Survey Results

Correlations

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
Material composition: nihilism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 33 383
No 12 42
n: 470
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Politics: capitalism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 285 443
No 24 144
n: 896
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 153 537
No 57 78
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 711 566
No 111 210
n: 1598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 317 349
No 48 114
n: 828
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Material composition: restrictivism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 185 231
No 10 44
n: 470
p: 0.0004
r: -0.16
Race: social
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 755 376
No 262 56
n: 1449
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender: social
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 746 356
No 266 59
n: 1427
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Truth: epistemic
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 113 1040
No 50 230
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Capital punishment: permissible
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 168 682
No 20 175
n: 1045
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Morality: constructivism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 152 632
No 55 94
n: 933
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Immortality: yes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 423 408
No 58 119
n: 1008
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender: biological
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 397 698
No 67 250
n: 1412
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
External world: idealism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 78 1184
No 38 295
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 173 528
No 22 154
n: 877
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 69 381
No 21 46
n: 517
p: 0.0011
r: -0.14
Laws of nature: Humean
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 361 807
No 113 157
n: 1438
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 327 949
No 130 194
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
True contradictions: impossible
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 568 157
No 76 47
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 314 418
No 95 68
n: 895
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Other minds: plants
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 52 776
No 22 174
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Trolley problem: switch
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 892 241
No 188 98
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Race: biological
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 262 869
No 37 280
n: 1448
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Other minds: particles
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 14 814
No 7 189
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 38 554
No 15 88
n: 695
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 217 1057
No 92 230
n: 1596
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Extended mind: yes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 376 340
No 99 51
n: 866
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
External world: non-skeptical realism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 1105 155
No 262 70
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
True contradictions: actual
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 89 636
No 23 100
n: 848
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Other minds: current AI systems
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 29 799
No 6 190
n: 1024
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 111 572
No 30 102
n: 815
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Gender categories: eliminate
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 104 600
No 49 128
n: 881
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 566 213
No 91 74
n: 944
p: 0.0009
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 466 226
No 83 69
n: 844
p: 0.0024
r: -0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 31 694
No 10 113
n: 848
p: 0.0025
r: -0.1
Properties: classes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 71 513
No 16 66
n: 666
p: 0.0077
r: 0.1
Footbridge: push
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 329 840
No 43 249
n: 1461
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
External world: skepticism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 74 1186
No 18 315
n: 1593
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 606 460
No 184 84
n: 1334
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 309 755
No 56 211
n: 1331
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Units of selection: genes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 251 225
No 41 59
n: 576
p: 0.0223
r: 0.09
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 204 339
No 44 105
n: 692
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 181 505
No 20 115
n: 821
p: 0.0101
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 463 698
No 161 152
n: 1474
p: 0.0006
r: 0.09
Race: unreal
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 203 903
No 39 275
n: 1420
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 778 481
No 160 171
n: 1590
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 321 283
No 38 65
n: 707
p: 0.0223
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 152 386
No 29 55
n: 622
p: 0.0323
r: 0.08
Science: scientific realism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 984 230
No 207 85
n: 1506
p: 0.0011
r: 0.08
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 145 587
No 21 142
n: 895
p: 0.012
r: -0.08
Justification: infinitism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 14 651
No 5 135
n: 805
p: 0.0176
r: 0.08
Morality: expressivism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 101 683
No 6 142
n: 932
p: 0.0111
r: 0.08
Ought implies can: yes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 548 257
No 114 78
n: 997
p: 0.0088
r: -0.08
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 85 447
No 23 83
n: 638
p: 0.0374
r: 0.08
Values in science: can be either
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 249 484
No 41 123
n: 897
p: 0.0147
r: -0.08
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 448 655
No 125 158
n: 1386
p: 0.0025
r: -0.08
Abortion: permissible
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 730 147
No 162 18
n: 1057
p: 0.0085
r: 0.08
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 167 849
No 26 248
n: 1290
p: 0.004
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: none
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 48 1220
No 17 314
n: 1599
p: 0.0016
r: 0.08
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 429 731
No 89 223
n: 1472
p: 0.0025
r: -0.08
Consciousness: panpsychism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 58 672
No 17 130
n: 877
p: 0.0211
r: 0.08
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 853 397
No 181 130
n: 1561
p: 0.0022
r: -0.08
Justification: coherentism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 173 501
No 46 95
n: 815
p: 0.0284
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 292 891
No 102 222
n: 1507
p: 0.0045
r: -0.07
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 599 466
No 157 87
n: 1309
p: 0.0087
r: -0.07
Philosophical knowledge: none
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 29 804
No 10 161
n: 1004
p: 0.022
r: -0.07
Other minds: worms
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 206 622
No 52 144
n: 1024
p: 0.0234
r: -0.07
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 52 848
No 12 190
n: 1102
p: 0.0189
r: -0.07
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 510 508
No 157 119
n: 1294
p: 0.0122
r: -0.07
Meaning of life: subjective
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 423 649
No 132 143
n: 1347
p: 0.0127
r: 0.07
Abstract objects: Platonism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 520 611
No 92 185
n: 1408
p: 0.0117
r: -0.07
Knowledge: empiricism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 564 458
No 166 94
n: 1282
p: 0.0182
r: 0.07
Morality: non-naturalism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 235 546
No 31 117
n: 929
p: 0.0475
r: 0.06
Philosophical progress: a lot
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 597 672
No 126 205
n: 1600
p: 0.0128
r: -0.06
Free will: compatibilism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 785 481
No 225 102
n: 1593
p: 0.0247
r: 0.05
Free will: libertarianism
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 276 987
No 49 278
n: 1590
p: 0.0347
r: -0.05
Philosophical progress: a little
Gender: male Accept Reject
Yes 625 644
No 176 155
n: 1600
p: 0.0441

