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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: -0.47	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	35
No	685	102

n: 829

p < 0.0001

r: 0.43	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	9
No	79	455

n: 575

p < 0.0001

r: 0.38	God: theism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	5
No	205	909

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	8
No	137	475

n: 653

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	41	11
No	204	913

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	1
No	251	352

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: 0.29	Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	1
No	360	579

n: 989

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	5
No	238	405

n: 679

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	7
No	144	498

n: 672

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Gender categories: preserve
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	11
No	130	516

n: 683

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Free will: compatibilism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	42
No	738	381

n: 1171

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Material composition: restrictivism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	5
No	128	212

n: 362

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Capital punishment: permissible
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	19
No	132	638

n: 810

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Immortality: yes
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	7
No	333	403

n: 780

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	36
No	547	384

n: 976

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	23
No	494	209

n: 739

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	44	7
No	451	600

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	1
No	357	256

n: 647

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Gender categories: revise
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	29
No	368	282

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	36
No	498	401

n: 942

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	45	5
No	505	505

n: 1060

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	52	2
No	695	376

n: 1125

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Gender: biological
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	10
No	344	687

n: 1077

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	23
No	380	260

n: 670

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	15
No	88	379

n: 496

p: 0.0002

r: 0.17	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	45	8
No	578	551

n: 1182

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Gender: social
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	29
No	729	310

n: 1084

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Politics: capitalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	12
No	231	459

n: 726

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	15
No	122	460

n: 616

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	32
No	294	348

n: 682

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	5
No	180	277

n: 484

p: 0.0007

r: -0.15	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	33
No	481	466

n: 985

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	17
No	170	509

n: 717

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	29
No	248	338

n: 620

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	2
No	745	307

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	10
No	306	639

n: 983

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	18
No	372	707

n: 1133

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	10
No	274	349

n: 657

p: 0.0005

r: 0.13	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	9
No	555	454

n: 1058

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	13
No	203	461

n: 697

p: 0.0006

r: -0.13	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	48
No	327	803

n: 1183

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	25
No	153	739

n: 935

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Hume: skeptic
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	12
No	230	384

n: 648

p: 0.0017

r: 0.12	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	5
No	427	252

n: 715

p: 0.0012

r: 0.12	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	18
No	179	501

n: 718

p: 0.0015

r: -0.12	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	21
No	212	256

n: 497

p: 0.0084

r: 0.12	Propositions: acts
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	18
No	47	480

n: 553

p: 0.0063

r: 0.11	Belief or credence: belief
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	14
No	171	348

n: 551

p: 0.0077

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	9
No	156	304

n: 484

p: 0.0145

r: 0.11	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	11
No	169	313

n: 510

p: 0.0131

r: 0.11	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	19
No	156	438

n: 628

p: 0.008

r: 0.1	Propositions: simple entities
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	21
No	39	489

n: 554

p: 0.0182

r: 0.1	Logic: classical
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	8
No	513	321

n: 880

p: 0.0029

r: 0.1	True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	4
No	454	173

n: 667

p: 0.0116

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	18
No	257	685

n: 979

p: 0.0023

r: 0.1	Properties: immanent universals
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	18
No	116	388

n: 538

p: 0.0249

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	25
No	723	422

n: 1192

p: 0.0011

r: 0.09	External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	51	2
No	931	170

n: 1154

p: 0.002

r: 0.09	Ought implies can: yes
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	7
No	484	257

n: 783

p: 0.0119

r: 0.09	Race: biological
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	28
No	211	827

n: 1083

p: 0.0033

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	36
No	479	666

n: 1192

p: 0.0022

r: 0.09	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	11
No	187	343

n: 553

p: 0.0381

r: -0.09	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	38
No	393	651

n: 1095

p: 0.0043

r: -0.08	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	39
No	396	749

n: 1192

p: 0.0035

r: 0.08	Other minds: newborn babies
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	1
No	656	96

n: 788

p: 0.0209

r: 0.08	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	13
No	418	592

n: 1048

p: 0.0142

r: 0.07	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	13
No	308	361

n: 704

p: 0.0476

r: -0.07	Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	15
No	734	251

n: 1024

p: 0.0207

r: -0.07	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	19
No	352	439

n: 818

p: 0.0483

r: -0.07	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	27
No	685	417

n: 1155

p: 0.02

r: -0.06	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	17
No	570	374

n: 981

p: 0.0485

r: -0.06	Race: social
Philosopher: Aquinas	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	22
No	732	308

n: 1085

p: 0.0498

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.49	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	25	30
No	19	1183

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	22	33
No	88	1114

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Region of affiliation: United States
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	44	11
No	680	530

n: 1265

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	Region of PhD: United States
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	33	5
No	558	271

n: 867

p: 0.0115

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

n: 1257

p: 0.0026

r: 0.08	Tradition: Other tradition
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	13	41
No	130	1061

n: 1245

p: 0.003

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	37	15
No	597	549

n: 1198

p: 0.0071

r: 0.07	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	8	47
No	73	1129

n: 1257

p: 0.0123

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Action
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	8	47
No	73	1129

n: 1257

p: 0.0123

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Europe
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	5	47
No	248	898

n: 1198

p: 0.0377

r: -0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	5	50
No	244	958

n: 1257

p: 0.0414

r: 0.06	AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Aquinas	Yes	No
Yes	17	38
No	239	963

n: 1257

p: 0.0471