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: 0.29	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	128	71
No	138	281

n: 618

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Material composition: nihilism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	195
No	36	237

n: 479

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Metaontology: deflationary realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	42	157
No	151	266

n: 616

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Temporal ontology: growing block
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	201
No	93	328

n: 652

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Spacetime: relationism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	78	133
No	202	161

n: 574

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Metaontology: anti-realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	181
No	67	350

n: 615

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Properties: classes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	213
No	72	369

n: 670

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	73
No	97	187

n: 436

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Temporal ontology: eternalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	136	97
No	155	266

n: 654

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Wittgenstein: early
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	87	130
No	144	503

n: 864

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Justification: coherentism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	184
No	199	418

n: 825

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	198
No	182	428

n: 836

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Abstract objects: Platonism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	192	128
No	419	674

n: 1413

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Truth: epistemic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	312
No	152	956

n: 1429

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	153	45
No	407	250

n: 855

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	84	125
No	150	465

n: 824

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Morality: constructivism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	205
No	185	525

n: 940

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Extended mind: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	91	130
No	391	267

n: 879

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	65	153
No	71	453

n: 742

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Knowledge: empiricism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	115	151
No	624	398

n: 1288

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Science: scientific realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	288	48
No	901	272

n: 1509

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	184
No	123	497

n: 824

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Quantum mechanics: epistemic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	159
No	57	273

n: 500

p: 0.0011

r: -0.15	Theory of reference: deflationary
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	185
No	108	438

n: 753

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	External world: skepticism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	342
No	86	1156

n: 1593

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	94	107
No	121	304

n: 626

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Laws of nature: Humean
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	84	259
No	389	697

n: 1429

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	183
No	139	382

n: 738

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Time travel: metaphysically possible
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	134	112
No	257	368

n: 871

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	111
No	73	286

n: 518

p: 0.0027

r: 0.13	Morality: non-naturalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	91	139
No	176	530

n: 936

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Truth: correspondence
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	221	100
No	606	506

n: 1433

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	143
No	77	282

n: 517

p: 0.0032

r: 0.13	Other minds: newborn babies
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	237	22
No	665	107

n: 1031

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	161
No	158	370

n: 725

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	Knowledge claims: invariantism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	112	193
No	255	772

n: 1332

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	85	258
No	468	788

n: 1599

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Philosophical knowledge: none
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	247
No	34	727

n: 1013

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	256	83
No	780	428

n: 1547

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	76	150
No	128	478

n: 832

p: 0.0006

r: 0.12	Arguments for theism: design
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	71	140
No	107	517

n: 835

p: 0.0006

r: -0.12	Abortion: permissible
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	199	63
No	706	106

n: 1074

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Consciousness: dualism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	152
No	141	516

n: 888

p: 0.0006

r: -0.11	Consciousness: functionalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	71	161
No	264	394

n: 890

p: 0.0006

r: -0.11	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	78	148
No	251	334

n: 811

p: 0.0014

r: 0.11	Practical reason: Aristotelian
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	86	74
No	252	386

n: 798

p: 0.0015

r: -0.11	Practical reason: Kantian
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	143
No	148	487

n: 795

p: 0.0016

r: 0.11	Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	259	62
No	839	340

n: 1500

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	A priori knowledge: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	299	51
No	944	314

n: 1608

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	148	149
No	612	406

n: 1315

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	212	131
No	628	628

n: 1599

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	External world: non-skeptical realism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	315	35
No	1051	191

n: 1592

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Immortality: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	143	106
No	349	425

n: 1023

p: 0.0015

r: -0.1	Temporal ontology: presentism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	186
No	85	336

n: 654

p: 0.0126

r: 0.1	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	176	73
No	435	257

n: 941

p: 0.0028

r: -0.1	Principle of sufficient reason: true
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	81	160
No	243	388

n: 872

p: 0.0042

r: -0.1	True contradictions: actual
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	221
No	89	525

n: 860

p: 0.005

r: 0.1	Capital punishment: permissible
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	61	200
No	137	656

n: 1054

p: 0.0019

r: 0.1	True contradictions: impossible
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	201	45
No	447	167

n: 860

p: 0.0051

r: -0.09	Knowledge claims: contextualism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	147	158
No	639	391

n: 1335

p: 0.0006

r: -0.09	Causation: nonexistent
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	217
No	32	548

n: 802

p: 0.0086

r: 0.09	Aesthetic experience: perception
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	83
No	139	317

n: 588

p: 0.0261

r: -0.09	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	133
No	339	356

n: 907

p: 0.0059

r: 0.09	Aesthetic value: objective
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	182	141
No	536	594

n: 1453

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	168
No	42	486

n: 725

p: 0.0171

r: -0.09	Properties: nonexistent
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	206
No	39	400

n: 668

p: 0.023

r: -0.09	Chinese room: understands
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	207
No	146	537

n: 923

p: 0.0078

r: 0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: identity
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	44	155
No	39	381

n: 619

p: 0.03

r: -0.09	Zombies: inconceivable
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	51	273
No	202	855

