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: -0.19	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	28
No	890	251

n: 1184

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	6
No	162	452

n: 634

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	15
No	444	231

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	5
No	104	524

n: 645

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	0
No	525	402

n: 957

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	4
No	146	405

n: 565

p: 0.0003

r: 0.15	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	4
No	310	370

n: 704

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	3
No	525	417

n: 976

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	6
No	51	446

n: 508

p: 0.0023

r: 0.13	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	4
No	144	327

n: 483

p: 0.0036

r: 0.13	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	17
No	377	771

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	22
No	740	375

n: 1151

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	35
No	593	555

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	14
No	385	243

n: 647

p: 0.0016

r: 0.12	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	11
No	81	545

n: 645

p: 0.0022

r: -0.12	True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	9
No	485	168

n: 667

p: 0.002

r: 0.12	True contradictions: actual
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	9
No	91	562

n: 667

p: 0.0027

r: 0.11	Normative concepts: fit
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	11
No	42	512

n: 571

p: 0.0066

r: 0.1	Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	8
No	98	470

n: 583

p: 0.0119

r: 0.1	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	6
No	707	441

n: 1192

p: 0.0003

r: 0.1	Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	5
No	89	396

n: 495

p: 0.023

r: 0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	15
No	382	571

n: 990

p: 0.0013

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	5
No	559	386

n: 981

p: 0.0022

r: 0.1	Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	26
No	150	908

n: 1096

p: 0.0016

r: 0.09	Gender categories: revise
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	6
No	358	305

n: 687

p: 0.0151

r: -0.09	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	31
No	271	672

n: 979

p: 0.0047

r: -0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	17
No	880	268

n: 1192

p: 0.0061

r: 0.08	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	0
No	667	137

n: 829

p: 0.0255

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	19
No	355	704

n: 1096

p: 0.013

r: 0.07	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	10
No	594	476

n: 1107

p: 0.0134

r: 0.07	Morality: naturalist realism
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	12
No	226	477

n: 725

p: 0.0499

r: -0.07	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	21
No	583	442

n: 1058

p: 0.0254

r: -0.06	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	32
No	506	600

n: 1151

p: 0.0319

r: 0.06	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	24
No	127	895

n: 1055

p: 0.0479

r: 0.06	Gender: social
Philosopher: Dewey	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	6
No	713	333

n: 1084

p: 0.0479

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16	Tradition: Other tradition
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	17	28
No	126	1074

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	25	20
No	976	224

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	14	30
No	150	1063

n: 1257

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	6	38
No	41	1172

n: 1257

p: 0.0004

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	32	12
No	602	552

n: 1198

p: 0.0073

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	5	39
No	45	1168

n: 1257

p: 0.0107

r: 0.07	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	10	34
No	128	1085

n: 1257

p: 0.0111

r: 0.06	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	13	31
No	211	1002

n: 1257

p: 0.0386

r: 0.06	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Philosopher: Dewey	Yes	No
Yes	5	39
No	58	1155

n: 1257

p: 0.0494