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: 0.17	Wittgenstein: early
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	30
No	150	469

n: 682

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	58	28
No	385	577

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	42	16
No	230	266

n: 554

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Propositions: nonexistent
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	54
No	93	399

n: 552

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	13
No	608	492

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	59	7
No	431	170

n: 667

p: 0.0007

r: 0.13	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	64	28
No	540	560

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Normative concepts: ought
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	36
No	82	437

n: 570

p: 0.0038

r: -0.12	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	54
No	145	355

n: 565

p: 0.0045

r: 0.11	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	24
No	108	177

n: 335

p: 0.0367

r: -0.11	Statue and lump: one thing
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	42
No	198	318

n: 573

p: 0.0068

r: -0.11	Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	67
No	272	603

n: 961

p: 0.0005

r: -0.11	Belief or credence: neither
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	54
No	107	385

n: 551

p: 0.0091

r: 0.11	Belief or credence: belief
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	32
No	162	330

n: 551

p: 0.0092

r: 0.11	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	40
No	41	320

n: 417

p: 0.0291

r: -0.11	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	55
No	233	448

n: 746

p: 0.0035

r: -0.1	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	43
No	184	311

n: 553

p: 0.0152

r: 0.1	Possible worlds: abstract
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	19
No	380	301

n: 746

p: 0.0049

r: -0.1	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	38
No	525	364

n: 957

p: 0.0027

r: 0.1	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	81	10
No	824	269

n: 1184

p: 0.0009

r: 0.1	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	45	12
No	406	234

n: 697

p: 0.0114

r: 0.1	Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	33
No	121	305

n: 482

p: 0.0369

r: -0.09	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	37
No	312	337

n: 704

p: 0.0119

r: -0.09	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	47
No	170	411

n: 634

p: 0.0173

r: -0.09	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	44
No	256	366

n: 679

p: 0.0151

r: -0.09	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	77
No	130	842

n: 1055

p: 0.0043

r: -0.09	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	65
No	388	660

n: 1133

p: 0.0033

r: 0.09	Race: unreal
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	63
No	164	819

n: 1066

p: 0.0049

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	35
No	199	450

n: 715

p: 0.0251

r: 0.08	Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	47
No	124	428

n: 616

p: 0.0381

r: 0.08	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	41
No	66	504

n: 623

p: 0.0387

r: -0.08	Race: social
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	37
No	707	293

n: 1085

p: 0.0064

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	59	33
No	543	557

n: 1192

p: 0.005

r: 0.08	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	39
No	103	546

n: 704

p: 0.0328

r: 0.08	Proper names: Fregean
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	36
No	279	432

n: 794

p: 0.0238

r: -0.08	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	48
No	153	423

n: 630

p: 0.0452

r: 0.08	Gender categories: eliminate
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	38
No	111	524

n: 687

p: 0.0402

r: -0.08	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	64
No	135	606

n: 814

p: 0.0295

r: 0.08	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	43
No	366	646

n: 1095

p: 0.0125

r: -0.07	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	39
No	521	381

n: 976

p: 0.0278

r: -0.07	Moral motivation: internalism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	44
No	417	435

n: 926

p: 0.0396

r: -0.07	Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	74
No	191	677

n: 958

p: 0.0409

r: 0.07	Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	40
No	466	623

n: 1178

p: 0.0234

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	71
No	383	717

n: 1192

p: 0.0227

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	40
No	469	592

n: 1151

p: 0.0262

r: 0.06	External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	83	9
No	899	163

n: 1154

p: 0.03

r: -0.06	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	71
No	283	755

n: 1124

p: 0.0349

r: 0.06	Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	75	18
No	782	229

n: 1104

p: 0.0395

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	46
No	699	401

n: 1192

p: 0.0331

r: 0.06	Free will: compatibilism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	68	22
No	680	401

n: 1171

p: 0.0399

r: -0.06	Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	78
No	234	846

n: 1169

p: 0.0456

r: -0.06	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	80
No	212	879

n: 1180

p: 0.0465

r: -0.06	God: theism
Philosopher: Frege	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	79
No	243	835

n: 1169

p: 0.049

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.33	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	57	36
No	157	1007

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	31	62
No	86	1078

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	13	80
No	25	1139

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Region of nationality: Europe
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	39	51
No	214	894

n: 1198

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	24	66
No	610	498

n: 1198

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	39	54
No	235	929

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	91	2
No	910	242

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	17	47
No	98	705

n: 867

p: 0.0011

r: -0.11	AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	5	88
No	251	913

n: 1257

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Region of affiliation: United States
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	37	57
No	687	484

n: 1265

p: 0.0003

r: 0.09	AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	33	60
No	241	923

n: 1257

p: 0.0009

r: 0.08	Region of affiliation: Europe
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	25	69
No	183	988

n: 1265

p: 0.0058

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	27	66
No	222	942

n: 1257

p: 0.0204

r: 0.06	Region of affiliation: Canada
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	11	83
No	71	1100

n: 1265

p: 0.0327

r: 0.06	Region of nationality: Canada
Philosopher: Frege	Yes	No
Yes	12	78
No	82	1026

n: 1198

p: 0.0442