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: 0.18
Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 18 17
No 149 488
n: 672
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 11 16
No 66 415
n: 508
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Properties: transcendent universals
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 13 17
No 102 406
n: 538
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 11 30
No 544 372
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 19 13
No 180 506
n: 718
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 13 12
No 158 301
n: 484
p: 0.0058
r: 0.12
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 17 17
No 154 440
n: 628
p: 0.0021
r: 0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 12 18
No 107 567
n: 704
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Justification: coherentism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 5 30
No 175 419
n: 629
p: 0.0025
r: 0.12
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 14 8
No 191 262
n: 475
p: 0.009
r: 0.12
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 6 16
No 47 496
n: 565
p: 0.0057
r: 0.11
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 11 7
No 134 210
n: 362
p: 0.0296
r: 0.11
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 22 21
No 254 682
n: 979
p: 0.0005
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 15 28
No 575 363
n: 981
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Immortality: yes
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 24 12
No 346 398
n: 780
p: 0.0025
r: -0.11
Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 10 21
No 377 262
n: 670
p: 0.0052
r: 0.11
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 12 9
No 178 346
n: 545
p: 0.0132
r: 0.11
Epistemic justification: internalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 28 18
No 394 602
n: 1042
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Concepts: nativism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 14 11
No 181 371
n: 577
p: 0.0116
r: 0.1
Theory of reference: descriptive
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 14 18
No 147 410
n: 589
p: 0.0117
r: 0.1
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 28 7
No 430 250
n: 715
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 24 22
No 260 709
n: 1015
p: 0.0016
r: 0.1
Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 24 21
No 267 649
n: 961
p: 0.0028
r: 0.1
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 13 10
No 189 272
n: 484
p: 0.0348
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: design
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 10 18
No 120 503
n: 651
p: 0.0163
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 43 3
No 862 276
n: 1184
p: 0.0014
r: -0.09
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 7 38
No 363 662
n: 1070
p: 0.003
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 9 16
No 102 448
n: 575
p: 0.0307
r: -0.09
Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 8 27
No 243 395
n: 673
p: 0.0203
r: -0.09
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 15 28
No 541 392
n: 976
p: 0.0057
r: 0.09
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 29 17
No 414 588
n: 1048
p: 0.0045
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 8 22
No 322 352
n: 704
p: 0.0219
r: -0.09
Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 19 29
No 602 457
n: 1107
p: 0.0041
r: 0.08
Race categories: preserve
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 6 24
No 51 560
n: 641
p: 0.0354
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 33 12
No 569 578
n: 1192
p: 0.0053
r: -0.08
Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 5 41
No 288 722
n: 1056
p: 0.0099
r: 0.08
Gender categories: preserve
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 11 20
No 145 507
n: 683
p: 0.0412
r: 0.08
Race: biological
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 12 28
No 216 827
n: 1083
p: 0.0101
r: -0.08
Morality: naturalist realism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 5 26
No 231 463
n: 725
p: 0.0369
r: 0.08
Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 35 11
No 560 452
n: 1058
p: 0.0142
r: -0.07
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 10 24
No 312 442
n: 788
p: 0.0396
r: 0.07
Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 12 28
No 159 736
n: 935
p: 0.0305
r: 0.07
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 36 7
No 757 302
n: 1102
p: 0.02
r: -0.07
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 5 42
No 327 809
n: 1183
p: 0.0173
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Descartes Accept Reject
Yes 31 16
No 592 543
n: 1182
p: 0.0451

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Descartes Yes No
Yes 21 27
No 228 981
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Descartes Yes No
Yes 20 28
No 254 955
n: 1257
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Descartes Yes No
Yes 12 36
No 130 1079
n: 1257
p: 0.0022
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Philosopher: Descartes Yes No
Yes 8 40
No 102 1107
n: 1257
p: 0.0479