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: 0.19	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	51	41
No	164	370

n: 626

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	155	59
No	685	700

n: 1599

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	A priori knowledge: yes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	185	25
No	1058	340

n: 1608

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	47
No	53	399

n: 514

p: 0.008

r: 0.11	Consciousness: dualism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	43	80
No	177	588

n: 888

p: 0.0007

r: 0.11	Meaning of life: objective
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	89	69
No	451	741

n: 1350

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Theory of reference: descriptive
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	75
No	157	495

n: 764

p: 0.0032

r: 0.11	Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	65	30
No	340	290

n: 725

p: 0.0042

r: 0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	97
No	92	609

n: 827

p: 0.0023

r: 0.1	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	163	45
No	875	484

n: 1567

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	55	46
No	211	306

n: 618

p: 0.0164

r: -0.09	Morality: constructivism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	123
No	182	607

n: 940

p: 0.0039

r: 0.09	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	37
No	90	357

n: 501

p: 0.0398

r: 0.09	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	59
No	198	410

n: 713

p: 0.0145

r: 0.09	Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	176	41
No	922	361

n: 1500

p: 0.0004

r: -0.09	Theory of reference: causal
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	41	71
No	356	296

n: 764

p: 0.013

r: -0.09	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	79
No	84	414

n: 588

p: 0.0295

r: 0.09	Normative ethics: deontology
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	94	97
No	448	833

n: 1472

p: 0.0008

r: 0.09	Propositions: acts
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	83
No	53	559

n: 707

p: 0.021

r: -0.09	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	122
No	558	728

n: 1475

p: 0.001

r: 0.09	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	111	72
No	550	567

n: 1300

p: 0.0021

r: 0.08	Temporal ontology: growing block
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	63
No	102	466

n: 652

p: 0.0317

r: 0.08	Units of selection: genes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	32
No	238	260

n: 579

p: 0.0453

r: -0.08	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	81
No	180	450

n: 725

p: 0.0253

r: 0.08	Causation: primitive
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	74
No	152	547

n: 802

p: 0.0215

r: 0.08	Properties: transcendent universals
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	65
No	126	456

n: 671

p: 0.0372

r: -0.08	Knowledge: empiricism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	80	80
No	659	469

n: 1288

p: 0.004

r: 0.08	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	86	29
No	474	266

n: 855

p: 0.0225

r: 0.08	Propositions: structured entities
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	47
No	257	355

n: 708

p: 0.0393

r: -0.08	Other minds: plants
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	137
No	72	816

n: 1031

p: 0.0159

r: -0.07	Morality: error theory
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	139
No	40	745

n: 936

p: 0.0218

r: 0.07	Concepts: nativism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	39	56
No	195	431

n: 721

p: 0.0465

r: 0.07	Morality: non-naturalism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	60	90
No	207	579

n: 936

p: 0.0235

r: 0.07	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	88
No	113	518

n: 742

p: 0.0453

r: 0.07	Ought implies can: yes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	106	33
No	564	307

n: 1010

p: 0.0198

r: -0.07	Experience machine: yes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	199
No	196	1083

n: 1499

p: 0.0049

r: -0.07	Justification: reliabilism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	39	95
No	275	417

n: 826

p: 0.0397

r: 0.07	Arguments for theism: design
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	87
No	145	570

n: 835

p: 0.0426

r: 0.07	Moral principles: moral generalism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	98	51
No	430	332

n: 911

p: 0.0343

r: -0.07	Truth: epistemic
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	191
No	151	1077

n: 1429

p: 0.0087

r: 0.07	True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	101	20
No	547	192

n: 860

p: 0.0448

r: 0.07	Epistemic justification: internalism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	92	99
No	468	755

n: 1414

p: 0.0101

r: -0.07	Political philosophy: communitarianism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	135
No	361	754

n: 1297

p: 0.0164

r: 0.07	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	97	34
No	514	296

n: 941

p: 0.0448

r: 0.07	Philosophical progress: a lot
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	112	95
No	607	787

n: 1601

p: 0.009

r: -0.06	Zombies: inconceivable
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	162
No	229	966

n: 1381

p: 0.0159

r: -0.06	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	92	84
No	668	471

n: 1315

p: 0.022

r: 0.06	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	171	43
No	1032	353

n: 1599

p: 0.0129

r: 0.06	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	112
No	161	805

n: 1114

p: 0.0417

r: -0.06	Meaning of life: nonexistent
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	131
No	247	933

n: 1334

p: 0.0275

r: -0.06	Footbridge: push
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	161
No	325	934

n: 1466

p: 0.0209

r: 0.06	Science: scientific realism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	171	29
No	1018	291

n: 1509

p: 0.0214

r: -0.06	External world: idealism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	206
No	103	1275

n: 1595

p: 0.0253

r: -0.05	Laws of nature: Humean
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	130
No	423	826

n: 1429

p: 0.0395

r: 0.05	External world: non-skeptical realism
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Accept	Reject
Yes	194	23
No	1172	203

n: 1592

p: 0.0454

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Moore
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	16	140
No	22	1079

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Parfit
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	18	138
No	28	1073

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Anscombe
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	12	144
No	26	1075

n: 1257

p: 0.0003

r: 0.1	Gender: male
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	200	24
No	1132	328

n: 1684

p < 0.0001

r: -0.09	Gender: female
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	24	200
No	319	1141

n: 1684

p < 0.0001

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Kant
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	36	120
No	149	952

n: 1257

p: 0.0016

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Mill
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	16	140
No	51	1050

n: 1257

p: 0.0034

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Hume
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	40	116
No	178	923

n: 1257

p: 0.0034

r: 0.08	Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	201	20
No	1204	256

n: 1681

p: 0.0015

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Quine
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	5	151
No	102	999

n: 1257

p: 0.0111

r: 0.06	Region of nationality: United Kingdom
AOS: Meta-Ethics	Yes	No
Yes	31	185
No	128	1255

n: 1599

p: 0.0199