
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 36
No 468 920
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Politics: capitalism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 18 12
No 300 583
n: 913
p: 0.0023
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: happiness
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 17 32
No 197 1232
n: 1478
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Possible worlds: abstract
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 18
No 561 388
n: 980
p: 0.0024
r: 0.1
Possible worlds: nonexistent
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 17 14
No 297 652
n: 980
p: 0.0026
r: 0.09
Time: A-theory
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 15
No 283 646
n: 957
p: 0.0037
r: -0.09
Extended mind: yes
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 20
No 473 377
n: 879
p: 0.0063
r: 0.09
Temporal ontology: presentism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 10 15
No 122 507
n: 654
p: 0.0213
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: deontology
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 37
No 533 893
n: 1472
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Temporal ontology: eternalism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 17
No 283 346
n: 654
p: 0.0274
r: -0.08
Teletransporter: survival
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 7 30
No 538 734
n: 1309
p: 0.0033
r: 0.08
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 8 15
No 87 536
n: 646
p: 0.0394
r: -0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 12 34
No 546 760
n: 1352
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 10 37
No 709 845
n: 1601
p: 0.0013
r: 0.08
Philosophical progress: none
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 9 38
No 58 1495
n: 1600
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
Gender: social
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 27 21
No 992 396
n: 1436
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Gender categories: revise
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 15 19
No 475 381
n: 890
p: 0.0209
r: 0.08
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 14
No 349 453
n: 835
p: 0.0258
r: 0.08
True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 28 2
No 620 210
n: 860
p: 0.0256
r: 0.07
Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 37 9
No 999 502
n: 1547
p: 0.0033
r: 0.07
Truth: correspondence
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 31 10
No 796 596
n: 1433
p: 0.0052
r: -0.07
Other minds: cats
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 25 6
No 924 76
n: 1031
p: 0.0179
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 26 23
No 505 960
n: 1514
p: 0.0045
r: -0.07
Morality: constructivism
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 5 29
No 205 701
n: 940
p: 0.0277
r: 0.07
Aesthetic value: objective
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 31 17
No 687 718
n: 1453
p: 0.0065
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 35 14
No 788 764
n: 1601
p: 0.0047
r: -0.07
Truth: deflationary
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 6 35
No 383 1006
n: 1430
p: 0.0093
r: 0.07
Personal identity: biological view
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 25
No 282 988
n: 1309
p: 0.014
r: -0.07
Race: social
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 25 23
No 998 406
n: 1452
p: 0.0131
r: 0.06
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 19 30
No 372 1085
n: 1506
p: 0.0178
r: -0.06
Personal identity: psychological view
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 14 25
No 679 591
n: 1309
p: 0.0416
r: -0.05
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 13 31
No 540 1015
n: 1599
p: 0.0343
r: -0.05
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 23 21
No 996 559
n: 1599
p: 0.0458

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.49
Philosopher: Aquinas
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 25 19
No 30 1183
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosopher: Augustine
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 8 36
No 15 1198
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Aristotle
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 22 22
No 208 1005
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Tradition: Other tradition
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 14 36
No 150 1481
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 31 19
No 1374 257
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: United States
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 39 10
No 928 739
n: 1716
p: 0.0009
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: United States
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Yes No
Yes 34 13
No 803 749
n: 1599
p: 0.0053