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: 0.43
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 124 25
No 164 328
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 18 131
No 188 304
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 151 60
No 344 547
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Practical reason: Kantian
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 17 131
No 119 372
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 122 80
No 287 500
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 23 73
No 168 197
n: 461
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 38 173
No 335 550
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 41 83
No 70 381
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: immanent universals
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 44 63
No 88 343
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
God: theism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 82 141
No 173 773
n: 1169
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 40 32
No 105 185
n: 362
p: 0.001
r: 0.16
Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 100 33
No 290 224
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 35 64
No 189 176
n: 464
p: 0.0005
r: -0.16
Normative concepts: ought
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 8 117
No 89 356
n: 570
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 115 42
No 577 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 46 161
No 324 539
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Morality: naturalist realism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 70 76
No 166 413
n: 725
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 110 111
No 298 614
n: 1133
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 58 152
No 348 537
n: 1095
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 70 67
No 199 343
n: 679
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Theory of reference: causal
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 72 36
No 224 257
n: 589
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 50 85
No 120 398
n: 653
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 172 47
No 575 331
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Vagueness: epistemic
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 69 115
No 191 588
n: 963
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 141 63
No 454 400
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 86 112
No 419 325
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Mind uploading: survival
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 30 113
No 175 378
n: 696
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 46 53
No 153 301
n: 553
p: 0.0024
r: -0.13
Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 33 171
No 260 592
n: 1056
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Chinese room: understands
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 17 124
No 132 420
n: 693
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Capital punishment: permissible
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 42 112
No 111 545
n: 810
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 47 89
No 255 291
n: 682
p: 0.001
r: -0.12
Morality: expressivism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 8 135
No 79 498
n: 720
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 12 119
No 77 437
n: 645
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 57 160
No 119 775
n: 1111
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 128 78
No 422 432
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Personal identity: biological view
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 69 129
No 156 588
n: 942
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 54 45
No 148 237
n: 484
p: 0.0087
r: 0.12
Gender: biological
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 97 107
No 283 590
n: 1077
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Material composition: universalism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 18 54
No 103 187
n: 362
p: 0.0237
r: 0.12
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 48 50
No 138 274
n: 510
p: 0.0073
r: 0.12
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 29 31
No 105 170
n: 335
p: 0.0339
r: 0.11
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 76 59
No 222 300
n: 657
p: 0.0038
r: -0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 38 61
No 234 221
n: 554
p: 0.0083
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 24 175
No 181 601
n: 981
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 20 196
No 142 738
n: 1096
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 63 62
No 324 221
n: 670
p: 0.0069
r: 0.1
Propositions: acts
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 17 84
No 38 414
n: 553
p: 0.0149
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 65 137
No 339 449
n: 990
p: 0.0013
r: -0.1
Gender: social
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 123 81
No 622 258
n: 1084
p: 0.0008
r: -0.1
Morality: error theory
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 5 137
No 37 538
n: 717
p: 0.0071
r: -0.1
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 10 88
No 80 333
n: 511
p: 0.024
r: -0.1
Teletransporter: survival
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 63 120
No 310 449
n: 942
p: 0.0024
r: 0.1
Logic: classical
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 123 48
No 428 281
n: 880
p: 0.0034
r: -0.1
Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 36 161
No 222 642
n: 1061
p: 0.0014
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 88 56
No 419 176
n: 739
p: 0.008
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 50 89
No 141 437
n: 717
p: 0.0091
r: 0.1
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 170 41
No 623 268
n: 1102
p: 0.0014
r: -0.1
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 25 108
No 103 411
n: 647
p: 0.0153
r: -0.09
Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 95 108
No 526 378
n: 1107
p: 0.002
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 21 69
No 123 269
n: 482
p: 0.0442
r: -0.09
External world: idealism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 11 207
No 83 856
n: 1157
p: 0.0019
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 54 50
No 151 220
n: 475
p: 0.0497
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 84 107
No 250 542
n: 983
p: 0.005
r: -0.09
Free will: no free will
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 16 208
No 128 819
n: 1171
p: 0.0022
r: 0.09
Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 36 83
No 105 392
n: 616
p: 0.0285
r: 0.09
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 138 89
No 485 470
n: 1182
p: 0.0024
r: -0.09
Vagueness: semantic
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 86 99
No 459 323
n: 967
p: 0.0068
r: -0.09
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 80 111
No 406 388
n: 985
p: 0.0072
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 38 95
No 118 432
n: 683
p: 0.0259
r: 0.08
Belief or credence: belief
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 40 62
No 149 300
n: 551
p: 0.0463
r: -0.08
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 37 83
No 216 284
n: 620
p: 0.0364
r: 0.08
Propositions: simple entities
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 10 92
No 34 418
n: 554
p: 0.048
r: 0.08
Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 49 80
No 174 394
n: 697
p: 0.0276
r: -0.08
Gender categories: eliminate
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 15 120
No 110 442
n: 687
p: 0.0342
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 109 114
No 578 391
n: 1192
p: 0.0062
r: 0.08
Hume: skeptic
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 61 73
No 191 323
n: 648
p: 0.0476
r: 0.08
Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 48 136
No 159 615
n: 958
p: 0.016
r: -0.08
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 72 65
No 327 230
n: 694
p: 0.0444
r: 0.08
Consciousness: identity theory
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 26 101
No 76 469
n: 672
p: 0.0484
r: 0.08
Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 63 161
No 182 763
n: 1169
p: 0.0095
r: 0.07
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 43 118
No 123 530
n: 814
p: 0.0352
r: -0.07
External world: skepticism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 11 207
No 65 872
n: 1155
p: 0.0174
r: -0.07
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 33 194
No 188 765
n: 1180
p: 0.0204
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 72 146
No 226 680
n: 1124
p: 0.0242
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 127 54
No 631 212
n: 1024
p: 0.0332
r: -0.07
Epistemic justification: internalism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 65 127
No 357 493
n: 1042
p: 0.0335
r: 0.07
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 195 23
No 787 149
n: 1154
p: 0.0265
r: -0.06
Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Aristotle Accept Reject
Yes 20 184
No 116 735
n: 1055
p: 0.0394

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.26
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 46 184
No 35 992
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 35 195
No 46 981
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 22 208
No 22 1005
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 76 154
No 180 847
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 20 210
No 194 833
n: 1257
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Tradition: Continental
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 6 219
No 95 925
n: 1245
p: 0.0009
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 5 225
No 79 948
n: 1257
p: 0.0024
r: -0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 10 220
No 110 917
n: 1257
p: 0.003
r: 0.08
AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 66 164
No 208 819
n: 1257
p: 0.005
r: -0.07
AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 36 194
No 238 789
n: 1257
p: 0.0125
r: 0.07
AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 41 189
No 123 904
n: 1257
p: 0.0173
r: -0.06
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 13 217
No 104 923
n: 1257
p: 0.0348
r: -0.06
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Aristotle Yes No
Yes 17 213
No 125 902
n: 1257
p: 0.0385