Survey Results

Correlations

A priori knowledge: yes

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: 0.5
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 930 257
Reject 95 242
n: 1524
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
Knowledge: empiricism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 463 497
Reject 250 48
n: 1258
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 708 473
Reject 110 242
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Abstract objects: Platonism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 560 512
Reject 59 248
n: 1379
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 513 195
Reject 87 115
n: 910
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 489 484
Reject 229 67
n: 1269
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Concepts: nativism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 211 328
Reject 25 144
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Consciousness: dualism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 205 473
Reject 14 171
n: 863
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Propositions: nonexistent
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 68 477
Reject 46 92
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Morality: non-naturalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 253 461
Reject 15 182
n: 911
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Moral judgment: cognitivism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 894 252
Reject 175 130
n: 1451
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 230 233
Reject 33 104
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Meta-ethics: moral realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 839 327
Reject 173 158
n: 1497
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Laws of nature: Humean
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 303 785
Reject 144 156
n: 1388
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 942 239
Reject 227 125
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Mind: physicalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 611 543
Reject 231 89
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 216 438
Reject 21 131
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 444 183
Reject 97 93
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Truth: correspondence
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 676 415
Reject 129 176
n: 1396
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Meaning of life: objective
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 455 552
Reject 69 228
n: 1304
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 186 298
Reject 23 100
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
True contradictions: actual
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 71 603
Reject 38 121
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
True contradictions: impossible
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 536 138
Reject 96 63
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 128 509
Reject 62 106
n: 805
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 201 316
Reject 42 117
n: 676
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 124 448
Reject 11 131
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 72 565
Reject 44 133
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 117 424
Reject 69 88
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Immortality: yes
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 408 363
Reject 72 140
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Metaontology: deflationary realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 130 332
Reject 57 80
n: 599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 585 514
Reject 111 190
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Possible worlds: nonexistent
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 206 543
Reject 89 108
n: 946
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Philosophical knowledge: none
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 18 753
Reject 18 193
n: 982
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Possible worlds: abstract
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 477 272
Reject 89 108
n: 946
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 152 187
Reject 20 66
n: 425
p: 0.0002
r: 0.18
Propositions: structured entities
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 262 284
Reject 39 100
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Well-being: objective list
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 405 234
Reject 79 97
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Consciousness: eliminativism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 19 658
Reject 24 161
n: 862
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Practical reason: Humean
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 175 417
Reject 80 92
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Truth: deflationary
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 267 824
Reject 111 192
n: 1394
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 103 277
Reject 14 93
n: 487
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 200 440
Reject 32 159
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Zombies: inconceivable
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 163 905
Reject 85 200
n: 1353
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Zombies: metaphysically possible
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 332 736
Reject 47 237
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Theory of reference: deflationary
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 80 495
Reject 44 109
n: 728
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: invariantism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 312 690
Reject 55 236
n: 1293
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Extended mind: yes
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 332 329
Reject 124 60
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Hume: skeptic
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 246 333
Reject 55 132
n: 766
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Truth: epistemic
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 102 986
Reject 51 253
n: 1392
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Kantian
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 141 451
Reject 16 155
n: 763
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 115 518
Reject 9 156
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 84 394
Reject 11 133
n: 622
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Properties: transcendent universals
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 139 394
Reject 10 118
n: 661
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Experience machine: yes
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 136 993
Reject 71 243
n: 1443
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 493 279
Reject 106 106
n: 984
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Properties: nonexistent
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 42 489
Reject 19 109
n: 659
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 706 475
Reject 266 86
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 12 516
Reject 12 138
n: 678
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Moral principles: moral generalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 434 275
Reject 77 93
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Justification: reliabilism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 224 429
Reject 78 76
n: 807
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Morality: constructivism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 139 578
Reject 60 135
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Justification: coherentism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 159 495
Reject 55 97
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
God: theism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 276 924
Reject 43 301
n: 1544
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Science: scientific realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 933 212
Reject 222 96
n: 1463
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Material composition: nihilism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 35 353
Reject 12 67
n: 467
p: 0.0049
r: -0.13
Morality: error theory
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 38 677
Reject 14 183
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 203 792
Reject 28 239
n: 1262
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Meaning of life: nonexistent
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 175 816
Reject 83 215
n: 1289
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Epistemic justification: internalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 459 610
Reject 96 212
n: 1377
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: deontology
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 458 664
Reject 79 225
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Chinese room: understands
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 132 589
Reject 43 135
n: 899
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 735 446
Reject 178 174
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: representational
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 290 249
Reject 64 88
n: 691
p: 0.0018
r: -0.12
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 34 640
Reject 7 152
n: 833
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 364 757
Reject 131 174
n: 1426
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 274 466
Reject 48 131
n: 919
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: cosmological
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 182 465
Reject 24 133
n: 804
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 318 223
Reject 72 85
n: 698
p: 0.0026
r: -0.11
External world: skepticism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 58 1141
Reject 32 302
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 377 804
Reject 149 203
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Consciousness: identity theory
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 91 587
Reject 38 147
n: 863
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
Causation: primitive
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 153 455
Reject 25 140
n: 773
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Free will: libertarianism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 270 921
Reject 46 302
n: 1539
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Abortion: permissible
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 658 145
Reject 204 23
n: 1030
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: design
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 155 492
Reject 24 133
n: 804
p: 0.0022
r: -0.11
Spacetime: relationism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 209 243
Reject 58 41
n: 551
p: 0.0116
r: -0.11
Metaontology: anti-realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 49 412
Reject 26 111
n: 598
p: 0.0085
r: 0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 159 627
Reject 30 199
n: 1015
p: 0.0007
r: -0.1
Philosophical knowledge: a little
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 255 517
Reject 85 127
n: 984
p: 0.001
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 186 386
Reject 56 85
n: 713
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
Belief or credence: belief
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 196 351
Reject 34 108
n: 689
p: 0.0068
r: -0.1
Knowledge claims: contextualism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 563 442
Reject 187 104
n: 1296
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 98 539
Reject 35 121
n: 793
p: 0.0047
r: 0.1
Politics: capitalism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 258 425
Reject 56 133
n: 872
p: 0.0036
r: 0.1
Gender categories: preserve
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 158 506
Reject 34 156
n: 854
p: 0.0049
r: -0.1
Morality: expressivism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 74 641
Reject 25 172
n: 912
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 234 485
Reject 73 123
n: 915
p: 0.0041
r: 0.09
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 64 477
Reject 6 151
n: 698
p: 0.0123
r: -0.09
Meaning of life: subjective
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 391 616
Reject 143 155
n: 1305
p: 0.0006
r: 0.09
Philosophical progress: a lot
A priori knowledge: yes Accept Reject
Accept 576 631
Reject 129 210
n: 1546
p: 0.0002

