Survey Results

Correlations

Category

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	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	39	21
No	334	702

n: 1096

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	50
No	485	557

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	59	4
No	699	262

n: 1024

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	15
No	185	420

n: 641

p: 0.0005

r: 0.14	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	30
No	225	773

n: 1061

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	46
No	433	559

n: 1048

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	12
No	185	342

n: 553

p: 0.0071

r: 0.11	Properties: classes
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	16
No	68	450

n: 539

p: 0.0089

r: 0.11	Gender categories: eliminate
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	29
No	112	533

n: 687

p: 0.0037

r: -0.1	Moral motivation: internalism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	39
No	431	440

n: 926

p: 0.0015

r: 0.1	Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	9
No	206	231

n: 464

p: 0.0249

r: -0.1	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	28
No	281	325

n: 641

p: 0.0095

r: 0.1	Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	13
No	366	282

n: 694

p: 0.008

r: -0.1	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	45
No	327	604

n: 983

p: 0.0016

r: 0.1	Propositions: nonexistent
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	14
No	93	439

n: 552

p: 0.019

r: 0.1	Free will: compatibilism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	53	11
No	695	412

n: 1171

p: 0.0008

r: 0.09	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	6
No	473	226

n: 739

p: 0.0124

r: 0.09	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	12
No	185	364

n: 575

p: 0.0282

r: 0.08	Ought implies can: yes
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	10
No	483	254

n: 783

p: 0.0178

r: -0.08	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	39
No	189	480

n: 718

p: 0.0235

r: 0.08	Justification: coherentism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	21
No	166	428

n: 629

p: 0.0401

r: 0.08	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	14
No	236	353

n: 620

p: 0.043

r: 0.08	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	2
No	646	135

n: 829

p: 0.0215

r: 0.08	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	41	16
No	514	386

n: 957

p: 0.014

r: 0.08	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	43	17
No	578	469

n: 1107

p: 0.0091

r: 0.08	Politics: capitalism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	22
No	235	449

n: 726

p: 0.0385

r: 0.07	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	20
No	453	479

n: 985

p: 0.0195

r: 0.07	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	21
No	374	565

n: 990

p: 0.0236

r: -0.06	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	41
No	388	648

n: 1095

p: 0.0372

r: 0.06	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Mill	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	32
No	265	699

n: 1015

p: 0.0465

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.19	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	32	35
No	192	998

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	32	35
No	224	966

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	63	2
No	938	242

n: 1245

p: 0.0006

r: 0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Law
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	6	61
No	29	1161

n: 1257

p: 0.0016

r: 0.09	AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	17	50
No	147	1043

n: 1257

p: 0.0021

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	7	60
No	40	1150

n: 1257

p: 0.0029

r: 0.08	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	16	51
No	140	1050

n: 1257

p: 0.0034

r: 0.06	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	7	60
No	56	1134

n: 1257

p: 0.0361

r: -0.06	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Mill	Yes	No
Yes	8	59
No	266	924

n: 1257

p: 0.0446