Survey Results

Correlations

Aim of philosophy: wisdom

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: 0.31
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 303 174
Reject 285 587
n: 1349
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 169 102
Reject 152 300
n: 723
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
God: theism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 162 343
Reject 138 816
n: 1459
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Meaning of life: objective
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 239 193
Reject 265 540
n: 1237
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Temporal ontology: presentism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 60 139
Reject 60 323
n: 582
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Law: legal positivism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 60 139
Reject 141 174
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 142 141
Reject 168 337
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Mind: physicalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 211 261
Reject 586 324
n: 1382
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 51 373
Reject 190 611
n: 1225
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 28 175
Reject 21 409
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Humean
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 63 207
Reject 173 279
n: 722
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Free will: libertarianism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 148 356
Reject 156 781
n: 1441
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Abortion: permissible
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 265 83
Reject 530 73
n: 951
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 66 169
Reject 60 367
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 64 135
Reject 191 192
n: 582
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Gender: psychological
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 138 323
Reject 175 667
n: 1303
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Hume: skeptic
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 132 139
Reject 156 294
n: 721
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
External world: idealism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 59 439
Reject 46 902
n: 1446
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 38 262
Reject 116 397
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 214 210
Reject 477 296
n: 1197
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 164 136
Reject 211 302
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 101 177
Reject 256 264
n: 798
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 105 311
Reject 116 660
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 40 210
Reject 46 446
n: 742
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 367 130
Reject 582 327
n: 1406
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: value
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 126 115
Reject 168 252
n: 661
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 84 248
Reject 99 585
n: 1016
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Consciousness: dualism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 86 175
Reject 121 410
n: 792
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Well-being: objective list
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 186 83
Reject 276 212
n: 757
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 106 286
Reject 160 624
n: 1176
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 96 98
Reject 135 204
n: 533
p: 0.0055
r: 0.12
Propositions: acts
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 26 188
Reject 37 378
n: 629
p: 0.0036
r: 0.12
Time: A-theory
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 104 168
Reject 172 405
n: 849
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 134 200
Reject 334 353
n: 1021
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Propositions: simple entities
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 22 192
Reject 28 388
n: 630
p: 0.0048
r: 0.11
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 377 107
Reject 628 251
n: 1363
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 76 179
Reject 107 389
n: 751
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
True contradictions: actual
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 45 219
Reject 54 442
n: 760
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 57 121
Reject 103 286
n: 567
p: 0.0115
r: 0.11
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 206 85
Reject 351 199
n: 841
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 81 161
Reject 212 273
n: 727
p: 0.0043
r: -0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 70 213
Reject 176 343
n: 802
p: 0.0028
r: 0.1
Aesthetic value: objective
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 261 207
Reject 399 455
n: 1322
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 72 164
Reject 161 264
n: 661
p: 0.0075
r: -0.1
Other minds: future AI systems
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 120 212
Reject 261 335
n: 928
p: 0.0016
r: -0.1
Science: scientific realism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 358 112
Reject 736 168
n: 1374
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Properties: immanent universals
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 60 145
Reject 88 318
n: 611
p: 0.0127
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 184 117
Reject 407 154
n: 862
p: 0.0033
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: moral
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 52 227
Reject 39 431
n: 749
p: 0.0064
r: 0.1
Newcomb's problem: one box
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 96 159
Reject 191 399
n: 845
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
Other minds: plants
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 31 301
Reject 33 563
n: 928
p: 0.0041
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 36 146
Reject 50 341
n: 573
p: 0.0246
r: 0.09
Causation: process/production
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 71 170
Reject 112 372
n: 725
p: 0.0128
r: 0.09
Mental content: internalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 132 264
Reject 222 586
n: 1204
p: 0.0016
r: -0.09
Consciousness: functionalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 83 178
Reject 218 315
n: 794
p: 0.0111
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 168 255
Reject 223 545
n: 1191
p: 0.0019
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 81 216
Reject 189 356
n: 842
p: 0.0094
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 27 303
Reject 28 654
n: 1012
p: 0.0049
r: 0.09
Gender: biological
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 185 274
Reject 261 580
n: 1300
p: 0.0022
r: -0.08
Chinese room: understands
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 43 252
Reject 115 409
n: 819
p: 0.0151
r: -0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 94 111
Reject 233 203
n: 641
p: 0.0323
r: -0.08
Free will: compatibilism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 293 211
Reject 615 324
n: 1443
p: 0.0013
r: 0.08
Properties: transcendent universals
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 52 153
Reject 85 322
n: 612
p: 0.0377
r: -0.08
Experience machine: yes
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 57 426
Reject 138 740
n: 1361
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
External world: non-skeptical realism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 405 91
Reject 830 117
n: 1443
p: 0.0016
r: 0.08
Belief or credence: neither
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 45 169
Reject 82 338
n: 634
p: 0.0374
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 7 192
Reject 10 419
n: 628
p: 0.0384
r: -0.08
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 150 323
Reject 321 552
n: 1346
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 86 194
Reject 106 367
n: 753
p: 0.0265
r: -0.08
Gender categories: eliminate
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 47 243
Reject 95 417
n: 802
p: 0.0281
r: 0.08
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 303 219
Reject 454 477
n: 1453
p: 0.0033
r: -0.08
Footbridge: push
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 93 354
Reject 241 643
n: 1331
p: 0.0054
r: -0.07
Free will: no free will
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 48 455
Reject 132 807
n: 1442
p: 0.0054
r: -0.07
Moral principles: moral generalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 154 137
Reject 310 207
n: 808
p: 0.0466
r: 0.07
Moral motivation: internalism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 208 189
Reject 320 420
n: 1137
p: 0.0184
r: 0.07
Proper names: Fregean
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 131 179
Reject 263 420
n: 993
p: 0.0286
r: 0.07
Other minds: flies
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 127 205
Reject 210 386
n: 928
p: 0.0348
r: 0.07
Other minds: worms
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 92 240
Reject 146 450
n: 928
p: 0.0403
r: 0.07
Abstract objects: Platonism
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 210 236
Reject 357 474
n: 1277
p: 0.0167
r: 0.07
Truth: epistemic
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 66 378
Reject 90 778
n: 1312
p: 0.0162
r: 0.07
Race: social
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 338 132
Reject 580 271
n: 1321
p: 0.0168
r: 0.06
Gender: social
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 338 128
Reject 580 266
n: 1312
p: 0.0227
r: -0.06
Philosophical progress: a lot
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 204 290
Reject 454 506
n: 1454
p: 0.0215
r: -0.06
Trolley problem: switch
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 306 120
Reject 659 203
n: 1288
p: 0.043
r: -0.05
Laws of nature: Humean
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Accept Reject
Accept 144 317
Reject 290 554
n: 1305
p: 0.0472

