Survey Results

Correlations

Abortion: permissible

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: -0.68
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 30 466
Reject 92 41
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: -0.65
God: theism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 89 758
Reject 125 44
n: 1016
p < 0.0001
r: -0.45
Meaning of life: objective
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 226 488
Reject 122 30
n: 866
p < 0.0001
r: -0.44
Free will: libertarianism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 120 726
Reject 91 70
n: 1007
p < 0.0001
r: -0.43
Consciousness: dualism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 110 531
Reject 81 43
n: 765
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Mind: physicalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 534 278
Reject 28 130
n: 970
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 468 253
Reject 26 111
n: 858
p < 0.0001
r: -0.42
Gender categories: preserve
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 91 544
Reject 79 48
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 539 159
Reject 47 81
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Gender: social
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 573 191
Reject 58 86
n: 908
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Immortality: yes
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 305 409
Reject 114 31
n: 859
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Gender: biological
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 212 544
Reject 96 50
n: 902
p < 0.0001
r: 0.34
Other minds: future AI systems
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 343 383
Reject 17 126
n: 869
p < 0.0001
r: 0.34
Free will: compatibilism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 585 263
Reject 54 108
n: 1010
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 194 301
Reject 13 119
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Personal identity: psychological view
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 399 295
Reject 28 108
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Meaning of life: subjective
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 323 392
Reject 19 133
n: 867
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Politics: capitalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 197 466
Reject 80 47
n: 790
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Morality: non-naturalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 150 525
Reject 73 67
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Gender categories: revise
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 384 253
Reject 34 93
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Personal identity: further-fact view
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 93 597
Reject 60 75
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 111 468
Reject 68 70
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 401 304
Reject 22 95
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Aesthetic value: objective
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 353 420
Reject 121 40
n: 934
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 208 353
Reject 78 39
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 196 426
Reject 84 58
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 142 353
Reject 10 121
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Consciousness: functionalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 276 368
Reject 13 111
n: 768
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Mind uploading: survival
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 226 415
Reject 13 123
n: 777
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 212 348
Reject 15 102
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Well-being: objective list
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 340 267
Reject 98 27
n: 732
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Law: legal positivism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 191 219
Reject 14 69
n: 493
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Capital punishment: permissible
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 119 637
Reject 47 93
n: 896
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 548 280
Reject 139 26
n: 993
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Chinese room: understands
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 155 493
Reject 6 137
n: 791
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Footbridge: push
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 239 547
Reject 13 143
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 98 398
Reject 6 126
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 176 532
Reject 13 138
n: 859
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Extended mind: yes
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 369 268
Reject 35 82
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Morality: expressivism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 89 590
Reject 3 137
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Knowledge: empiricism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 421 278
Reject 47 81
n: 827
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 251 329
Reject 23 95
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 283 498
Reject 96 58
n: 935
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 325 459
Reject 23 128
n: 935
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Laws of nature: Humean
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 272 489
Reject 26 122
n: 909
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 180 272
Reject 61 27
n: 540
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Truth: correspondence
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 414 350
Reject 117 35
n: 916
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Morality: constructivism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 177 500
Reject 12 129
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Logic: classical
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 389 246
Reject 117 16
n: 768
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 584 224
Reject 135 22
n: 965
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 408 446
Reject 116 48
n: 1018
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Race: social
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 574 212
Reject 70 73
n: 929
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Teletransporter: survival
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 329 392
Reject 24 111
n: 856
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Time: A-theory
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 148 373
Reject 56 62
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Belief or credence: credence
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 191 318
Reject 18 86
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Temporal ontology: presentism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 78 393
Reject 37 78
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 143 466
Reject 8 116
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Causation: primitive
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 107 466
Reject 50 67
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Units of selection: genes
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 223 197
Reject 27 51
n: 498
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 93 611
Reject 37 80
n: 821
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Race: biological
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 137 649
Reject 52 91
n: 929
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Truth: deflationary
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 232 530
Reject 25 127
n: 914
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Arguments for theism: moral
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 44 532
Reject 37 98
n: 711
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 95 271
Reject 1 72
n: 439
p: 0.0002
r: -0.18
Concepts: nativism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 161 361
Reject 53 54
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 202 517
Reject 59 71
n: 849
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: eliminate
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 120 517
Reject 9 118
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Abstract objects: Platonism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 314 448
Reject 84 57
n: 903
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Consciousness: identity theory
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 113 528
Reject 6 118
n: 765
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 156 417
Reject 53 69
n: 695
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 100 507
Reject 9 114
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Hume: skeptic
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 196 373
Reject 60 51
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Material composition: universalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 122 211
Reject 20 67
n: 420
p: 0.0011
r: -0.16
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 265 530
Reject 83 73
n: 951
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 418 304
Reject 53 77
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: current AI systems
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 30 696
Reject 1 142
n: 869
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Trolley problem: switch
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 611 160
Reject 90 47
n: 908
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 201 653
Reject 18 146
n: 1018
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Experience machine: yes
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 132 688
Reject 6 142
n: 968
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Race categories: preserve
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 41 548
Reject 17 98
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 197 508
Reject 52 65
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Truth: epistemic
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 90 672
Reject 9 142
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 577 289
Reject 83 75
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 252 350
Reject 62 55
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 216 255
Reject 37 78
n: 586
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 146 316
Reject 44 51
n: 557
p: 0.0008
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 395 471
Reject 44 114
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 248 608
Reject 26 138
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 414 261
Reject 95 29
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Belief or credence: belief
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 144 365
Reject 49 55
n: 613
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Metaontology: anti-realism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 70 380
Reject 4 83
n: 537
p: 0.0017
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 440 426
Reject 106 52
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 57 406
Reject 24 60
n: 547
p: 0.0023
r: -0.13
Propositions: simple entities
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 28 475
Reject 20 89
n: 612
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 149 302
Reject 17 70
n: 538
p: 0.0039
r: -0.12
Material composition: restrictivism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 129 204
Reject 47 40
n: 420
p: 0.011
r: -0.12
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 46 479
Reject 15 75
n: 615
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 321 425
Reject 44 104
n: 894
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 46 319
Reject 12 61
n: 438
p: 0.0103
r: 0.12
Consciousness: eliminativism
Abortion: permissible Accept Reject
Accept 42 600
Reject 2 122
n: 766
p: 0.0009

