Survey Results

Correlations

Abstract objects: Platonism

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.5
Properties: transcendent universals
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 139 182
Reject 7 286
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: -0.46
Propositions: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 15 315
Reject 98 209
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: -0.43
Knowledge: empiricism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 168 323
Reject 466 174
n: 1131
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 494 98
Reject 387 345
n: 1324
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 168 103
Reject 79 202
n: 552
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Consciousness: dualism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 143 212
Reject 54 378
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: 0.34
Morality: non-naturalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 174 194
Reject 68 370
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 69 321
Reject 203 264
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Propositions: structured entities
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 193 137
Reject 81 227
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 198 297
Reject 464 194
n: 1153
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Aesthetic value: objective
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 358 192
Reject 271 445
n: 1266
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Possible worlds: abstract
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 287 103
Reject 212 254
n: 856
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
A priori knowledge: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 560 59
Reject 512 248
n: 1379
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Laws of nature: Humean
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 118 447
Reject 303 397
n: 1265
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Meaning of life: objective
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 270 234
Reject 190 461
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 487 82
Reject 461 266
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Properties: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 11 308
Reject 47 245
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Concepts: nativism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 138 141
Reject 85 286
n: 650
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Propositional attitudes: representational
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 200 106
Reject 130 196
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Mind: physicalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 259 327
Reject 510 234
n: 1330
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Properties: tropes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 31 290
Reject 72 222
n: 615
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Metaontology: anti-realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 15 254
Reject 56 224
n: 549
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 83 220
Reject 35 308
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 145 198
Reject 69 321
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 111 103
Reject 47 120
n: 381
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 398 189
Reject 337 428
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Morality: constructivism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 41 327
Reject 131 309
n: 808
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Justification: coherentism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 53 289
Reject 136 256
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 209 308
Reject 127 531
n: 1175
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Truth: correspondence
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 388 175
Reject 342 358
n: 1263
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Well-being: objective list
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 225 96
Reject 203 213
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Humean
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 60 224
Reject 174 215
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Free will: libertarianism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 183 408
Reject 92 676
n: 1359
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 272 90
Reject 262 190
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Spacetime: relationism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 95 146
Reject 146 112
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
God: theism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 184 415
Reject 104 665
n: 1368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Experience machine: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 54 507
Reject 138 584
n: 1283
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 53 289
Reject 115 272
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Immortality: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 223 157
Reject 196 289
n: 865
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 21 202
Reject 57 175
n: 455
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Material composition: nihilism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 14 227
Reject 27 165
n: 433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 144 139
Reject 124 266
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 61 209
Reject 100 180
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 72 233
Reject 138 188
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 457 138
Reject 437 317
n: 1349
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meaning of life: subjective
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 157 347
Reject 311 340
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Personal identity: further-fact view
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 135 368
Reject 80 551
n: 1134
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
True contradictions: impossible
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 300 65
Reject 263 118
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Truth: deflationary
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 122 440
Reject 225 475
n: 1262
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 229 86
Reject 253 162
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Abortion: permissible
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 314 84
Reject 448 57
n: 903
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 257 261
Reject 424 234
n: 1176
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Wittgenstein: early
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 116 215
Reject 96 319
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Statue and lump: one thing
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 96 226
Reject 149 202
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 334 253
Reject 530 235
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Law: legal positivism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 79 142
Reject 134 146
n: 501
p: 0.0002
r: -0.17
True contradictions: actual
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 35 330
Reject 58 323
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Science: scientific realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 504 91
Reject 536 195
n: 1326
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Morality: expressivism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 27 340
Reject 67 374
n: 808
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 112 137
Reject 106 233
n: 588
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 52 269
Reject 107 310
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
External world: skepticism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 27 579
Reject 57 708
n: 1371
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Causation: primitive
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 90 233
Reject 68 311
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Theory of reference: deflationary
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 40 266
Reject 77 290
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: classes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 32 288
Reject 53 240
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Consciousness: functionalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 112 242
Reject 195 240
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 121 151
Reject 79 210
n: 561
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 150 437
Reject 306 459
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 50 213
Reject 35 276
n: 574
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 161 399
Reject 284 406
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 28 292
Reject 80 336
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 188 353
Reject 159 510
n: 1210
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 55 245
Reject 101 232
n: 633
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Free will: compatibilism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 330 262
Reject 539 231
n: 1362
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Logic: classical
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 347 143
Reject 315 239
n: 1044
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 70 426
Reject 162 480
n: 1138
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 14 351
Reject 23 358
n: 746
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Philosophical knowledge: none
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 5 381
Reject 26 455
n: 867
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Truth: epistemic
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 41 520
Reject 91 607
n: 1259
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
External world: non-skeptical realism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 531 73
Reject 646 120
n: 1370
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Consciousness: eliminativism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 8 346
Reject 35 399
n: 788
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Chinese room: understands
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 61 307
Reject 95 342
n: 805
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 46 178
Reject 31 201
n: 456
p: 0.0071
r: -0.13
Extended mind: yes
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 167 183
Reject 238 171
n: 759
p: 0.0005
r: -0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 54 247
Reject 100 241
n: 642
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Gender categories: preserve
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 93 226
Reject 79 357
n: 755
p: 0.0007
r: -0.12
Personal identity: psychological view
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 238 272
Reject 357 276
n: 1143
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: ontological
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 58 273
Reject 25 345
n: 701
p: 0.0012
r: -0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 89 223
Reject 124 189
n: 625
p: 0.0027
r: -0.12
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 35 294
Reject 78 292
n: 699
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 8 213
Reject 21 211
n: 453
p: 0.0114
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 68 271
Reject 40 342
n: 721
p: 0.0023
r: 0.11
Time: A-theory
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 158 254
Reject 106 344
n: 862
p: 0.0009
r: -0.11
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 129 211
Reject 205 222
n: 767
p: 0.002
r: -0.11
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 203 276
Reject 362 276
n: 1117
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 40 181
Reject 21 210
n: 452
p: 0.0184
r: 0.11
Race: biological
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 138 390
Reject 120 585
n: 1233
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Other minds: future AI systems
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 145 243
Reject 223 256
n: 867
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: deontology
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 246 316
Reject 230 459
n: 1251
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Other minds: current AI systems
Abstract objects: Platonism Accept Reject
Accept 13 375
Reject 17 462
n: 867
p: 0.0022

