Survey Results

Correlations

Belief or credence: credence

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
Practical reason: Humean
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 90 70
Reject 84 239
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 84 68
Reject 106 195
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Material composition: restrictivism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 36 78
Reject 100 128
n: 342
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Time: A-theory
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 46 125
Reject 115 203
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Temporal ontology: presentism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 21 131
Reject 77 224
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Well-being: objective list
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 82 97
Reject 209 125
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Material composition: universalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 53 61
Reject 70 158
n: 342
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 110 107
Reject 135 274
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 130 63
Reject 201 193
n: 587
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Abortion: permissible
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 191 18
Reject 318 86
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositions: sets
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 28 119
Reject 26 295
n: 468
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 17 156
Reject 76 225
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 46 114
Reject 150 172
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Other minds: future AI systems
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 97 105
Reject 136 251
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
God: theism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 33 194
Reject 109 338
n: 674
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 57 122
Reject 62 273
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 47 154
Reject 165 253
n: 619
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Meaning of life: objective
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 60 137
Reject 176 208
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 109 75
Reject 156 208
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 40 82
Reject 35 185
n: 342
p: 0.001
r: 0.18
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 156 32
Reject 249 121
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Footbridge: push
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 86 141
Reject 89 337
n: 653
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 90 93
Reject 126 228
n: 537
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: classes
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 24 123
Reject 29 263
n: 439
p: 0.0004
r: 0.17
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 121 81
Reject 206 213
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Practical reason: Kantian
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 19 140
Reject 65 255
n: 479
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
Consciousness: dualism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 39 142
Reject 108 256
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Morality: non-naturalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 46 158
Reject 121 244
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 84 132
Reject 236 179
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: deontology
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 57 158
Reject 173 239
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Knowledge: empiricism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 125 67
Reject 183 179
n: 554
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 59 157
Reject 172 240
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Mind: physicalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 143 81
Reject 233 197
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Laws of nature: Humean
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 82 130
Reject 115 308
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Free will: libertarianism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 33 196
Reject 108 342
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Morality: error theory
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 18 186
Reject 15 352
n: 571
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 86 143
Reject 140 313
n: 682
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Race categories: revise
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 67 91
Reject 107 213
n: 478
p: 0.0019
r: 0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 43 132
Reject 41 260
n: 476
p: 0.002
r: -0.14
Causation: primitive
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 30 152
Reject 96 253
n: 531
p: 0.0011
r: -0.14
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 13 127
Reject 50 232
n: 422
p: 0.0038
r: 0.14
Gender categories: revise
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 99 70
Reject 180 178
n: 527
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Moral principles: moral generalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 125 65
Reject 203 160
n: 553
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Trolley problem: switch
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 185 36
Reject 294 115
n: 630
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 56 126
Reject 79 276
n: 537
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Personal identity: psychological view
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 110 82
Reject 183 214
n: 589
p: 0.0011
r: -0.13
Spacetime: relationism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 56 70
Reject 115 138
n: 379
p: 0.0091
r: -0.13
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 16 155
Reject 80 284
n: 535
p: 0.0031
r: -0.13
Concepts: nativism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 46 103
Reject 118 194
n: 461
p: 0.0063
r: -0.12
Arguments for theism: moral
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 10 157
Reject 44 284
