Survey Results

Correlations

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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: 0.22	Material composition: universalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	4
No	103	237

n: 362

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	10
No	620	495

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Metaontology: anti-realism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	19
No	58	393

n: 482

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	13
No	179	422

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	55
No	402	525

n: 989

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	54	23
No	436	679

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Belief or credence: credence
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	21
No	159	344

n: 551

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	53
No	533	457

n: 1060

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Belief or credence: belief
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	38
No	179	324

n: 551

p: 0.0011

r: 0.14	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	20
No	222	347

n: 620

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Propositions: sets
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	31
No	45	464

n: 553

p: 0.0013

r: -0.13	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	41
No	715	337

n: 1125

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	32
No	333	691

n: 1096

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	26
No	124	175

n: 335

p: 0.019

r: -0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	24
No	195	258

n: 484

p: 0.0049

r: -0.13	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	32
No	280	321

n: 641

p: 0.0012

r: -0.12	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	39
No	262	371

n: 679

p: 0.0013

r: 0.12	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	39
No	181	737

n: 981

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	12
No	508	408

n: 976

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	42
No	229	761

n: 1061

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	20
No	77	295

n: 405

p: 0.0239

r: 0.11	Theory of reference: descriptive
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	22
No	141	406

n: 589

p: 0.0077

r: 0.11	Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	49
No	145	885

n: 1096

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	30
No	80	526

n: 645

p: 0.0058

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	18
No	129	320

n: 482

p: 0.018

r: -0.11	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	31
No	756	278

n: 1102

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	32
No	83	448

n: 577

p: 0.0112

r: 0.1	Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	40
No	263	723

n: 1056

p: 0.0007

r: 0.1	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	29
No	172	497

n: 717

p: 0.0054

r: 0.1	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	52	13
No	503	389

n: 957

p: 0.0013

r: -0.1	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	51
No	576	539

n: 1192

p: 0.0004

r: 0.1	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	16
No	274	364

n: 682

p: 0.0077

r: -0.1	Propositions: structured entities
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	30
No	219	291

n: 554

p: 0.0171

r: 0.1	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	33
No	48	532

n: 624

p: 0.0125

r: 0.1	Mind uploading: survival
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	23
No	186	468

n: 696

p: 0.0107

r: -0.09	Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	61
No	199	690

n: 958

p: 0.0035

r: 0.09	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	1
No	642	136

n: 829

p: 0.0071

r: -0.09	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	25
No	376	232

n: 647

p: 0.0178

r: 0.09	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	51	20
No	570	466

n: 1107

p: 0.0021

r: 0.09	Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	22
No	226	400

n: 673

p: 0.0165

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	19
No	329	439

n: 818

p: 0.0091

r: 0.09	Morality: expressivism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	34
No	78	599

n: 720

p: 0.0186

r: 0.08	Chinese room: understands
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	29
No	136	515

n: 693

p: 0.0273

r: -0.08	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	38
No	194	481

n: 718

p: 0.0413

r: -0.07	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	42
No	567	421

n: 1058

p: 0.017

r: 0.07	Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	19
No	467	418

n: 942

p: 0.0246

r: 0.07	Proper names: Fregean
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	29
No	292	439

n: 794

p: 0.0409

r: 0.07	Other minds: plants
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	43
No	57	682

n: 788

p: 0.0432

r: 0.07	Epistemic justification: internalism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	30
No	386	590

n: 1042

p: 0.0248

r: -0.07	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	55
No	478	552

n: 1102

p: 0.0281

r: 0.07	Vagueness: semantic
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	19
No	495	403

n: 967

p: 0.0399

r: -0.07	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	42
No	422	563

n: 1048

p: 0.034

r: -0.07	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	51
No	393	674

n: 1133

p: 0.0277

r: -0.06	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	57
No	392	632

n: 1095

p: 0.0315

r: 0.06	Teletransporter: survival
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	31
No	345	538

n: 942

p: 0.0482

r: 0.06	Free will: no free will
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	58
No	129	969

n: 1171

p: 0.0314

r: 0.06	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	57
No	125	862

n: 1055

p: 0.0467

r: -0.06	Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	24
No	809	223

n: 1104

p: 0.0477

r: 0.06	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosopher: Carnap	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	53
No	200	906

n: 1180

p: 0.0489

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.17	AOS: Decision Theory
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	10	66
No	21	1160

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	19	57
No	98	1083

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	32	44
No	242	939

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	20	56
No	118	1063

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	76	1
No	925	243

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	10	66
No	45	1136

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	8	68
No	35	1146

n: 1257

p: 0.0004

r: 0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	7	69
No	31	1150

n: 1257

p: 0.0011

r: -0.09	Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	27	48
No	607	516

n: 1198

p: 0.0024

r: -0.08	Region of PhD: United States
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	32	27
No	559	249

n: 867

p: 0.0173

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	22	54
No	192	989

n: 1257

p: 0.0043

r: 0.07	Other demographics: YOB
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	42	35
No	474	636

n: 1187

p: 0.0107

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: Europe
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	24	51
No	229	894

n: 1198

p: 0.0171

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	7	69
No	43	1138

n: 1257

p: 0.016

r: -0.06	Gender: female
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	8	70
No	239	929

n: 1246

p: 0.0286

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: United States
Philosopher: Carnap	Yes	No
Yes	37	43
No	687	498

n: 1265

p: 0.0402