Survey Results

Correlations

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
Truth: correspondence
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 29 70
No 566 393
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 25 33
No 80 445
n: 583
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 19 44
No 380 251
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 31 36
No 135 612
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 86 27
No 518 561
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 11 41
No 191 241
n: 484
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Truth: deflationary
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 51 48
No 242 715
n: 1056
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 9 27
No 125 174
n: 335
p: 0.0013
r: -0.17
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 9 42
No 177 282
n: 510
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 13 20
No 48 324
n: 405
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Wittgenstein: early
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 12 64
No 171 435
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 34 15
No 171 255
n: 475
p: 0.0011
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 16 37
No 256 245
n: 554
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Philosophical knowledge: none
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 10 56
No 26 678
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 30 23
No 169 331
n: 553
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Propositions: structured entities
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 11 39
No 222 282
n: 554
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Logic: classical
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 39 43
No 512 286
n: 880
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 36 29
No 471 203
n: 739
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 25 27
No 127 304
n: 483
p: 0.0037
r: -0.13
Theory of reference: causal
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 18 41
No 278 252
n: 589
p: 0.0016
r: -0.13
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 30 34
No 428 223
n: 715
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 31 35
No 125 374
n: 565
p: 0.003
r: -0.12
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 19 43
No 283 337
n: 682
p: 0.0016
r: 0.12
Zombies: inconceivable
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 35 66
No 163 752
n: 1016
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 14 23
No 88 371
n: 496
p: 0.0099
r: 0.11
Propositions: acts
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 13 37
No 42 461
n: 553
p: 0.0069
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 23 44
No 337 414
n: 818
p: 0.0015
r: 0.11
Causation: nonexistent
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 7 41
No 26 541
n: 615
p: 0.0063
r: 0.11
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 14 12
No 131 205
n: 362
p: 0.0379
r: -0.11
Concepts: nativism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 12 46
No 183 336
n: 577
p: 0.0087
r: -0.11
Race: social
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 58 47
No 697 283
n: 1085
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Aesthetic experience: perception
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 10 39
No 149 280
n: 478
p: 0.0224
r: -0.1
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 30 36
No 284 215
n: 565
p: 0.0131
r: -0.1
Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 6 40
No 63 309
n: 418
p: 0.0343
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 33 34
No 197 451
n: 715
p: 0.0061
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 62 37
No 433 570
n: 1102
p: 0.0007
r: 0.1
Race: unreal
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 30 74
No 154 808
n: 1066
p: 0.0019
r: -0.1
Law: legal positivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 10 30
No 181 240
n: 461
p: 0.041
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: moral
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 13 46
No 65 524
n: 648
p: 0.0167
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 81 26
No 630 418
n: 1155
p: 0.0016
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 7 50
No 152 421
n: 630
p: 0.0205
r: -0.09
Mental content: internalism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 19 71
No 272 599
n: 961
p: 0.0043
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 58 55
No 687 392
n: 1192
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 43 25
No 245 328
n: 641
p: 0.0208
r: -0.09
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 12 41
No 178 314
n: 545
p: 0.0338
r: -0.09
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 18 76
No 258 627
n: 979
p: 0.0046
r: -0.09
Theory of reference: descriptive
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 10 49
No 151 379
n: 589
p: 0.0293
r: 0.09
Proper names: Fregean
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 45 32
No 281 436
n: 794
p: 0.0131
r: -0.09
Politics: capitalism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 15 59
No 240 412
n: 726
p: 0.0196
r: -0.08
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 20 79
No 353 644
n: 1096
p: 0.005
r: 0.08
Normative concepts: ought
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 13 36
No 84 437
n: 570
p: 0.0473
r: -0.08
Immortality: yes
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 25 46
No 345 364
n: 780
p: 0.0203
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 33 80
No 371 708
n: 1192
p: 0.0053
r: -0.08
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 64 36
No 729 273
n: 1102
p: 0.0083
r: -0.08
Causation: process/production
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 6 43
No 145 425
n: 619
p: 0.0494
r: -0.08
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 9 50
No 161 433
n: 653
p: 0.0451
r: 0.08
Morality: expressivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 13 52
No 74 581
n: 720
p: 0.0359
r: -0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 7 55
No 136 515
n: 713
p: 0.0375
r: -0.08
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 35 66
No 395 521
n: 1017
p: 0.0147
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 54 31
No 704 235
n: 1024
p: 0.0217
r: -0.07
Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 34 65
No 481 598
n: 1178
p: 0.0156
r: -0.07
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 22 79
No 262 652
n: 1015
p: 0.025
r: -0.07
Personal identity: psychological view
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 34 50
No 471 387
n: 942
p: 0.0321
r: 0.07
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 63 31
No 527 360
n: 981
p: 0.0322
r: -0.07
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 74 34
No 831 245
n: 1184
p: 0.0202
r: -0.07
Epistemic justification: internalism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 35 65
No 387 555
n: 1042
p: 0.0295
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 45 68
No 557 522
n: 1192
p: 0.0251
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 38 67
No 481 565
n: 1151
p: 0.0308
r: -0.06
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 34 67
No 409 538
n: 1048
p: 0.0449
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 59 54
No 628 451
n: 1192
p: 0.0332
r: -0.06
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 61 40
No 686 338
n: 1125
p: 0.0397
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 37 76
No 453 626
n: 1192
p: 0.043

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.19
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 45 69
No 169 974
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 25 89
No 95 1048
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Other demographics: YOB
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 31 81
No 485 590
n: 1187
p < 0.0001
r: 0.08
Gender: male
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 101 11
No 890 244
n: 1246
p: 0.0034
r: -0.08
Gender: female
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 11 101
No 236 898
n: 1246
p: 0.0054
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 15 53
No 100 699
n: 867
p: 0.0259
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: United States
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 46 65
No 588 499
n: 1198
p: 0.0109
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 18 96
No 99 1044
n: 1257
p: 0.0125
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 18 93
No 99 988
n: 1198
p: 0.0162
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 54 60
No 670 481
n: 1265
p: 0.0256
r: 0.06
AOS: Aesthetics
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 12 102
No 62 1081
n: 1257
p: 0.0273
r: 0.06
Region of affiliation: Europe
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 27 87
No 181 970
n: 1265
p: 0.0288
r: -0.06
AOS: Metaphysics
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 16 98
No 258 885
n: 1257
p: 0.0353
r: -0.06
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Yes No
Yes 15 99
No 241 902
n: 1257
p: 0.0451