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
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 29 3
No 370 292
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 35 7
No 567 583
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 16 12
No 174 343
n: 545
p: 0.0025
r: 0.12
Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 18 15
No 181 504
n: 718
p: 0.002
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 21 8
No 388 572
n: 989
p: 0.0007
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 8 32
No 487 575
n: 1102
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 25 16
No 348 707
n: 1096
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 11 32
No 612 527
n: 1182
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Properties: classes
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 5 15
No 68 451
n: 539
p: 0.0216
r: -0.1
Moral motivation: internalism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 13 27
No 434 452
n: 926
p: 0.0034
r: 0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 23 1
No 428 245
n: 697
p: 0.0137
r: 0.09
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 15 8
No 205 269
n: 497
p: 0.041
r: 0.09
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 40 5
No 753 304
n: 1102
p: 0.0042
r: 0.08
True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 17 3
No 473 174
n: 667
p: 0.0293
r: 0.08
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 9 3
No 305 248
n: 565
p: 0.0472
r: 0.08
Ought implies can: yes
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 26 6
No 493 258
n: 783
p: 0.0196
r: 0.08
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 38 7
No 709 371
n: 1125
p: 0.0069
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 5 32
No 329 617
n: 983
p: 0.0117
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: abstract
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 22 9
No 404 311
n: 746
p: 0.0353
r: 0.07
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 25 12
No 461 487
n: 985
p: 0.0209
r: 0.07
Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 32 7
No 563 456
n: 1058
p: 0.0176
r: 0.07
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 8 18
No 136 652
n: 814
p: 0.038
r: 0.07
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 26 3
No 481 229
n: 739
p: 0.049
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 13 30
No 208 929
n: 1180
p: 0.0128
r: 0.07
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 31 9
No 723 388
n: 1151
p: 0.0204
r: 0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 38 7
No 720 259
n: 1024
p: 0.0334
r: 0.06
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 14 18
No 262 685
n: 979
p: 0.0443
r: 0.06
Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 36 4
No 821 243
n: 1104
p: 0.0376
r: 0.06
Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosopher: Parfit Accept Reject
Yes 26 19
No 489 644
n: 1178
p: 0.0381

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.23
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Parfit Yes No
Yes 31 15
No 225 986
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Parfit Yes No
Yes 21 25
No 143 1068
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Philosopher: Parfit Yes No
Yes 18 28
No 138 1073
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.06
Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Parfit Yes No
Yes 43 3
No 958 241
n: 1245
p: 0.0228