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: 0.17	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	3
No	164	455

n: 634

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	5
No	51	447

n: 508

p: 0.0004

r: 0.14	Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	5
No	88	396

n: 495

p: 0.0015

r: 0.1	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	12
No	129	907

n: 1055

p: 0.0007

r: 0.1	Chinese room: understands
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	6
No	143	538

n: 693

p: 0.0076

r: 0.09	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	7
No	110	522

n: 645

p: 0.018

r: 0.09	Morality: expressivism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	8
No	82	625

n: 720

p: 0.0132

r: -0.09	Logic: classical
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	13
No	546	316

n: 880

p: 0.0084

r: 0.08	External world: skepticism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	14
No	71	1065

n: 1155

p: 0.0074

r: 0.08	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	2
No	541	400

n: 957

p: 0.015

r: -0.08	True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	5
No	480	172

n: 667

p: 0.0449

r: -0.08	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	14
No	748	383

n: 1151

p: 0.0096

r: 0.08	Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	5
No	242	417

n: 673

p: 0.0496

r: -0.07	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	9
No	893	270

n: 1184

p: 0.0099

r: -0.07	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	13
No	589	450

n: 1058

p: 0.0154

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	7
No	478	600

n: 1102

p: 0.0182

r: 0.07	Gender: psychological
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	13
No	251	800

n: 1075

p: 0.0208

r: 0.07	Zombies: inconceivable
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	10
No	190	808

n: 1016

p: 0.0252

r: 0.07	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	5
No	543	415

n: 976

p: 0.0413

r: 0.06	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	12
No	169	923

n: 1111

p: 0.0369

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	8
No	891	277

n: 1192

p: 0.0334

r: 0.06	Race: unreal
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	15
No	176	867

n: 1066

p: 0.0468

r: -0.06	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Peirce	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	10
No	738	368

n: 1125

p: 0.0414

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.27	AOS: Philosophy of the Americas
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	5	21
No	7	1224

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	7	19
No	70	1161

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Tradition: Other tradition
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	9	16
No	134	1086

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.09	Region of nationality: Canada
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	6	18
No	88	1086

n: 1198

p: 0.0016

r: 0.07	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	7	19
No	131	1100

n: 1257

p: 0.0086

r: -0.07	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Peirce	Yes	No
Yes	15	10
No	986	234

n: 1245

p: 0.0094