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: -0.22	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	37	66
No	717	331

n: 1151

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	83	11
No	473	409

n: 976

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	50	47
No	855	232

n: 1184

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	54	49
No	853	236

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Mind: physicalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	77	18
No	544	468

n: 1107

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	51
No	255	359

n: 679

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Time: A-theory
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	67
No	214	407

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Properties: nonexistent
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	41
No	38	442

n: 536

p: 0.0002

r: -0.15	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	29	74
No	573	516

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	16
No	171	254

n: 461

p: 0.0013

r: 0.14	Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	53	43
No	317	657

n: 1070

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	34
No	183	321

n: 545

p: 0.0015

r: 0.13	Consciousness: eliminativism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	51
No	25	583

n: 672

p: 0.0005

r: -0.13	Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	63
No	134	412

n: 616

p: 0.001

r: -0.13	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	49
No	698	329

n: 1125

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Personal identity: biological view
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	42
No	195	675

n: 942

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	45
No	87	433

n: 583

p: 0.0026

r: 0.12	Philosophical knowledge: a little
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	31
No	238	468

n: 772

p: 0.0006

r: 0.12	Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	44	53
No	249	710

n: 1056

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	37
No	422	220

n: 715

p: 0.0011

r: 0.12	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	26
No	188	251

n: 497

p: 0.0068

r: -0.12	Consciousness: dualism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	56
No	159	449

n: 672

p: 0.0017

r: 0.12	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	23
No	488	379

n: 957

p: 0.0002

r: -0.12	Hume: skeptic
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	46
No	238	350

n: 648

p: 0.0032

r: -0.11	Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	45
No	90	266

n: 406

p: 0.0249

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	81	22
No	664	425

n: 1192

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	18
No	194	222

n: 464

p: 0.0197

r: 0.11	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	39	31
No	214	336

n: 620

p: 0.0075

r: -0.11	Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	36
No	429	277

n: 772

p: 0.0034

r: 0.11	Propositions: nonexistent
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	44
No	79	409

n: 552

p: 0.0134

r: -0.1	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	60
No	190	459

n: 718

p: 0.0062

r: 0.1	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	27
No	262	353

n: 682

p: 0.0082

r: 0.1	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	61	9
No	446	223

n: 739

p: 0.0059

r: 0.1	Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	29
No	182	406

n: 641

p: 0.0122

r: 0.1	Normative concepts: fit
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	35
No	42	488

n: 571

p: 0.0188

r: -0.1	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	41
No	158	272

n: 484

p: 0.0342

r: 0.09	Newcomb's problem: one box
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	33	39
No	202	417

n: 691

p: 0.0135

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	46	33
No	314	425

n: 818

p: 0.0082

r: -0.09	Meaning of life: objective
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	62
No	386	518

n: 989

p: 0.0038

r: -0.09	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	56	37
No	737	272

n: 1102

p: 0.0023

r: 0.09	Normative concepts: ought
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	32
No	88	441

n: 570

p: 0.029

r: -0.09	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	54
No	515	456

n: 1060

p: 0.0032

r: 0.09	Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	45	22
No	342	261

n: 670

p: 0.0197

r: 0.09	Free will: no free will
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	72
No	119	955

n: 1171

p: 0.0026

r: 0.09	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	39	50
No	334	673

n: 1096

p: 0.0038

r: -0.09	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	45
No	305	329

n: 704

p: 0.0227

r: 0.08	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	39
No	136	432

n: 630

p: 0.0342

r: -0.08	Proper names: Fregean
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	63
No	301	405

n: 794

p: 0.0177

r: -0.08	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	50
No	547	413

n: 1058

p: 0.0063

r: 0.08	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	39
No	116	480

n: 647

p: 0.0331

r: -0.08	Consciousness: panpsychism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	59
No	61	548

n: 673

p: 0.0317

r: -0.08	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	66
No	153	582

n: 814

p: 0.0186

r: -0.08	Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	72
No	270	598

n: 961

p: 0.0135

r: -0.08	Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	65
No	164	699

n: 935

p: 0.0153

r: -0.08	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	49
No	163	408

n: 628

p: 0.0483

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	41
No	199	444

n: 715

p: 0.0368

r: 0.08	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	43
No	81	513

n: 645

p: 0.0478

r: 0.07	Morality: error theory
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	62
No	35	613

n: 717

p: 0.0461

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	43	60
No	361	728

n: 1192

p: 0.0117

r: -0.07	Free will: libertarianism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	86
No	235	838

n: 1169

p: 0.0157

r: -0.07	Gender: psychological
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	74
No	246	739

n: 1075

p: 0.0218

r: 0.06	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	67
No	227	736

n: 1061

p: 0.0347

r: 0.06	Vagueness: semantic
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	60	33
No	485	389

n: 967

p: 0.0466

r: 0.06	Zombies: inconceivable
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	61
No	172	757

n: 1016

p: 0.0425

r: -0.06	Truth: epistemic
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	6	92
No	130	827

n: 1055

p: 0.0446

r: -0.06	God: theism
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	89
No	240	825

n: 1169

p: 0.0376

r: -0.06	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Quine	Accept	Reject
Yes	25	67
No	383	658

n: 1133

p: 0.0452

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.18	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	26	81
No	78	1072

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	26	81
No	112	1038

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	14	93
No	41	1109

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	11	96
No	32	1118

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	12	95
No	38	1112

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	6	101
No	250	900

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	99	6
No	902	238

n: 1245

p: 0.0002

r: 0.08	AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	35	72
No	239	911

n: 1257

p: 0.0042

r: -0.07	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	9	98
No	215	935

n: 1257

p: 0.0078

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	28	79
No	186	964

n: 1257

p: 0.0085

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	17	84
No	100	997

n: 1198

p: 0.0124

r: -0.07	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	5	102
No	151	999

n: 1257

p: 0.0111

r: -0.06	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	5	102
No	137	1013

n: 1257

p: 0.0236

r: 0.06	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	32	75
No	242	908

n: 1257

p: 0.0337

r: 0.06	Gender: male
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	91	13
No	900	242

n: 1246

p: 0.0355

r: -0.06	AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	7	100
No	157	993

n: 1257

p: 0.0368

r: 0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Quine	Yes	No
Yes	29	78
No	220	930

n: 1257

p: 0.0479