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: -0.21	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	43
No	325	331

n: 704

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	10
No	236	272

n: 554

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	27
No	98	558

n: 704

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	44
No	260	366

n: 679

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	5	51
No	171	407

n: 634

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	58	14
No	537	449

n: 1058

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	39
No	192	315

n: 553

p: 0.0012

r: 0.13	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	51	25
No	468	607

n: 1151

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Science: scientific realism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	74	4
No	783	243

n: 1104

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	48	26
No	395	579

n: 1048

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	16
No	174	266

n: 484

p: 0.0051

r: 0.12	Material composition: universalism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	15
No	101	226

n: 362

p: 0.0234

r: -0.12	Proper names: Fregean
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	51
No	306	417

n: 794

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	True contradictions: impossible
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	52	7
No	438	170

n: 667

p: 0.0026

r: -0.12	Race: social
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	35	34
No	720	296

n: 1085

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	21	27
No	150	430

n: 628

p: 0.0042

r: 0.11	Wittgenstein: early
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	31
No	160	468

n: 682

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Theory of reference: causal
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	19
No	260	274

n: 589

p: 0.0066

r: -0.11	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	39
No	147	370

n: 565

p: 0.0093

r: -0.11	Laws of nature: Humean
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	62
No	358	638

n: 1070

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	57	17
No	630	488

n: 1192

p: 0.0003

r: 0.1	Race: biological
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	45
No	204	810

n: 1083

p: 0.0006

r: -0.1	Extended mind: yes
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	24	31
No	363	252

n: 670

p: 0.0075

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	37
No	246	666

n: 979

p: 0.0016

r: -0.1	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	37
No	560	354

n: 981

p: 0.0017

r: -0.1	Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	60
No	281	703

n: 1056

p: 0.0012

r: 0.1	Units of selection: genes
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	19	10
No	205	230

n: 464

p: 0.0326

r: -0.1	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	54
No	480	553

n: 1102

p: 0.001

r: -0.1	Kant: one world
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	12	24
No	251	233

n: 520

p: 0.0246

r: 0.1	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	41	12
No	410	234

n: 697

p: 0.0114

r: 0.09	Causation: primitive
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	33
No	123	442

n: 616

p: 0.0202

r: 0.09	Propositions: structured entities
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	31	22
No	202	299

n: 554

p: 0.0283

r: -0.09	Properties: immanent universals
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	9	44
No	123	362

n: 538

p: 0.0317

r: -0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	33
No	110	331

n: 481

p: 0.0443

r: -0.09	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	15	36
No	238	331

n: 620

p: 0.0256

r: 0.09	Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	47	31
No	468	632

n: 1178

p: 0.0028

r: 0.09	Practical reason: Humean
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	17	18
No	189	417

n: 641

p: 0.0296

r: 0.08	Free will: no free will
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	16	58
No	128	969

n: 1171

p: 0.0038

r: -0.08	Justification: coherentism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	7	41
No	173	408

n: 629

p: 0.0386

r: 0.08	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	32	37
No	341	686

n: 1096

p: 0.0066

r: -0.08	Knowledge: empiricism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	28	39
No	527	363

n: 957

p: 0.0141

r: 0.08	Capital punishment: permissible
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	14	44
No	139	613

n: 810

p: 0.0296

r: 0.08	Morality: naturalist realism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	29
No	213	460

n: 725

p: 0.0402

r: -0.07	Moral motivation: internalism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	20	35
No	427	444

n: 926

p: 0.0233

r: 0.07	Possible worlds: abstract
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	40	18
No	386	302

n: 746

p: 0.0473

r: 0.07	Immortality: yes
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	36	20
No	334	390

n: 780

p: 0.0458

r: 0.07	Other minds: future AI systems
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	30	27
No	292	439

n: 788

p: 0.0479

r: 0.07	Personal identity: biological view
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	23	43
No	202	674

n: 942

p: 0.0369

r: -0.07	God: theism
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	10	66
No	245	848

n: 1169

p: 0.0246

r: 0.06	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	67	9
No	838	270

n: 1184

p: 0.033

r: -0.06	Gender: social
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	38	26
No	707	313

n: 1084

p: 0.0414

r: -0.06	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Philosopher: Russell	Accept	Reject
Yes	18	55
No	390	670

n: 1133

p: 0.0466

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	36	43
No	178	1000

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	24	55
No	93	1085

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	38	41
No	236	942

n: 1257

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Tradition: Analytic
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	79	0
No	922	244

n: 1245

p < 0.0001

r: 0.09	Gender: male
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	72	5
No	919	250

n: 1246

p: 0.0017

r: -0.09	Gender: female
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	5	72
No	242	927

n: 1246

p: 0.0024

r: 0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	26	53
No	223	955

n: 1257

p: 0.0025

r: 0.07	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	15	64
No	123	1055

n: 1257

p: 0.0187

r: 0.06	AOS: Epistemology
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	25	54
No	249	929

n: 1257

p: 0.0285

r: 0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosopher: Russell	Yes	No
Yes	6	73
No	37	1141

n: 1257

p: 0.035