Survey Results

Correlations

Belief or credence: belief

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: -0.29
Practical reason: Humean
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 34 129
Reject 140 180
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 40 106
Reject 150 157
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Time: A-theory
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 75 80
Reject 86 248
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Temporal ontology: presentism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 46 100
Reject 52 255
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Other minds: future AI systems
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 55 134
Reject 178 222
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 104 114
Reject 108 293
n: 619
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 115 73
Reject 290 80
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Well-being: objective list
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 109 54
Reject 182 168
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Aesthetic value: objective
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 133 72
Reject 187 239
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Meaning of life: objective
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 110 93
Reject 126 252
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Material composition: restrictivism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 59 59
Reject 77 147
n: 342
p: 0.0005
r: -0.19
Mind: physicalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 98 113
Reject 278 165
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 82 81
Reject 114 205
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Material composition: universalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 32 86
Reject 91 133
n: 342
p: 0.0009
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Kantian
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 39 123
Reject 45 272
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Law: legal positivism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 36 84
Reject 116 109
n: 345
p: 0.001
r: -0.17
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 99 119
Reject 228 175
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 25 139
Reject 94 256
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 72 114
Reject 193 169
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Personal identity: psychological view
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 90 111
Reject 203 185
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 62 148
Reject 183 233
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Meaning of life: subjective
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 65 139
Reject 164 213
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 46 107
Reject 47 274
n: 474
p: 0.0005
r: -0.16
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 54 124
Reject 162 197
n: 537
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
God: theism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 66 161
Reject 76 371
n: 674
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: moral
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 29 141
Reject 25 300
n: 495
p: 0.0006
r: 0.15
Consciousness: dualism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 64 109
Reject 83 289
n: 545
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Causation: primitive
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 55 122
Reject 71 283
n: 531
p: 0.0008
r: -0.14
Trolley problem: switch
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 146 59
Reject 333 92
n: 630
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 19 134
Reject 65 258
n: 476
p: 0.0022
r: -0.14
Abortion: permissible
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 144 49
Reject 365 55
n: 613
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 31 115
Reject 32 244
n: 422
p: 0.0055
r: -0.13
Propositions: sets
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 15 144
Reject 39 270
n: 468
p: 0.0037
r: 0.13
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 49 139
Reject 47 300
n: 535
p: 0.0019
r: 0.13
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 82 101
Reject 117 252
n: 552
p: 0.0018
r: -0.13
Mind uploading: survival
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 43 136
Reject 125 234
n: 538
p: 0.0021
r: 0.13
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 22 79
Reject 26 214
n: 341
p: 0.015
r: 0.13
Causation: process/production
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 53 125
Reject 70 288
n: 536
p: 0.0032
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 128 97
Reject 305 152
n: 682
p: 0.0009
r: -0.13
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 97 105
Reject 234 151
n: 587
p: 0.0022
r: -0.13
Laws of nature: Humean
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 55 164
Reject 142 274
n: 635
p: 0.0015
r: -0.13
Footbridge: push
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 43 167
Reject 132 311
n: 653
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Free will: libertarianism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 63 162
Reject 78 376
n: 679
p: 0.0012
r: -0.12
Gender categories: revise
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 85 92
Reject 194 156
n: 527
p: 0.0053
r: -0.12
Knowledge: empiricism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 88 92
Reject 220 154
n: 554
p: 0.005
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 60 165
Reject 166 291
n: 682
p: 0.0019
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 16 86
Reject 59 181
n: 342
p: 0.0317
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 140 85
Reject 322 135
n: 682
p: 0.0028
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 94 117
Reject 137 280
n: 628
p: 0.0043
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 184 41
Reject 322 135
n: 682
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Consciousness: functionalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 57 117
Reject 156 217
n: 547
p: 0.0083
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 137 88
Reject 245 212
n: 682
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 58 133
Reject 75 321
n: 587
p: 0.0066
r: 0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 68 111
Reject 99 291
n: 569
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 38 189
Reject 112 336
n: 675
p: 0.0042
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 27 161
Reject 59 286
n: 533
p: 0.0119
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 15 132
Reject 45 231
n: 423
p: 0.0264
r: -0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 34 145
Reject 101 257
n: 537
p: 0.0147
r: -0.1
Race categories: revise
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 49 109
Reject 125 195
n: 478
p: 0.022
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 136 89
Reject 210 247
n: 682
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 196 34
Reject 351 108
n: 689
p: 0.0068
r: -0.1
Chinese room: understands
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 26 156
Reject 83 284
n: 549
p: 0.0199
r: -0.1
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 57 133
Reject 157 239
n: 586
p: 0.0162
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 56 126
Reject 70 279
n: 531
p: 0.0253
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: deontology
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 87 124
Reject 143 273
n: 627
p: 0.0156
r: -0.1
Propositions: nonexistent
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 22 136
Reject 50 259
n: 467
p: 0.0376
r: 0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 57 144
Reject 85 303
n: 589
p: 0.0198
r: 0.09
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 163 60
Reject 308 142
n: 673
p: 0.016
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 51 126
Reject 72 277
n: 526
p: 0.0376
r: -0.09
Mental content: internalism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 64 146
Reject 123 277
n: 610
p: 0.0254
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 30 123
Reject 77 244
n: 474
p: 0.0492
r: -0.09
Morality: constructivism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 27 152
Reject 86 306
n: 571
p: 0.0326
r: -0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 129 96
Reject 292 162
n: 679
p: 0.0245
r: 0.09
Personal identity: further-fact view
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 47 151
Reject 70 317
n: 585
p: 0.0374
r: -0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Belief or credence: belief Accept Reject
Accept 112 94
Reject 252 167
n: 625
p: 0.0399

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.15
Philosopher: Hume
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 23 166
Reject 78 284
n: 551
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Carnap
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 10 179
Reject 38 324
n: 551
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Aquinas
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 18 171
Reject 14 348
n: 551
p: 0.0077
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Frege
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 27 162
Reject 32 330
n: 551
p: 0.0092
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Anscombe
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 12 177
Reject 9 353
n: 551
p: 0.0132
r: -0.1
AOS: Decision Theory
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 5 226
Reject 28 447
n: 706
p: 0.0069
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Reid
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 11 178
Reject 8 354
n: 551
p: 0.0297
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: Europe
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 58 164
Reject 82 370
n: 674
p: 0.0175
r: 0.09
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 25 140
Reject 33 335
n: 533
p: 0.0467
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 40 149
Reject 62 300
n: 551
p: 0.0463
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 32 199
Reject 39 436
n: 706
p: 0.0316
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 23 208
Reject 30 445
n: 706
p: 0.0339
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Oceania
Belief or credence: belief Yes No
Accept 7 215
Reject 36 416
n: 674
p: 0.0388