n: 1381

p: 0.0013

r: -0.09	Consciousness: eliminativism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	224
No	39	618

n: 888

p: 0.0098

r: -0.09	Meaning of life: subjective
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	99	192
No	459	602

n: 1352

p: 0.0015

r: -0.09	Personal identity: psychological view
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	137	151
No	556	465

n: 1309

p: 0.002

r: -0.09	Vagueness: epistemic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	78	257
No	262	704

n: 1301

p: 0.0021

r: 0.09	Well-being: objective list
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	131	65
No	377	273

n: 846

p: 0.0132

r: 0.08	Hume: skeptic
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	107
No	230	381

n: 797

p: 0.0166

r: -0.08	Propositions: sets
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	200
No	47	440

n: 707

p: 0.0245

r: 0.08	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	253	95
No	785	434

n: 1567

p: 0.001

r: -0.08	Proper names: Fregean
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	105	187
No	342	465

n: 1099

p: 0.006

r: -0.08	Mind: physicalism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	174	162
No	704	484

n: 1524

p: 0.0013

r: 0.08	Causation: process/production
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	70	156
No	129	454

n: 809

p: 0.0197

r: 0.08	Other minds: fish
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	190	69
No	509	263

n: 1031

p: 0.0091

r: -0.08	Propositions: nonexistent
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	185
No	88	398

n: 706

p: 0.0312

r: 0.08	Values in science: can be either
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	82	132
No	210	485

n: 909

p: 0.0151

r: 0.08	God: theism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	92	250
No	233	1029

n: 1604

p: 0.0015

r: 0.08	Other minds: cats
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	246	13
No	703	69

n: 1031

p: 0.0111

r: -0.08	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	204
No	190	503

n: 945

p: 0.0178

r: -0.08	External world: idealism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	325
No	88	1156

n: 1595

p: 0.0024

r: 0.08	Concepts: nativism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	70	111
No	164	376

n: 721

p: 0.0422

r: 0.08	Personal identity: further-fact view
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	74	213
No	159	852

n: 1298

p: 0.0064

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	226	117
No	714	542

n: 1599

p: 0.003

r: -0.07	Free will: compatibilism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	196	152
No	817	430

n: 1595

p: 0.003

r: 0.07	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	54	172
No	135	568

n: 929

p: 0.0298

r: 0.07	Causation: primitive
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	64	159
No	117	462

n: 802

p: 0.0486

r: 0.07	Meaning of life: objective
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	134	156
No	406	654

n: 1350

p: 0.011

r: 0.07	Other minds: worms
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	180
No	180	592

n: 1031

p: 0.0303

r: 0.06	Other minds: flies
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	106	153
No	264	508

n: 1031

p: 0.0413

r: 0.06	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	176	159
No	548	667

n: 1550

p: 0.0137

r: 0.06	Other minds: future AI systems
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	118	141
No	306	466

n: 1031

p: 0.0451

r: -0.06	Experience machine: yes
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	293
No	182	989

n: 1499

p: 0.0177

r: -0.06	Gender: psychological
AOS: Metaphysics	Accept	Reject
Yes	56	234
No	290	843

n: 1423

p: 0.0238

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.26	Philosopher: Lewis
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	65	209
No	51	932

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Philosopher: Leibniz
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	26	248
No	15	968

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Russell
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	38	236
No	41	942

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Frege
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	39	235
No	54	929

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Tradition: Continental
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	5	356
No	107	1213

n: 1681

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Tradition: Analytic
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	329	32
No	1076	244

n: 1681

p < 0.0001

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Aquinas
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	21	253
No	34	949

n: 1257

p: 0.0026

r: -0.08	Gender: female
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	52	312
No	291	1029

n: 1684

p: 0.0011

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Aristotle
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	66	208
No	164	819

n: 1257

p: 0.005

r: 0.08	Gender: male
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	310	54
No	1022	298

n: 1684

p: 0.0013

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Kant
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	26	248
No	159	824

n: 1257

p: 0.0057

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Putnam
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	16	258
No	26	957

n: 1257

p: 0.0092

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: United Kingdom
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	48	302
No	111	1138

n: 1599

p: 0.0076

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Moore
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	14	260
No	24	959

n: 1257

p: 0.0225

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Hume
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	35	239
No	183	800

n: 1257

p: 0.0239

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: Canada
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	14	357
No	103	1242

n: 1716

p: 0.0086

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Davidson
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	15	259
No	27	956

n: 1257

p: 0.0263

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Quine
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	32	242
No	75	908

n: 1257

p: 0.0337

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	16	258
No	98	885

n: 1257

p: 0.0353

r: -0.06	Region of PhD: Canada
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	5	266
No	42	879

n: 1192

p: 0.0435

r: 0.06	Region of PhD: United Kingdom
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	45	226
No	110	811

n: 1192

p: 0.0449

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Mill
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	8	266
No	59	924

n: 1257

p: 0.0446

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Canada
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	17	333
No	106	1143

n: 1599

p: 0.0243

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Plato
AOS: Metaphysics	Yes	No
Yes	23	251
No	51	932

n: 1257

p: 0.0462