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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: 0.49	Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	93	27
No	113	408

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	101
No	269	252

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: 0.31	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	162	26
No	393	376

n: 957

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	121	71
No	249	629

n: 1070

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	162	30
No	394	390

n: 976

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	159
No	414	446

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	117	73
No	256	650

n: 1096

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	144
No	379	436

n: 989

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	57	135
No	493	375

n: 1060

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	94	109
No	653	269

n: 1125

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	75
No	342	182

n: 647

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	105
No	106	359

n: 575

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	204
No	238	720

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	161	47
No	460	439

n: 1107

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	76
No	81	443

n: 647

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	113	89
No	680	220

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	105
No	204	369

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	62	30
No	162	210

n: 464

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	God: theism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	196
No	238	718

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	114
No	192	405

n: 718

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	117	20
No	390	212

n: 739

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Morality: expressivism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	93
No	56	540

n: 720

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Practical reason: Kantian
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	112
No	129	391

n: 639

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	29
No	144	241

n: 461

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	125
No	152	380

n: 672

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	37
No	171	240

n: 497

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	167	45
No	578	402

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Properties: tropes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	62
No	70	381

n: 539

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Morality: error theory
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	105
No	25	570

n: 717

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	102	110
No	302	678

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	162
No	155	602

n: 935

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	85
No	236	325

n: 679

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	77	120
No	181	683

n: 1061

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Hume: skeptic
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	93
No	216	303

n: 648

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	152
No	112	782

n: 1096

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	141	10
No	551	127

n: 829

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	80	60
No	242	406

n: 788

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	166	29
No	592	237

n: 1024

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Belief or credence: belief
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	78
No	166	284

n: 551

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	99	76
No	305	510

n: 990

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	71
No	169	284

n: 545

p: 0.001

r: 0.14	Mind uploading: survival
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	54	73
No	151	418

n: 696

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Belief or credence: credence
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	54
No	139	311

n: 551

p: 0.001

r: -0.13	Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	77
No	93	317

n: 496

p: 0.0027

r: 0.13	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	65	54
No	188	313

n: 620

p: 0.0008

r: 0.13	External world: skepticism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	182
No	50	897

n: 1155

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	103
No	125	372

n: 616

p: 0.001

r: 0.13	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	54
No	54	350

n: 478

p: 0.0045

r: -0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	68
No	150	245

n: 484

p: 0.0043

r: 0.13	Free will: compatibilism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	158	54
No	590	369

n: 1171

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Chinese room: understands
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	88
No	111	456

n: 693

p: 0.001

r: -0.12	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	102
No	150	355

n: 628

p: 0.0018

r: 0.12	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	41	70
No	91	373

n: 575

p: 0.0029

r: -0.12	Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	51
No	182	219

n: 475

p: 0.0071

r: -0.12	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	142
No	358	547

n: 1095

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	114	64
No	391	373

n: 942

p: 0.0003

r: 0.12	Propositions: nonexistent
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	67
No	76	386

n: 552

p: 0.0063

r: 0.11	Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	73
No	184	349

n: 673

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Normative concepts: value
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	47
No	199	281

n: 574

p: 0.0106

r: -0.11	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	131
No	147	517

n: 814

p: 0.0024

r: -0.1	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	145
No	360	580

n: 1133

p: 0.0004

r: -0.1	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	64	126
No	431	481

n: 1102

p: 0.0005

r: 0.1	Material composition: nihilism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	50
No	27	276

n: 362

p: 0.047

r: -0.09	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	88
No	71	343

n: 510

p: 0.0334

r: 0.09	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	62	55
No	240	325

n: 682

p: 0.0156

r: 0.09	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	42	54
No	144	270

n: 510

p: 0.038

r: -0.09	Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	75
No	83	326

n: 495

p: 0.0448

r: 0.09	Properties: classes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	73
No	58	393

n: 539

p: 0.0416

r: 0.09	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	55	76
No	188	427

n: 746

p: 0.0188

r: -0.09	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	137	63
No	768	216

n: 1184

p: 0.0032

r: -0.09	Possible worlds: abstract
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	60	71
No	366	249

n: 746

p: 0.0194

r: 0.09	Free will: no free will
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	45	167
No	99	860

n: 1171

p: 0.0034

r: 0.08	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	123
No	155	653

n: 981

p: 0.009

r: 0.08	Justification: reliabilism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	58	66
No	186	320

n: 630

p: 0.0444

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	75
No	183	410

n: 715

p: 0.0338

r: 0.07	Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	128
No	226	635

n: 1056

p: 0.0156

r: -0.07	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	157
No	261	669

n: 1124

p: 0.0127

r: 0.07	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	79	71
No	281	387

n: 818

p: 0.0338

r: 0.07	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	97	76
No	389	423

n: 985

p: 0.0202

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	104	108
No	386	594

n: 1192

p: 0.0114

r: 0.07	Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	66	118
No	225	552

n: 961

p: 0.0232

r: -0.07	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	173
No	157	762

n: 1111

p: 0.0154

r: -0.07	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	117	83
No	637	314

n: 1151

p: 0.0145

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	94	118
No	510	470

n: 1192

p: 0.0182

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	92	120
No	510	470

n: 1192

p: 0.0245

r: -0.06	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	42	128
No	292	521

n: 983

p: 0.0433

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Philosopher: Hume	Accept	Reject
Yes	151	61
No	756	224

n: 1192

p: 0.0394

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	199	12
No	802	232

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	37	181
No	67	972

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	40	178
No	98	941

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	AOS: Decision Theory
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	13	205
No	18	1021

n: 1257

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	18	200
No	32	1007

n: 1257

p: 0.0004

r: -0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	20	198
No	194	845

n: 1257

p: 0.0007

r: -0.09	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	8	210
No	112	927

n: 1257

p: 0.0011

r: -0.09	Tradition: Other tradition
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	11	200
No	132	902

n: 1245

p: 0.0017

r: 0.08	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	40	178
No	116	923

n: 1257

p: 0.0034

r: -0.08	Region of PhD: Europe
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	9	149
No	85	624

n: 867

p: 0.0214

r: -0.08	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	5	213
No	76	963

n: 1257

p: 0.006

r: 0.08	Region of affiliation: Oceania
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	18	199
No	42	1006

n: 1265

p: 0.0068

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: Oceania
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	15	194
No	33	956

n: 1198

p: 0.0101

r: 0.07	Region of PhD: Oceania
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	10	148
No	20	689

n: 867

p: 0.0291

r: -0.07	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	5	213
No	72	967

n: 1257

p: 0.0094

r: 0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	14	204
No	33	1006

n: 1257

p: 0.0216

r: -0.06	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	35	183
No	239	800

n: 1257

p: 0.0239

r: 0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	55	163
No	194	845

n: 1257

p: 0.0272

r: 0.06	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	34	184
No	108	931

n: 1257

p: 0.0274

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	14	203
No	121	927

n: 1265

p: 0.027

r: 0.06	Gender: male
Philosopher: Hume	Yes	No
Yes	184	33
No	807	222

n: 1246

p: 0.0347