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.26
Philosopher: Hume
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 29 414
Reject 159 446
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosopher: Plato
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 57 386
Reject 10 595
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
AOS: Metaphysics
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 192 419
Reject 128 674
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Frege
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 58 385
Reject 28 577
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 142 469
Reject 98 704
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Moore
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 26 417
Reject 10 595
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Russell
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 48 395
Reject 26 579
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Leibniz
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 28 415
Reject 9 596
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Reid
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 22 421
Reject 7 598
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Mill
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 10 433
Reject 46 559
n: 1048
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 40 571
Reject 98 704
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 5 438
Reject 27 578
n: 1048
p: 0.0003
r: -0.11
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 57 554
Reject 158 644
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 82 529
Reject 48 754
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 50 561
Reject 118 684
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 74 537
Reject 53 749
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Epistemology
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 184 427
Reject 164 638
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Lewis
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 62 381
Reject 43 562
n: 1048
p: 0.0008
r: -0.1
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 46 565
Reject 91 711
n: 1413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Europe
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 29 402
Reject 66 499
n: 996
p: 0.0013
r: 0.1
Region of PhD: United States
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 318 113
Reject 365 200
n: 996
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 51 560
Reject 34 768
n: 1413
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 10 601
Reject 40 762
n: 1413
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Augustine
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 14 429
Reject 5 600
n: 1048
p: 0.0024
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: United States
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 318 250
Reject 374 393
n: 1335
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Descartes
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 29 414
Reject 17 588
n: 1048
p: 0.0045
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Canada
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 11 420
Reject 29 536
n: 996
p: 0.0107
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 26 585
Reject 12 790
n: 1413
p: 0.0028
r: -0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 14 597
Reject 51 751
n: 1413
p: 0.0031
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aquinas
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 25 418
Reject 13 592
n: 1048
p: 0.0142
r: -0.07
Philosopher: James
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 9 434
Reject 29 576
n: 1048
p: 0.0193
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Spinoza
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 7 436
Reject 20 585
n: 1048
p: 0.0199
r: 0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 530 74
Reject 672 122
n: 1398
p: 0.0071
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Husserl
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 16 427
Reject 8 597
n: 1048
p: 0.0204
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Socrates
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 25 418
Reject 19 586
n: 1048
p: 0.026
r: -0.07
Gender: female
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 88 524
Reject 181 615
n: 1408
p: 0.0104
r: 0.07
Gender: male
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 520 92
Reject 611 185
n: 1408
p: 0.0117
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 13 598
Reject 44 758
n: 1413
p: 0.0123
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 21 422
Reject 42 563
n: 1048
p: 0.034
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Davidson
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 10 433
Reject 31 574
n: 1048
p: 0.0343
r: -0.06
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 22 589
Reject 44 758
n: 1413
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 6 562
Reject 16 751
n: 1335
p: 0.0226
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 34 409
Reject 67 538
n: 1048
p: 0.0449
r: -0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 56 555
Reject 114 688
n: 1413
p: 0.0202
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Canada
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 35 533
Reject 70 697
n: 1335
p: 0.0327
r: -0.06
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 8 603
Reject 22 780
n: 1413
p: 0.036
r: -0.06
Tradition: Other tradition
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 44 560
Reject 70 724
n: 1398
p: 0.0372
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Europe
Abstract objects: Platonism Yes No
Accept 92 533
Reject 138 676
n: 1439
p: 0.0349