Survey Results

Correlations

Analysis of knowledge: no analysis

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: -0.26
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 186 109
Reject 492 117
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Mental content: internalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 53 210
Reject 183 335
n: 781
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 54 178
Reject 204 278
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Truth: deflationary
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 109 163
Reject 135 433
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 60 137
Reject 89 321
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Moral principles: moral generalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 108 129
Reject 300 164
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 145 114
Reject 338 151
n: 748
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender: biological
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 68 192
Reject 207 329
n: 796
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Hume: skeptic
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 62 143
Reject 179 245
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 26 220
Reject 92 330
n: 668
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 54 92
Reject 47 241
n: 434
p: 0.0017
r: -0.14
Free will: libertarianism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 44 248
Reject 146 461
n: 899
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Belief or credence: neither
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 64 149
Reject 61 311
n: 585
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Other minds: future AI systems
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 122 144
Reject 210 323
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 18 134
Reject 56 263
n: 471
p: 0.0038
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 38 146
Reject 48 302
n: 534
p: 0.0021
r: 0.13
Metaontology: anti-realism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 27 156
Reject 38 294
n: 515
p: 0.0026
r: -0.13
Truth: correspondence
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 143 129
Reject 354 214
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 182 112
Reject 434 174
n: 902
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Free will: compatibilism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 201 93
Reject 371 237
n: 902
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Causation: process/production
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 44 175
Reject 118 312
n: 649
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Morality: error theory
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 20 236
Reject 23 473
n: 752
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: fit
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 24 155
Reject 25 397
n: 601
p: 0.0034
r: 0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 19 251
Reject 4 519
n: 793
p: 0.0009
r: 0.12
Abortion: permissible
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 249 32
Reject 418 108
n: 807
p: 0.0008
r: 0.11
Theory of reference: deflationary
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 52 159
Reject 54 355
n: 620
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 58 188
Reject 53 390
n: 689
p: 0.0027
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 78 157
Reject 144 348
n: 727
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Extended mind: yes
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 134 104
Reject 229 235
n: 702
p: 0.0032
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: presentism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 34 155
Reject 78 285
n: 552
p: 0.0107
r: -0.11
Epistemic justification: internalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 102 171
Reject 233 324
n: 830
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 53 191
Reject 124 323
n: 691
p: 0.0048
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 65 185
Reject 62 358
n: 670
p: 0.0064
r: 0.1
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 76 75
Reject 128 189
n: 468
p: 0.0238
r: 0.1
Material composition: nihilism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 11 125
Reject 22 258
n: 416
p: 0.0332
r: -0.1
Aesthetic experience: perception
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 44 108
Reject 104 215
n: 471
p: 0.0251
r: 0.1
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 37 172
Reject 55 398
n: 662
p: 0.0079
r: -0.1
Theory of reference: descriptive
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 45 169
Reject 107 307
n: 628
p: 0.0123
r: -0.1
Belief or credence: belief
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 57 157
Reject 133 239
n: 586
p: 0.0162
r: 0.1
Zombies: inconceivable
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 59 206
Reject 92 459
n: 816
p: 0.0046
r: -0.1
God: theism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 46 254
Reject 152 458
n: 910
p: 0.0031
r: 0.09
Mind: physicalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 176 105
Reject 329 264
n: 874
p: 0.0051
r: 0.09
Gender: social
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 194 65
Reject 366 178
n: 803
p: 0.0081
r: -0.09
Meaning of life: objective
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 81 154
Reject 228 298
n: 761
p: 0.0106
r: -0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 49 233
Reject 113 415
n: 810
p: 0.0089
r: 0.09
Other minds: fish
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 197 69
Reject 347 186
n: 799
p: 0.0104
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 141 154
Reject 356 253
n: 904
p: 0.0066
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 81 189
Reject 216 356
n: 842
p: 0.0094
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 63 183
Reject 92 356
n: 694
p: 0.0191
r: -0.09
Wittgenstein: early
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 59 180
Reject 130 304
n: 673
p: 0.0255
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Humean
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 72 114
Reject 137 286
n: 609
p: 0.0356
r: 0.08
Justification: infinitism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 6 213
Reject 6 430
n: 655
p: 0.0312
r: 0.08
Properties: nonexistent
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 24 161
Reject 31 348
n: 564
p: 0.0461
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 27 217
Reject 35 407
n: 686
p: 0.0282
r: 0.08
Normative concepts: ought
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 36 142
Reject 57 367
n: 602
p: 0.0401
r: -0.08
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 40 163
Reject 129 325
n: 657
p: 0.0322
r: -0.08
Gender: psychological
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 51 208
Reject 138 399
n: 796
p: 0.0187
r: 0.08
Other minds: current AI systems
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 8 258
Reject 17 516
n: 799
p: 0.0197
r: -0.08
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 143 152
Reject 335 270
n: 900
p: 0.0138
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 70 173
Reject 193 275
n: 711
p: 0.0299
r: -0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 135 79
Reject 309 142
n: 665
p: 0.037
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 64 181
Reject 86 358
n: 689
p: 0.0345
r: 0.08
Morality: expressivism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 35 222
Reject 57 440
n: 754
p: 0.0278
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 185 58
Reject 346 147
n: 736
p: 0.0318
r: 0.08
Chinese room: understands
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 59 179
Reject 96 395
n: 729
p: 0.0384
r: -0.08
A priori knowledge: yes
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 228 69
Reject 511 110
n: 918
p: 0.0222
r: -0.07
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 79 186
Reject 174 358
n: 797
p: 0.0347
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 133 148
Reject 317 271
n: 869
p: 0.0282
r: 0.07
Consciousness: functionalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 100 135
Reject 161 311
n: 707
p: 0.0483
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 53 219
Reject 168 399
n: 839
p: 0.0341
r: 0.07
Personal identity: biological view
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 74 171
Reject 119 391
n: 755
p: 0.0456
r: 0.07
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 154 99
Reject 280 239
n: 772
p: 0.0491
r: -0.07
Race: biological
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 52 211
Reject 123 426
n: 812
p: 0.0444
r: 0.07
Other minds: flies
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 117 149
Reject 173 360
n: 799
p: 0.0467
r: -0.07
Philosophical progress: a little
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Accept Reject
Accept 126 170
Reject 304 301
n: 901
p: 0.0434