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.47
Philosopher: Aquinas
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 7 685
Reject 35 102
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.42
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 40 865
Reject 61 108
n: 1074
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 13 892
Reject 23 146
n: 1074
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Leibniz
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 16 676
Reject 13 124
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Aristotle
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 115 577
Reject 42 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Hume
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 141 551
Reject 10 127
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Reid
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 11 681
Reject 9 128
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of PhD: United States
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 450 214
Reject 99 19
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Plato
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 33 659
Reject 17 120
n: 829
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Region of nationality: United States
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 447 418
Reject 108 49
n: 1022
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Metaphysics
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 199 706
Reject 63 106
n: 1074
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Husserl
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 11 681
Reject 7 130
n: 829
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: United States
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 506 399
Reject 118 53
n: 1076
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
Region of nationality: Europe
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 184 681
Reject 15 142
n: 1022
p: 0.0017
r: -0.1
Tradition: Other tradition
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 76 817
Reject 25 140
n: 1058
p: 0.0019
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Carnap
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 50 642
Reject 1 136
n: 829
p: 0.0071
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 91 814
Reject 6 163
n: 1074
p: 0.0029
r: 0.09
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 45 860
Reject 1 168
n: 1074
p: 0.0032
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Anscombe
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 14 678
Reject 7 130
n: 829
p: 0.0112
r: 0.09
Region of affiliation: Canada
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 64 841
Reject 4 167
n: 1076
p: 0.0048
r: -0.08
Gender: male
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 730 162
Reject 147 18
n: 1057
p: 0.0085
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Mill
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 46 646
Reject 2 135
n: 829
p: 0.0215
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 171 734
Reject 20 149
n: 1074
p: 0.0097
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Dewey
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 25 667
Reject 0 137
n: 829
p: 0.0255
r: 0.08
Gender: female
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 158 734
Reject 18 147
n: 1057
p: 0.0131
r: 0.08
AOS: Metaphilosophy
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 50 855
Reject 3 166
n: 1074
p: 0.0132
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Oceania
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 57 808
Reject 2 155
n: 1022
p: 0.0156
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 203 702
Reject 29 140
n: 1074
p: 0.0143
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 23 669
Reject 0 137
n: 829
p: 0.0357
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Foucault
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 15 677
Reject 0 137
n: 829
p: 0.0369
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Lewis
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 79 613
Reject 9 128
n: 829
p: 0.0419
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: Europe
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 152 753
Reject 15 156
n: 1076
p: 0.0207
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Europe
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 67 597
Reject 3 115
n: 782
p: 0.0498
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Abortion: permissible Yes No
Accept 28 877
Reject 0 169
n: 1074
p: 0.026