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: 0.16
Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 2
No 198 433
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 13 1
No 360 722
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 1
No 183 269
n: 461
p: 0.0031
r: 0.12
Politics: capitalism
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 2
No 247 469
n: 726
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 5
No 197 771
n: 981
p: 0.0007
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 12 1
No 495 231
n: 739
p: 0.0063
r: 0.09
Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 7 3
No 217 237
n: 464
p: 0.0443
r: -0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 4
No 683 93
n: 788
p: 0.015
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 8 6
No 362 694
n: 1070
p: 0.0113
r: 0.08
Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 7 9
No 155 925
n: 1096
p: 0.0129
r: 0.07
Morality: constructivism
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 6 7
No 170 540
n: 723
p: 0.0485
r: 0.07
Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 7 7
No 251 796
n: 1061
p: 0.0247
r: 0.07
Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 11 3
No 544 399
n: 957
p: 0.0333
r: 0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Hobbes Accept Reject
Yes 13 1
No 745 265
n: 1024
p: 0.0289

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.13
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Hobbes Yes No
Yes 10 6
No 214 1027
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Hobbes Yes No
Yes 8 8
No 248 993
n: 1257
p: 0.003