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 51 184
Reject 37 433
n: 705
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 83 227
Reject 104 529
n: 943
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Applied Ethics
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 18 292
Reject 100 533
n: 943
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 50 259
Reject 59 578
n: 946
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
AOS: Decision Theory
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 18 292
Reject 12 621
n: 943
p: 0.0007
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 41 269
Reject 44 589
n: 943
p: 0.0008
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 33 197
Reject 34 451
n: 715
p: 0.0061
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Davidson
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 15 215
Reject 14 471
n: 715
p: 0.0069
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 40 256
Reject 49 547
n: 892
p: 0.0054
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 21 289
Reject 78 555
n: 943
p: 0.0049
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Frege
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 31 199
Reject 35 450
n: 715
p: 0.0251
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 81 229
Reject 131 502
n: 943
p: 0.0103
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: United States
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 147 88
Reject 339 131
n: 705
p: 0.0309
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Lewis
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 37 193
Reject 50 435
n: 715
p: 0.0311
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hume
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 47 183
Reject 75 410
n: 715
p: 0.0338
r: 0.08
Other demographics: YOB
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 159 135
Reject 281 309
n: 884
p: 0.0188
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Quine
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 31 199
Reject 41 444
n: 715
p: 0.0368
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Plato
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 9 221
Reject 35 450
n: 715
p: 0.0456
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 19 291
Reject 17 616
n: 943
p: 0.0264
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 19 291
Reject 16 617
n: 943
p: 0.0274
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 43 267
Reject 54 579
n: 943
p: 0.0279
r: -0.07
Tradition: Continental
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis Yes No
Accept 6 294
Reject 29 598
n: 927
p: 0.0445