Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophy of Biology

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: 0.14
Knowledge: empiricism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 53 6
No 686 543
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Moral judgment: cognitivism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 27 31
No 1071 371
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 5 25
No 23 647
n: 700
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 17 24
No 543 271
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 47 13
No 713 542
n: 1315
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Other minds: newborn babies
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 33 12
No 869 117
n: 1031
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Aesthetic value: objective
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 13 42
No 705 693
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: fit
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 6 23
No 57 640
n: 726
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 19 46
No 821 713
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Meta-ethics: moral realism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 25 35
No 1011 476
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: objective
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 8 46
No 532 764
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 11 16
No 182 407
n: 616
p: 0.0081
r: 0.11
Personal identity: biological view
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 21 28
No 275 985
n: 1309
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Principle of sufficient reason: true
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 7 26
No 317 522
n: 872
p: 0.0017
r: 0.11
Propositions: nonexistent
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 9 13
No 114 570
n: 706
p: 0.0048
r: 0.11
Law: legal positivism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 14 8
No 227 330
n: 579
p: 0.0113
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Humean
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 18 14
No 248 517
n: 797
p: 0.0032
r: 0.1
Mind: physicalism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 48 13
No 830 633
n: 1524
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 5 22
No 63 410
n: 500
p: 0.0322
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 19 12
No 228 389
n: 648
p: 0.016
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 5 25
No 210 386
n: 626
p: 0.0275
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 34 26
No 1209 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: perception
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 11 11
No 177 389
n: 588
p: 0.0335
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 55 10
No 964 570
n: 1599
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Propositions: structured entities
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 5 18
No 301 384
n: 708
p: 0.0217
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 18 21
No 192 605
n: 836
p: 0.0132
r: 0.08
Statue and lump: one thing
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 14 13
No 265 470
n: 762
p: 0.0301
r: 0.08
Vagueness: metaphysical
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 17 28
No 275 976
n: 1296
p: 0.0062
r: -0.08
Other minds: flies
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 10 35
No 360 626
n: 1031
p: 0.0153
r: 0.07
Race: unreal
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 17 36
No 226 1143
n: 1422
p: 0.0052
r: 0.07
Justification: reliabilism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 20 20
No 294 492
n: 826
p: 0.0431
r: -0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-free
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 7 39
No 160 701
n: 907
p: 0.0384
r: -0.07
Science: scientific realism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 40 19
No 1149 301
n: 1509
p: 0.0079
r: -0.07
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 19 17
No 592 313
n: 941
p: 0.0379
r: 0.07
Experience machine: yes
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 11 43
No 206 1239
n: 1499
p: 0.0092
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: consequentialism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 28 27
No 493 924
n: 1472
p: 0.0101
r: -0.07
Abstract objects: Platonism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 13 44
No 598 758
n: 1413
p: 0.0123
r: 0.06
Free will: no free will
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 13 53
No 183 1345
n: 1594
p: 0.0132
r: -0.06
Philosophical progress: a lot
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 20 41
No 699 841
n: 1601
p: 0.0147
r: 0.06
Knowledge claims: contextualism
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 43 14
No 743 535
n: 1335
p: 0.0261
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 43 22
No 1160 374
n: 1599
p: 0.0155
r: 0.06
Laws of nature: Humean
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 27 31
No 446 925
n: 1429
p: 0.0303
r: 0.06
Meaning of life: nonexistent
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 18 36
No 252 1028
n: 1334
p: 0.0383
r: -0.06
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 35 26
No 1003 503
n: 1567
p: 0.0261
r: 0.05
Truth: epistemic
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 12 42
No 149 1226
n: 1429
p: 0.0406
r: -0.05
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 25 40
No 758 776
n: 1599
p: 0.0314
r: 0.05
Philosophical progress: a little
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Accept Reject
Yes 37 24
No 768 772
n: 1601
p: 0.0439

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Yes No
Yes 12 38
No 95 1112
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Hume
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Yes No
Yes 18 32
No 200 1007
n: 1257
p: 0.0004
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Dewey
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Yes No
Yes 5 45
No 39 1168
n: 1257
p: 0.0107
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
AOS: Philosophy of Biology Yes No
Yes 7 43
No 69 1138
n: 1257
p: 0.016