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: 0.27
Material composition: universalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 45 29
No 76 212
n: 362
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 20 54
No 125 163
n: 362
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Possible worlds: concrete
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 21 69
No 23 632
n: 745
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 57 21
No 163 256
n: 497
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 25 45
No 72 435
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 39 37
No 144 462
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 59 24
No 243 356
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositions: sets
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 24 59
No 34 436
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 24 58
No 54 487
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 16 71
No 207 403
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 24 32
No 66 283
n: 405
p: 0.0003
r: -0.18
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 10 60
No 146 349
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 5 72
No 97 322
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Propositions: nonexistent
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 6 77
No 93 376
n: 552
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 91 20
No 596 485
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 9 81
No 234 422
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 48 33
No 205 334
n: 620
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Arguments for theism: design
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 30 41
No 100 480
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 25 82
No 470 525
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 27 18
No 164 252
n: 461
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 6 71
No 88 330
n: 495
p: 0.0005
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 54 12
No 397 234
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 53 30
No 269 436
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 31 28
No 175 407
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Spacetime: relationism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 24 41
No 194 176
n: 435
p: 0.002
r: 0.15
Mind uploading: survival
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 36 40
No 169 451
n: 696
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 29 11
No 195 229
n: 464
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 67 10
No 440 222
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 16 58
No 253 352
n: 679
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 22 50
No 97 535
n: 704
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 82 28
No 539 458
n: 1107
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 13 45
No 275 308
n: 641
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 95 12
No 762 235
n: 1104
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Vagueness: semantic
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 80 29
No 465 393
n: 967
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 51 19
No 263 232
n: 565
p: 0.002
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 46 23
No 226 259
n: 554
p: 0.0031
r: 0.12
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 55 53
No 315 647
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 44 42
No 207 380
n: 673
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 11 98
No 196 653
n: 958
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 74 41
No 441 622
n: 1178
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Teletransporter: survival
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 54 44
No 319 525
n: 942
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 12 75
No 179 451
n: 717
p: 0.0017
r: -0.12
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 7 70
No 98 408
n: 583
p: 0.0051
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 53 54
No 320 669
n: 1096
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 11 70
No 165 388
n: 634
p: 0.005
r: 0.11
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 90 23
No 664 374
n: 1151
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
Vagueness: epistemic
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 20 88
No 240 615
n: 963
p: 0.0007
r: 0.11
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 102 10
No 803 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 73 13
No 417 164
n: 667
p: 0.0061
r: 0.1
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 62 43
No 381 562
n: 1048
p: 0.0008
r: -0.1
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 6 50
No 65 284
n: 405
p: 0.038
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 49 37
No 311 421
n: 818
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 32 39
No 358 218
n: 647
p: 0.0113
r: 0.1
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 38 35
No 164 247
n: 484
p: 0.0295
r: -0.1
True contradictions: actual
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 7 79
No 89 492
n: 667
p: 0.0119
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 19 83
No 389 642
n: 1133
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 10 75
No 156 573
n: 814
p: 0.0065
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 63 43
No 456 589
n: 1151
p: 0.0013
r: -0.09
Justification: coherentism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 13 63
No 167 386
n: 629
p: 0.0207
r: -0.09
God: theism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 13 98
No 242 816
n: 1169
p: 0.0019
r: 0.09
Belief or credence: credence
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 29 40
No 157 325
n: 551
p: 0.0357
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 31 32
No 155 292
n: 510
p: 0.0453
r: -0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 14 71
No 153 434
n: 672
p: 0.0221
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 22 50
No 308 324
n: 704
p: 0.0195
r: -0.09
Philosophical progress: a little
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 42 73
No 559 504
n: 1178
p: 0.0027
r: 0.09
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 102 11
No 880 161
n: 1154
p: 0.0033
r: 0.08
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 37 50
No 193 435
n: 715
p: 0.0311
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 68 43
No 534 547
n: 1192
p: 0.0054
r: -0.08
Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 13 97
No 232 827
n: 1169
p: 0.006
r: 0.08
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 62 27
No 494 393
n: 976
p: 0.015
r: -0.08
Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 43 64
No 507 446
n: 1060
p: 0.0119
r: 0.07
Logic: classical
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 70 27
No 481 302
n: 880
p: 0.0276
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 65 46
No 539 542
n: 1192
p: 0.0114
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 5 96
No 171 839
n: 1111
p: 0.016
r: -0.07
Gender: biological
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 23 71
No 357 626
n: 1077
p: 0.0184
r: 0.07
Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 79 9
No 613 128
n: 829
p: 0.0419
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 15 87
No 283 739
n: 1124
p: 0.0184
r: 0.06
Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 36 78
No 222 725
n: 1061
p: 0.0351
r: 0.06
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 95 16
No 663 250
n: 1024
p: 0.044
r: -0.06
Gender: psychological
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 15 79
No 247 734
n: 1075
p: 0.0448

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.26
AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 65 51
No 209 932
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 46 70
No 168 973
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 113 2
No 888 242
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Region of PhD: Oceania
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 8 85
No 22 752
n: 867
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 10 106
No 246 895
n: 1257
p: 0.001
r: 0.08
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 19 97
No 98 1043
n: 1257
p: 0.0059
r: 0.07
AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 36 80
No 238 903
n: 1257
p: 0.0114
r: 0.06
Other demographics: YOB
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 57 52
No 459 619
n: 1187
p: 0.0298
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 8 108
No 35 1106
n: 1257
p: 0.0307
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 7 109
No 31 1110
n: 1257
p: 0.0468
r: 0.06
AOS: Decision Theory
Philosopher: Lewis Yes No
Yes 6 110
No 25 1116
n: 1257
p: 0.0486