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.37
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 10 1322
No 70 282
n: 1684
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 21 1311
No 32 320
n: 1684
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Arendt
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 5 986
No 13 242
n: 1246
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Marx
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 28 963
No 21 234
n: 1246
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Other demographics: YOB
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 579 697
No 166 153
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 200 1132
No 24 328
n: 1684
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Foucault
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 14 977
No 12 243
n: 1246
p: 0.001
r: -0.09
Tradition: Continental
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 71 1240
No 39 314
n: 1664
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Russell
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 72 919
No 5 250
n: 1246
p: 0.0017
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 101 890
No 11 244
n: 1246
p: 0.0034
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Europe
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 236 1121
No 37 326
n: 1720
p: 0.0008
r: -0.08
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 203 1129
No 79 273
n: 1684
p: 0.0013
r: 0.08
AOS: Metaphysics
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 310 1022
No 54 298
n: 1684
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 157 1175
No 64 288
n: 1684
p: 0.0016
r: 0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 1113 198
No 276 77
n: 1664
p: 0.0026
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 123 1209
No 15 337
n: 1684
p: 0.0025
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Anscombe
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 25 966
No 14 241
n: 1246
p: 0.0152
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 130 1202
No 18 334
n: 1684
p: 0.0062
r: 0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 331 1001
No 64 288
n: 1684
p: 0.0086
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Hume
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 184 807
No 33 222
n: 1246
p: 0.0347
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Quine
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 91 900
No 13 242
n: 1246
p: 0.0355
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 58 1274
No 6 346
n: 1684
p: 0.0207
r: -0.05
Region of affiliation: United States
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 747 610
No 224 139
n: 1720
p: 0.023
r: -0.05
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 62 1270
No 27 325
n: 1684
p: 0.0245
r: 0.05
AOS: Decision Theory
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 43 1289
No 4 348
n: 1684
p: 0.0341
r: 0.05
Region of nationality: Europe
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 273 1017
No 52 272
n: 1614
p: 0.0402
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Computing and Information
Gender: male Yes No
Yes 22 1310
No 1 351
n: 1684
p: 0.0493