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: 0.14	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	6
No	235	361

n: 620

p: 0.0005

r: 0.12	Sleeping beauty: one-third
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	6
No	87	176

n: 277

p: 0.0378

r: 0.12	Concepts: nativism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	11
No	180	371

n: 577

p: 0.0044

r: 0.12	Theory of reference: causal
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	7
No	275	286

n: 589

p: 0.0051

r: 0.11	Aesthetic experience: perception
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	7
No	147	312

n: 478

p: 0.0176

r: 0.1	Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	22	11
No	300	455

n: 788

p: 0.0041

r: -0.09	Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	15
No	390	280

n: 694

p: 0.0142

r: 0.09	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	13
No	186	363

n: 575

p: 0.0409

r: 0.08	Other minds: cats
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	0
No	686	69

n: 788

p: 0.0219

r: 0.08	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	6
No	527	414

n: 976

p: 0.0109

r: 0.08	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	10
No	592	476

n: 1107

p: 0.0079

r: 0.08	Consciousness: functionalism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	9
No	234	413

n: 673

p: 0.0391

r: -0.08	Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	30
No	284	640

n: 961

p: 0.016

r: 0.07	Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	6
No	723	260

n: 1024

p: 0.0264

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Putnam	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	8
No	711	439

n: 1192

p: 0.0175

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	7	35
No	36	1179

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	15	27
No	234	981

n: 1257

p: 0.0085

r: 0.07	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	16	26
No	258	957

n: 1257

p: 0.0092

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	8	34
No	96	1119

n: 1257

p: 0.0099

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	13	29
No	201	1014

n: 1257

p: 0.0146

r: 0.06	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Putnam	Yes	No
Yes	9	33
No	129	1086

n: 1257

p: 0.0276