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: 0.12
Morality: constructivism
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 10 3
No 166 544
n: 723
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 5 3
No 100 475
n: 583
p: 0.0054
r: 0.11
Gender: social
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 25 0
No 720 339
n: 1084
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Race: social
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 24 0
No 731 330
n: 1085
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Philosophical progress: none
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 5 19
No 50 1103
n: 1177
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 11 2
No 319 372
n: 704
p: 0.0064
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 11 13
No 894 266
n: 1184
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 8 11
No 849 236
n: 1104
p: 0.0012
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 6 1
No 170 457
n: 634
p: 0.0141
r: 0.1
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 9 7
No 264 492
n: 772
p: 0.007
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 15 8
No 319 641
n: 983
p: 0.004
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 12 10
No 286 816
n: 1124
p: 0.0043
r: 0.08
Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 8 6
No 285 757
n: 1056
p: 0.0085
r: 0.07
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 8 13
No 197 763
n: 981
p: 0.022
r: 0.07
Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 15 0
No 677 137
n: 829
p: 0.0369
r: 0.06
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 13 5
No 482 602
n: 1102
p: 0.0458
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 11 12
No 321 839
n: 1183
p: 0.0445
r: -0.06
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Foucault Accept Reject
Yes 7 10
No 747 387
n: 1151
p: 0.0497

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.29
Tradition: Continental
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 16 10
No 85 1134
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 5 21
No 996 223
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 9 17
No 54 1177
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 10 16
No 74 1157
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 6 20
No 38 1193
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 15 11
No 209 1022
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Gender: female
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 12 14
No 235 985
n: 1246
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Gender: male
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 14 12
No 977 243
n: 1246
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 7 19
No 113 1118
n: 1257
p: 0.0023
r: 0.08
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Foucault Yes No
Yes 5 21
No 72 1159
n: 1257
p: 0.0048