n: 495
p: 0.0055
r: -0.12
Abstract objects: Platonism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 89 124
Reject 223 189
n: 625
p: 0.0027
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 170 59
Reject 292 161
n: 682
p: 0.0017
r: -0.12
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 146 81
Reject 325 121
n: 673
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 154 75
Reject 279 174
n: 682
p: 0.0019
r: 0.12
Extended mind: yes
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 95 78
Reject 179 185
n: 537
p: 0.0064
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: subjective
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 88 109
Reject 141 243
n: 581
p: 0.0053
r: 0.11
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 34 144
Reject 38 297
n: 513
p: 0.0096
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 113 116
Reject 269 184
n: 682
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Law: legal positivism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 60 57
Reject 92 136
n: 345
p: 0.0377
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 112 117
Reject 189 264
n: 682
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 20 93
Reject 34 219
n: 366
p: 0.0392
r: 0.11
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 63 163
Reject 87 362
n: 675
p: 0.0054
r: -0.11
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 15 108
Reject 33 185
n: 341
p: 0.0486
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 5 162
Reject 4 308
n: 479
p: 0.0215
r: 0.1
Vagueness: semantic
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 145 74
Reject 219 187
n: 625
p: 0.0087
r: 0.1
Justification: coherentism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 47 120
Reject 70 276
n: 513
p: 0.0178
r: 0.1
Mind uploading: survival
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 61 118
Reject 107 252
n: 538
p: 0.0158
r: -0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 28 149
Reject 98 256
n: 531
p: 0.0167
r: 0.1
Free will: no free will
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 45 184
Reject 47 403
n: 679
p: 0.0087
r: 0.1
Consciousness: panpsychism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 18 163
Reject 23 342
n: 546
p: 0.0193
r: -0.1
Personal identity: further-fact view
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 31 160
Reject 86 308
n: 585
p: 0.0162
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 154 75
Reject 352 101
n: 682
p: 0.0108
r: 0.1
Other minds: current AI systems
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 9 193
Reject 7 380
n: 589
p: 0.0192
r: -0.09
Causation: process/production
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 28 155
Reject 95 258
n: 536
p: 0.0279
r: 0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 96 96
Reject 158 224
n: 574
p: 0.0232
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: relativism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 13 189
Reject 19 399
n: 620
p: 0.0188
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 32 137
Reject 54 310
n: 533
p: 0.0314
r: -0.09
Gender: biological
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 67 124
Reject 151 262
n: 604
p: 0.0226
r: 0.09
Other minds: fish
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 148 54
Reject 259 128
n: 589
p: 0.025
r: 0.09
Chinese room: understands
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 34 151
Reject 75 289
n: 549
p: 0.0312
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 172 59
Reject 375 83
n: 689
p: 0.0158
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 57 109
Reject 89 255
n: 510
p: 0.0383
r: 0.09
Mental content: internalism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 75 121
Reject 112 302
n: 610
p: 0.0253
r: -0.09
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 99 127
Reject 245 205
n: 676
p: 0.0189
r: -0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 88 85
Reject 175 144
n: 492
p: 0.0464
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: ontological
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 13 154
Reject 42 282
n: 491
p: 0.0484
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 22 156
Reject 37 314
n: 529
p: 0.0426
r: -0.08
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 57 125
Reject 142 228
n: 552
p: 0.0472
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: concrete
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 17 176
Reject 19 369
n: 581
p: 0.0419
r: 0.08
Other minds: plants
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 15 187
Reject 24 363
n: 589
p: 0.046
r: 0.08
External world: skepticism
Belief or credence: credence Accept Reject
Accept 15 215
Reject 22 431
n: 683
p: 0.0381

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15
Philosopher: Carnap
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 27 159
Reject 21 344
n: 551
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hume
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 47 139
Reject 54 311
n: 551
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
AOS: Epistemology
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 63 175
Reject 168 300
n: 706
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Region of nationality: Oceania
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 21 208
Reject 22 423
n: 674
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Region of PhD: Oceania
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 15 176
Reject 15 327
n: 533
p: 0.0048
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Kant
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 15 171
Reject 59 306
n: 551
p: 0.0105
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 17 221
Reject 54 414
n: 706
p: 0.0077
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Lewis
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 29 157
Reject 40 325
n: 551
p: 0.0357
r: 0.09
AOS: Decision Theory
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 17 221
Reject 16 452
n: 706
p: 0.0227
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Rawls
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 9 177
Reject 9 356
n: 551
p: 0.0482
r: 0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Belief or credence: credence Yes No
Accept 28 210
Reject 43 425
n: 706
p: 0.0262