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 396 130
Reject 850 120
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Aristotle
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 110 298
Reject 111 614
n: 1133
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Aquinas
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 36 372
Reject 18 707
n: 1133
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Tradition: Other tradition
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 81 445
Reject 64 906
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 71 460
Reject 54 929
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Region of nationality: United States
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 298 209
Reject 438 491
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Socrates
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 28 380
Reject 17 708
n: 1133
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: Europe
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 78 429
Reject 222 707
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 50 481
Reject 41 942
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 17 391
Reject 5 720
n: 1133
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Hume
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 48 360
Reject 145 580
n: 1133
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 62 486
Reject 187 808
n: 1543
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 44 487
Reject 39 944
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Augustine
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 14 394
Reject 7 718
n: 1133
p: 0.001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Lewis
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 19 389
Reject 83 642
n: 1133
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 62 469
Reject 183 800
n: 1514
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
AOS: Normative Ethics
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 140 391
Reject 176 807
n: 1514
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Frege
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 20 388
Reject 65 660
n: 1133
p: 0.0033
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Buddha
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 6 402
Reject 0 725
n: 1133
p: 0.0054
r: -0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 45 486
Reject 128 855
n: 1514
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: United States
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 336 212
Reject 524 471
n: 1543
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Plato
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 36 372
Reject 35 690
n: 1133
p: 0.0103
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Confucius
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 5 403
Reject 1 724
n: 1133
p: 0.0113
r: 0.07
AOS: Applied Ethics
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 90 441
Reject 113 870
n: 1514
p: 0.0035
r: 0.07
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 18 513
Reject 11 972
n: 1514
p: 0.0037
r: 0.07
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 26 505
Reject 23 960
n: 1514
p: 0.0045
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Whitehead
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 6 402
Reject 1 724
n: 1133
p: 0.0152
r: 0.07
Tradition: Continental
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 49 477
Reject 56 914
n: 1496
p: 0.0058
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Heidegger
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 17 391
Reject 15 710
n: 1133
p: 0.0192
r: 0.07
Philosopher: James
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 22 386
Reject 18 707
n: 1133
p: 0.0224
r: -0.07
AOS: Decision Theory
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 5 526
Reject 33 950
n: 1514
p: 0.0085
r: 0.07
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 39 492
Reject 42 941
n: 1514
p: 0.0097
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 15 393
Reject 51 674
n: 1133
p: 0.0277
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Arendt
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 10 398
Reject 6 719
n: 1133
p: 0.0353
r: 0.06
Region of PhD: United States
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 272 104
Reject 450 234
n: 1060
p: 0.043
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 34 497
Reject 108 875
n: 1514
p: 0.0164
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Husserl
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 17 391
Reject 14 711
n: 1133
p: 0.045
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Quine
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 25 383
Reject 67 658
n: 1133
p: 0.0452
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Russell
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 18 390
Reject 55 670
n: 1133
p: 0.0466
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Davidson
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 6 402
Reject 30 695
n: 1133
p: 0.0478
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 37 470
Reject 104 825
n: 1436
p: 0.0341
r: 0.06
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 110 421
Reject 148 835
n: 1514
p: 0.0307
r: -0.05
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Aim of philosophy: wisdom Yes No
Accept 37 494
Reject 95 888
n: 1514
p: 0.0386