Survey Results

Correlations

Aesthetic value: objective

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: 0.52
Meaning of life: objective
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 390 228
Reject 112 497
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: 0.49
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 594 106
Reject 343 339
n: 1382
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Well-being: objective list
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 298 98
Reject 160 208
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.37
Practical reason: Humean
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 75 305
Reject 163 165
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 580 99
Reject 400 251
n: 1330
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
Meaning of life: subjective
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 155 462
Reject 340 271
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 113 218
Reject 20 297
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 174 124
Reject 77 172
n: 547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Abstract objects: Platonism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 358 271
Reject 192 445
n: 1266
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 199 181
Reject 95 233
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
God: theism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 225 462
Reject 75 643
n: 1405
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Law: legal positivism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 79 189
Reject 138 111
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Knowledge: empiricism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 253 315
Reject 398 190
n: 1156
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Laws of nature: Humean
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 148 491
Reject 264 347
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Mind: physicalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 302 370
Reject 475 217
n: 1364
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 277 311
Reject 391 189
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Abortion: permissible
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 353 121
Reject 420 40
n: 934
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Morality: non-naturalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 175 255
Reject 75 320
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 45 353
Reject 115 252
n: 765
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Morality: expressivism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 24 405
Reject 63 335
n: 827
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Morality: error theory
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 7 422
Reject 43 354
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Metaontology: anti-realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 21 276
Reject 50 197
n: 544
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Consciousness: dualism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 146 254
Reject 57 329
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Material composition: restrictivism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 115 120
Reject 63 129
n: 427
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Free will: libertarianism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 212 482
Reject 84 625
n: 1403
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 39 356
Reject 69 298
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 187 485
Reject 290 348
n: 1310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Time: A-theory
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 263
Reject 96 331
n: 861
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 102 98
Reject 58 125
n: 383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Personal identity: further-fact view
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 149 446
Reject 61 512
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Causation: primitive
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 110 244
Reject 55 299
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 128 167
Reject 73 201
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Experience machine: yes
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 63 598
Reject 121 541
n: 1323
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Morality: constructivism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 67 366
Reject 106 290
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Properties: nonexistent
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 21 318
Reject 30 228
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 444 249
Reject 303 387
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 208 385
Reject 118 464
n: 1175
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Belief or credence: belief
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 133 187
Reject 72 239
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositions: nonexistent
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 45 287
Reject 61 228
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Chinese room: understands
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 60 364
Reject 92 301
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
A priori knowledge: yes
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 585 111
Reject 514 190
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 133 170
Reject 83 218
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 68 229
Reject 89 159
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositions: structured entities
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 163
Reject 101 188
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Immortality: yes
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 260 201
Reject 178 257
n: 896
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Concepts: nativism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 136 187
Reject 81 238
n: 642
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Properties: classes
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 31 311
Reject 46 212
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 86 244
Reject 132 185
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Other minds: future AI systems
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 157 290
Reject 207 239
n: 893
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
External world: skepticism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 27 677
Reject 58 654
n: 1416
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: preserve
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 124 271
Reject 58 323
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 259 149
Reject 326 95
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Truth: deflationary
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 130 498
Reject 199 444
n: 1271
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Free will: no free will
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 638
Reject 118 593
n: 1405
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Belief or credence: credence
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 84 236
Reject 132 179
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 91 515
Reject 146 459
n: 1211
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 175 225
Reject 125 245
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Truth: correspondence
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 410 219
Reject 338 307
n: 1274
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Personal identity: psychological view
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 279 323
Reject 340 237
n: 1179
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Material composition: nihilism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 15 220
Reject 25 167
n: 427
p: 0.0009
r: -0.16
Mind uploading: survival
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 95 318
Reject 147 229
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 38 262
Reject 50 185
n: 535
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 36 295
Reject 67 250
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Properties: transcendent universals
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 93 248
Reject 46 213
n: 600
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 121 258
Reject 72 282
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Units of selection: genes
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 116 156
Reject 146 104
n: 522
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 122 236
Reject 170 188
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Propositions: sets
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 19 314
Reject 39 250
n: 622
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Consciousness: functionalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 128 275
Reject 161 225
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Footbridge: push
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 135 517
Reject 205 451
n: 1308
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Statue and lump: one thing
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 118 250
Reject 131 189
n: 688
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 412 281
Reject 479 211
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 18 494
Reject 40 448
n: 1000
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 36 182
Reject 62 170
n: 450
p: 0.0026
r: 0.14
Other minds: newborn babies
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 397 50
Reject 383 63
n: 893
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Justification: coherentism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 85 300
Reject 109 243
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender: biological
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 257 377
Reject 176 446
n: 1256
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Vagueness: semantic
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 279 303
Reject 350 227
n: 1159
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Race categories: preserve
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 40 317
Reject 21 350
n: 728
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 323 354
Reject 227 409
n: 1313
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Hume: skeptic
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 154 203
Reject 115 221
n: 693
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Aesthetic experience: perception
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 117 183
Reject 56 179
n: 535
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Temporal ontology: presentism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 79 228
Reject 44 235
n: 586
p: 0.0012
r: -0.13
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 37 253
Reject 47 226
n: 563
p: 0.0024
r: -0.13
Material composition: universalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 69 166
Reject 70 122
n: 427
p: 0.0084
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 218 475
Reject 273 417
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Vagueness: metaphysical
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 156 423
Reject 99 474
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 324 269
Reject 361 223
n: 1177
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 120 315
Reject 149 275
n: 859
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
External world: non-skeptical realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 620 84
Reject 595 115
n: 1414
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 206 372
Reject 148 426
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 269 310
Reject 318 259
n: 1156
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 63 229
Reject 27 244
n: 563
p: 0.0043
r: -0.12
Consciousness: eliminativism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 10 392
Reject 29 356
n: 787
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Vagueness: epistemic
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 174 406
Reject 134 440
n: 1154
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Science: scientific realism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 562 108
Reject 505 166
n: 1341
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Gender categories: eliminate
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 340
Reject 82 301
n: 779
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: moral
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 62 315
Reject 27 325
n: 729
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 124 182
Reject 139 141
n: 586
p: 0.0066
r: 0.11
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Aesthetic value: objective Accept Reject
Accept 130 256
Reject 85 264
n: 735
p: 0.0042

