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: 0.13	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	1
No	359	722

n: 1096

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	1
No	540	401

n: 957

p: 0.0016

r: -0.1	Other minds: fish
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	7
No	523	253

n: 788

p: 0.0044

r: 0.1	Theory of reference: causal
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	2
No	287	291

n: 589

p: 0.0158

r: 0.09	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	2
No	541	418

n: 976

p: 0.0033

r: 0.09	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	4
No	183	522

n: 717

p: 0.0124

r: 0.09	Experience machine: yes
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	8
No	157	926

n: 1096

p: 0.0044

r: 0.08	Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	0
No	390	295

n: 694

p: 0.0341

r: 0.08	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	5
No	236	498

n: 746

p: 0.0386

r: 0.08	Morality: naturalist realism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	3
No	230	486

n: 725

p: 0.0426

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	12
No	598	576

n: 1192

p: 0.0111

r: 0.07	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	3
No	351	455

n: 818

p: 0.0418

r: 0.07	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	8
No	251	795

n: 1061

p: 0.0215

r: -0.07	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	8
No	897	271

n: 1184

p: 0.0163

r: 0.06	Vagueness: epistemic
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	7
No	253	696

n: 963

p: 0.0439

r: 0.06	Meaning of life: subjective
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	6
No	393	580

n: 990

p: 0.0495

r: 0.06	Race: biological
Philosopher: Popper	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	8
No	221	847

n: 1083

p: 0.0455

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Philosopher: Popper	Yes	No
Yes	5	13
No	42	1197

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Popper	Yes	No
Yes	7	11
No	131	1108

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.09	Region of affiliation: Europe
Philosopher: Popper	Yes	No
Yes	8	10
No	200	1047

n: 1265

p: 0.0012

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: Europe
Philosopher: Popper	Yes	No
Yes	8	10
No	245	935

n: 1198

p: 0.0145

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Popper	Yes	No
Yes	5	13
No	629	551

n: 1198

p: 0.0313