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: 0.16	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	11
No	102	518

n: 645

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	18
No	443	228

n: 697

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	13
No	164	445

n: 634

p: 0.0015

r: 0.11	Gender categories: revise
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	5
No	356	306

n: 687

p: 0.0035

r: -0.11	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	16
No	447	241

n: 715

p: 0.0032

r: 0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	10
No	381	576

n: 990

p: 0.0011

r: 0.1	Chinese room: understands
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	16
No	137	528

n: 693

p: 0.0067

r: 0.1	Aesthetic experience: perception
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	10
No	151	309

n: 478

p: 0.0278

r: 0.09	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	20
No	383	768

n: 1192

p: 0.001

r: 0.09	Consciousness: panpsychism
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	21
No	60	586

n: 673

p: 0.0151

r: 0.09	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	27
No	125	892

n: 1055

p: 0.0031

r: -0.08	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	30
No	591	560

n: 1192

p: 0.0038

r: 0.08	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	9
No	528	393

n: 957

p: 0.0153

r: -0.08	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	21
No	736	376

n: 1151

p: 0.0089

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	17
No	353	706

n: 1096

p: 0.013

r: -0.07	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	25
No	540	485

n: 1060

p: 0.0173

r: -0.07	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	29
No	434	576

n: 1048

p: 0.0193

r: 0.07	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	24
No	243	779

n: 1061

p: 0.0213

r: 0.07	Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	24
No	196	727

n: 958

p: 0.0333

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	18
No	386	707

n: 1133

p: 0.0224

r: 0.06	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	9
No	713	438

n: 1192

p: 0.0366

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: James	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	27
No	590	561

n: 1192

p: 0.0387

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.12	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	12	35
No	92	1118

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Tradition: Other tradition
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	13	31
No	130	1071

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	14	33
No	150	1060

n: 1257

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	8	39
No	69	1141

n: 1257

p: 0.0015

r: 0.07	Region of PhD: United States
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	27	5
No	564	271

n: 867

p: 0.0449

r: 0.06	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	10	37
No	128	1082

n: 1257

p: 0.0213

r: -0.06	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	30	14
No	971	230

n: 1245

p: 0.0376

r: 0.06	AOS: Aesthetics
Philosopher: James	Yes	No
Yes	6	41
No	68	1142

n: 1257

p: 0.0412