Survey Results

Correlations

Aim of philosophy: understanding

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: 0.16
Truth: deflationary
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 263 584
Reject 96 402
n: 1345
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 89 157
Reject 77 74
n: 397
p: 0.0022
r: -0.14
Truth: correspondence
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 458 392
Reject 320 178
n: 1348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender: psychological
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 238 590
Reject 86 419
n: 1333
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Theory of reference: deflationary
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 82 353
Reject 32 231
n: 698
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 128 243
Reject 47 155
n: 573
p: 0.0041
r: -0.12
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 148 228
Reject 114 112
n: 602
p: 0.0038
r: 0.12
Vagueness: semantic
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 446 314
Reject 223 240
n: 1223
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Kant: one world
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 207 165
Reject 101 122
n: 595
p: 0.0042
r: 0.12
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 76 225
Reject 36 145
n: 482
p: 0.0101
r: -0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 155 218
Reject 103 99
n: 575
p: 0.0087
r: 0.11
Temporal ontology: presentism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 84 292
Reject 40 186
n: 602
p: 0.0083
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 392 452
Reject 206 331
n: 1381
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Normative concepts: fit
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 43 370
Reject 15 251
n: 679
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
Gender: social
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 618 217
Reject 327 181
n: 1343
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 160 246
Reject 69 183
n: 658
p: 0.0074
r: 0.1
Gender categories: revise
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 305 208
Reject 147 161
n: 821
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: deontology
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 344 498
Reject 166 372
n: 1380
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 67 400
Reject 23 271
n: 761
p: 0.0049
r: 0.1
Meaning of life: subjective
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 338 423
Reject 186 317
n: 1264
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: relativism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 48 724
Reject 24 446
n: 1242
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 602 310
Reject 331 237
n: 1480
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 119 381
Reject 99 201
n: 800
p: 0.0111
r: 0.09
Morality: constructivism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 133 403
Reject 60 265
n: 861
p: 0.011
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Kantian
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 96 353
Reject 52 235
n: 736
p: 0.0199
r: -0.08
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 137 237
Reject 91 130
n: 595
p: 0.0403
r: -0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 91 436
Reject 79 246
n: 852
p: 0.0151
r: 0.08
Propositions: acts
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 41 364
Reject 22 220
n: 647
p: 0.0356
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 196 366
Reject 86 250
n: 898
p: 0.0138
r: 0.08
Newcomb's problem: one box
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 198 348
Reject 100 229
n: 875
p: 0.018
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 130 345
Reject 59 237
n: 771
p: 0.0267
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 201 206
Reject 137 114
n: 658
p: 0.0423
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: abstract
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 315 247
Reject 219 117
n: 898
p: 0.0222
r: 0.08
Normative concepts: ought
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 77 335
Reject 37 230
n: 679
p: 0.0485
r: -0.08
Moral principles: moral generalism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 287 235
Reject 191 116
n: 829
p: 0.0307
r: -0.07
Free will: no free will
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 92 819
Reject 92 476
n: 1479
p: 0.0041
r: -0.07
Immortality: yes
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 265 316
Reject 185 170
n: 936
p: 0.0233
r: 0.07
Proper names: Fregean
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 276 374
Reject 134 242
n: 1026
p: 0.021
r: 0.07
Personal identity: further-fact view
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 153 610
Reject 72 390
n: 1225
p: 0.0139
r: 0.07
Abortion: permissible
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 515 93
Reject 305 66
n: 979
p: 0.0306
r: -0.07
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 132 622
Reject 112 383
n: 1249
p: 0.0149
r: 0.07
Gender: unreal
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 38 731
Reject 14 476
n: 1259
p: 0.0159
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 402 518
Reject 210 361
n: 1491
p: 0.0103
r: 0.07
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 129 530
Reject 61 325
n: 1045
p: 0.0356
r: -0.06
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 195 577
Reject 155 314
n: 1241
p: 0.0238
r: -0.06
Abstract objects: Platonism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 343 474
Reject 240 254
n: 1311
p: 0.0207
r: -0.06
Footbridge: push
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 190 648
Reject 152 378
n: 1368
p: 0.0243
r: 0.06
Epistemic justification: internalism
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 339 490
Reject 182 312
n: 1323
p: 0.0332
r: -0.06
Race: biological
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 161 672
Reject 120 392
n: 1345
p: 0.0382
r: 0.05
Race: social
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 602 234
Reject 336 176
n: 1348
p: 0.0496
r: 0.05
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Aim of philosophy: understanding Accept Reject
Accept 498 422
Reject 276 295
n: 1491
p: 0.0457

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.1
Philosopher: Kant
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 123 588
Reject 48 396
n: 1155
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 81 630
Reject 26 418
n: 1155
p: 0.0016
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 218 747
Reject 106 482
n: 1553
p: 0.0052
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Aquinas
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 26 685
Reject 27 417
n: 1155
p: 0.02
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 66 899
Reject 60 528
n: 1553
p: 0.0129
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Rorty
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 10 701
Reject 1 443
n: 1155
p: 0.0357
r: -0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 115 850
Reject 92 496
n: 1553
p: 0.0232
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 518 459
Reject 357 247
n: 1581
p: 0.0235
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Aim of philosophy: understanding Yes No
Accept 76 889
Reject 29 559
n: 1553
p: 0.0308