Survey Results

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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: 0.23	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	57	10
No	386	595

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Properties: transcendent universals
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	19
No	94	404

n: 538

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	58	11
No	492	499

n: 1060

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	17
No	361	563

n: 989

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	10
No	257	343

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	41
No	540	361

n: 957

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	God: theism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	39
No	223	875

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	8
No	118	193

n: 335

p: 0.0042

r: -0.16	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	48
No	601	438

n: 1107

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	63	2
No	730	307

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	61	6
No	686	372

n: 1125

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	53
No	392	533

n: 990

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	38
No	538	382

n: 976

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	28
No	147	303

n: 483

p: 0.0038

r: -0.13	Abortion: permissible
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	17
No	659	120

n: 829

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	11
No	180	271

n: 484

p: 0.0059

r: 0.12	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	10
No	169	314

n: 510

p: 0.005

r: -0.12	Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	26
No	185	244

n: 461

p: 0.0077

r: 0.12	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	23
No	179	496

n: 718

p: 0.0011

r: -0.12	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	39
No	716	408

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	23
No	148	482

n: 672

p: 0.0018

r: 0.11	Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	21
No	200	453

n: 697

p: 0.0031

r: 0.11	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	20
No	244	390

n: 679

p: 0.0041

r: 0.11	Arguments for theism: moral
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	32
No	67	538

n: 648

p: 0.0069

r: -0.11	Plato: knowledge only of forms
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	22
No	254	175

n: 469

p: 0.0217

r: -0.1	Gender categories: revise
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	27
No	363	284

n: 687

p: 0.006

r: -0.1	Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	20
No	216	220

n: 464

p: 0.0248

r: 0.1	Gender categories: preserve
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	22
No	139	505

n: 683

p: 0.0066

r: 0.1	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	30
No	303	619

n: 983

p: 0.0015

r: 0.1	Wittgenstein: early
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	29
No	166	470

n: 682

p: 0.0094

r: 0.1	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	14
No	548	449

n: 1058

p: 0.0013

r: -0.1	Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	51
No	356	649

n: 1070

p: 0.0014

r: 0.1	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	19
No	154	438

n: 628

p: 0.0155

r: -0.1	Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	37
No	482	400

n: 942

p: 0.003

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	32
No	249	671

n: 979

p: 0.0027

r: -0.09	Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	32
No	306	434

n: 788

p: 0.0079

r: 0.09	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	12
No	358	245

n: 647

p: 0.0167

r: 0.09	Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	42
No	153	722

n: 935

p: 0.0043

r: -0.09	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	30
No	244	337

n: 620

p: 0.0214

r: 0.09	Immortality: yes
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	18
No	343	392

n: 780

p: 0.0101

r: 0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	17
No	153	296

n: 484

p: 0.0466

r: -0.09	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	24
No	210	253

n: 497

p: 0.0451

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	51
No	387	737

n: 1192

p: 0.0023

r: -0.09	Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	56
No	288	707

n: 1056

p: 0.0041

r: 0.09	Hume: skeptic
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	18
No	230	378

n: 648

p: 0.0292

r: -0.08	Vagueness: semantic
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	36
No	525	386

n: 967

p: 0.0085

r: 0.08	Propositions: structured entities
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	16
No	212	305

n: 554

p: 0.0469

r: -0.08	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	57
No	198	719

n: 981

p: 0.009

r: 0.08	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	27
No	130	543

n: 713

p: 0.026

r: -0.08	Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	22
No	372	261

n: 670

p: 0.0315

r: -0.08	Morality: constructivism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	38
No	171	509

n: 723

p: 0.0287

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	22
No	221	451

n: 716

p: 0.0325

r: 0.08	Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	42
No	222	882

n: 1169

p: 0.0063

r: -0.08	Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	29
No	238	393

n: 673

p: 0.0414

r: -0.08	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	26
No	285	354

n: 682

p: 0.0462

r: 0.08	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	35
No	372	690

n: 1133

p: 0.0103

r: -0.07	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	35
No	221	450

n: 715

p: 0.0456

r: -0.07	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	36
No	461	463

n: 985

p: 0.0233

r: 0.07	Vagueness: epistemic
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	35
No	239	668

n: 963

p: 0.0251

r: 0.07	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	61	10
No	844	269

n: 1184

p: 0.0136

r: 0.07	Gender: biological
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	34
No	348	663

n: 1077

p: 0.0188

r: -0.07	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	29
No	560	362

n: 981

p: 0.0251

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	43	25
No	559	565

n: 1192

p: 0.0187

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	53
No	159	882

n: 1111

p: 0.0298

r: -0.06	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	54
No	318	797

n: 1183

p: 0.0257

r: 0.06	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	44	24
No	579	535

n: 1182

p: 0.0273

r: 0.06	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosopher: Plato	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	45
No	273	781

n: 1124

p: 0.0329

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.32	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosopher: Plato	Yes	No
Yes	28	46
No	53	1130

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.07	Region of affiliation: United States
Philosopher: Plato	Yes	No
Yes	51	21
No	673	520

n: 1265

p: 0.0163

r: -0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Plato	Yes	No
Yes	6	68
No	208	975

n: 1257

p: 0.0354

r: -0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Plato	Yes	No
Yes	8	66
No	241	942

n: 1257

p: 0.0453

r: 0.06	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Plato	Yes	No
Yes	23	51
No	251	932

n: 1257

p: 0.0462