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.19
Philosopher: Dewey
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 15 890
Reject 28 251
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Philosopher: Quine
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 50 855
Reject 47 232
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Tradition: Analytic
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 1071 158
Reject 274 86
n: 1589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Kant
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 153 752
Reject 19 260
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Meta-Ethics
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 185 1058
Reject 25 340
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 30 1213
Reject 25 340
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 101 1142
Reject 54 311
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Lewis
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 102 803
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
AOS: Metaphysics
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 299 944
Reject 51 314
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Tradition: Continental
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 64 1165
Reject 39 321
n: 1589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Foucault
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 11 894
Reject 13 266
n: 1184
p: 0.0005
r: -0.1
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 117 1126
Reject 61 304
n: 1608
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Frege
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 81 824
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Descartes
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 43 862
Reject 3 276
n: 1184
p: 0.0014
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Moore
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 37 868
Reject 2 277
n: 1184
p: 0.0014
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: Europe
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 76 816
Reject 35 212
n: 1139
p: 0.0019
r: -0.09
Tradition: Other tradition
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 94 1135
Reject 47 313
n: 1589
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 117 1126
Reject 19 346
n: 1608
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Region of PhD: United States
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 629 263
Reject 152 95
n: 1139
p: 0.0028
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 39 1204
Reject 24 341
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 34 1209
Reject 26 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Language
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 225 1018
Reject 43 322
n: 1608
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hume
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 137 768
Reject 63 216
n: 1184
p: 0.0032
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Reid
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 30 875
Reject 2 277
n: 1184
p: 0.0032
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Rorty
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 8 271
n: 1184
p: 0.0039
r: 0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 280 963
Reject 53 312
n: 1608
p: 0.0011
r: -0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 48 1195
Reject 28 337
n: 1608
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Leibniz
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 38 867
Reject 3 276
n: 1184
p: 0.0058
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Peirce
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 12 893
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.0099
r: -0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 55 1188
Reject 26 339
n: 1608
p: 0.0039
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Austin
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 4 275
n: 1184
p: 0.0133
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Nietzsche
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 24 881
Reject 15 264
n: 1184
p: 0.0135
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Plato
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 61 844
Reject 10 269
n: 1184
p: 0.0136
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Popper
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 8 897
Reject 8 271
n: 1184
p: 0.0163
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Du Bois
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 900
Reject 7 272
n: 1184
p: 0.0188
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of the Americas
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 5 1238
Reject 5 360
n: 1608
p: 0.0062
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 74 831
Reject 34 245
n: 1184
p: 0.0202
r: 0.07
AOS: Epistemology
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 306 937
Reject 75 290
n: 1608
p: 0.0081
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Russell
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 67 838
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.033
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Europe
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 230 946
Reject 78 265
n: 1519
p: 0.017
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Europe
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 191 1073
Reject 68 300
n: 1632
p: 0.0147
r: 0.06
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 123 1120
Reject 21 344
n: 1608
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 196 1047
Reject 74 291
n: 1608
p: 0.0179
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Beauvoir
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 14 891
Reject 9 270
n: 1184
p: 0.0475
r: -0.05
AOS: Asian Philosophy
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 22 1221
Reject 12 353
n: 1608
p: 0.0287
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Action
A priori knowledge: yes Yes No
Accept 91 1152
Reject 14 351
n: 1608
p: 0.0456