Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.21	Normative ethics: deontology
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	49	13
No	357	676

n: 1095

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	26	13
No	164	342

n: 545

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	52	10
No	434	489

n: 985

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Practical reason: Kantian
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	17
No	115	486

n: 639

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	55
No	327	594

n: 983

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	4
No	361	291

n: 694

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	6
No	71	337

n: 419

p: 0.0044

r: 0.13	Justification: coherentism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	10
No	166	439

n: 629

p: 0.0007

r: -0.13	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	46
No	479	561

n: 1102

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	11
No	89	390

n: 495

p: 0.0057

r: -0.12	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	55
No	156	761

n: 979

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	42	17
No	560	573

n: 1192

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	8	30
No	280	323

n: 641

p: 0.0092

r: 0.1	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	16
No	177	510

n: 717

p: 0.0073

r: 0.1	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	6
No	420	240

n: 697

p: 0.0095

r: 0.1	Ought implies can: yes
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	7
No	481	257

n: 783

p: 0.0074

r: -0.09	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	48
No	360	675

n: 1096

p: 0.0022

r: -0.09	Footbridge: push
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	11	54
No	247	749

n: 1061

p: 0.0029

r: 0.09	Morality: constructivism
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	25
No	160	522

n: 723

p: 0.0151

r: 0.09	Normative concepts: reasons
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	19
No	146	393

n: 575

p: 0.0382

r: 0.08	Belief or credence: credence
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	9
No	177	356

n: 551

p: 0.0482

r: 0.08	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	13	14
No	256	396

n: 679

p: 0.0383

r: 0.08	Well-being: objective list
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	12
No	359	245

n: 647

p: 0.0466

r: 0.07	Gender: social
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	54	15
No	691	324

n: 1084

p: 0.0162

r: 0.06	Teletransporter: survival
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	34	26
No	339	543

n: 942

p: 0.0477

r: -0.06	Gender: biological
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	51
No	364	646

n: 1077

p: 0.0387

r: -0.06	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosopher: Rawls	Accept	Reject
Yes	27	41
No	596	518

n: 1182

p: 0.0375

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.4	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	57	14
No	167	1019

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	36	35
No	220	966

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	26	45
No	138	1048

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	AOS: Philosophy of Law
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	10	61
No	25	1161

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: -0.09	AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	5	66
No	269	917

n: 1257

p: 0.0019

r: 0.08	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Rawls	Yes	No
Yes	65	5
No	936	239

n: 1245

p: 0.0069