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.24
Philosopher: Hume
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 57 493
Reject 135 375
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Aquinas
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 45 505
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Plato
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 58 492
Reject 11 499
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 91 627
Reject 33 702
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Carnap
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 17 533
Reject 53 457
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Reid
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 4 506
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Aristotle
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 128 422
Reject 78 432
n: 1060
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 13 705
Reject 42 693
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Aesthetics
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 54 664
Reject 21 714
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 55 663
Reject 28 707
n: 1453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Anscombe
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 6 504
n: 1060
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
AOS: Metaphysics
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 182 536
Reject 141 594
n: 1453
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 65 653
Reject 105 630
n: 1453
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Quine
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 35 515
Reject 54 456
n: 1060
p: 0.0032
r: 0.09
Tradition: Other tradition
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 72 637
Reject 45 683
n: 1437
p: 0.0009
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 16 702
Reject 32 703
n: 1453
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Europe
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 38 449
Reject 56 487
n: 1030
p: 0.0078
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 76 411
Reject 63 480
n: 1030
p: 0.011
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Lewis
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 43 507
Reject 64 446
n: 1060
p: 0.0119
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Moore
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 23 527
Reject 10 500
n: 1060
p: 0.013
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 55 663
Reject 84 651
n: 1453
p: 0.0049
r: -0.07
Philosopher: James
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 10 540
Reject 25 485
n: 1060
p: 0.0173
r: 0.07
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 31 687
Reject 17 718
n: 1453
p: 0.0065
r: -0.07
AOS: Decision Theory
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 12 706
Reject 29 706
n: 1453
p: 0.0092
r: -0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 601 108
Reject 644 84
n: 1437
p: 0.0117
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 20 698
Reject 33 702
n: 1453
p: 0.012
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 13 537
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p: 0.0321
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Leibniz
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 26 524
Reject 13 497
n: 1060
p: 0.037
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Augustine
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 16 534
Reject 5 505
n: 1060
p: 0.0373
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: United States
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 367 318
Reject 346 348
n: 1379
p: 0.0252
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Oceania
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 25 660
Reject 50 644
n: 1379
p: 0.0259
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Europe
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 107 628
Reject 125 618
n: 1478
p: 0.0226
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 9 676
Reject 12 682
n: 1379
p: 0.0394
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Aesthetic value: objective Yes No
Accept 56 662
Reject 39 696
n: 1453
p: 0.0356