Survey Results

Correlations

Causation: counterfactual/difference-making

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: 0.27
Laws of nature: Humean
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 139 163
Reject 102 342
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Consciousness: functionalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 126 124
Reject 118 256
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Humean
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 99 104
Reject 84 234
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 196 79
Reject 199 200
n: 674
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Mind: physicalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 212 88
Reject 230 204
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 135 99
Reject 159 217
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Other minds: future AI systems
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 143 123
Reject 146 274
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Abortion: permissible
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 251 23
Reject 329 95
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Propositions: sets
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 27 169
Reject 29 306
n: 531
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 32 152
Reject 33 300
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Extended mind: yes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 150 89
Reject 172 207
n: 618
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Units of selection: genes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 105 66
Reject 109 138
n: 418
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 50 182
Reject 125 218
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Mind uploading: survival
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 93 139
Reject 98 287
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 145 148
Reject 131 285
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 231 86
Reject 274 188
n: 779
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Personal identity: psychological view
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 160 106
Reject 170 217
n: 653
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
God: theism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 40 270
Reject 119 342
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 61 141
Reject 150 168
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 107 86
Reject 112 208
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Morality: non-naturalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 51 208
Reject 134 256
n: 649
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 26 158
Reject 24 274
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Knowledge: empiricism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 181 89
Reject 188 184
n: 642
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Chinese room: understands
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 67 177
Reject 58 323
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Meaning of life: objective
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 81 184
Reject 186 210
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Belief or credence: credence
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 90 126
Reject 93 228
n: 537
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 22 184
Reject 82 239
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Material composition: universalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 55 78
Reject 67 183
n: 383
p: 0.0009
r: 0.17
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 69 101
Reject 71 224
n: 465
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 41 115
Reject 40 196
n: 392
p: 0.001
r: -0.16
Free will: libertarianism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 49 266
Reject 115 339
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Free will: compatibilism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 226 89
Reject 268 187
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 38 146
Reject 59 275
n: 518
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 69 101
Reject 157 140
n: 467
p: 0.0005
r: -0.16
Belief or credence: belief
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 54 162
Reject 124 197
n: 537
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Time: A-theory
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 49 155
Reject 119 216
n: 539
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 47 160
Reject 45 277
n: 529
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 144 104
Reject 153 195
n: 596
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 80 126
Reject 85 237
n: 528
p: 0.0004
r: -0.15
Well-being: objective list
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 112 111
Reject 216 131
n: 570
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 122 170
Reject 236 188
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Law: legal positivism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 74 67
Reject 96 163
n: 400
p: 0.0027
r: 0.15
Possible worlds: concrete
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 23 233
Reject 14 397
n: 667
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 76 205
Reject 148 257
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Teletransporter: survival
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 136 137
Reject 142 258
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: presentism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 26 168
Reject 77 243
n: 514
p: 0.0009
r: -0.15
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 142 169
Reject 269 189
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 29 127
Reject 65 172
n: 393
p: 0.0041
r: -0.14
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 41 181
Reject 101 241
n: 564
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Consciousness: dualism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 46 203
Reject 110 264
n: 623
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Trolley problem: switch
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 242 47
Reject 296 119
n: 704
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 56 143
Reject 116 188
n: 503
p: 0.0016
r: -0.14
Material composition: restrictivism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 46 87
Reject 115 135
n: 383
p: 0.006
r: 0.14
Morality: expressivism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 40 220
Reject 37 355
n: 652
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Meaning of life: subjective
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 120 144
Reject 138 260
n: 662
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 200 115
Reject 328 128
n: 771
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Truth: deflationary
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 98 202
Reject 105 314
n: 719
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 38 225
Reject 90 294
n: 647
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 104 207
Reject 108 351
n: 770
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Race: social
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 213 78
Reject 286 137
n: 714
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 111 206
Reject 139 323
n: 779
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 172 111
Reject 210 196
n: 689
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 46 173
Reject 49 288
n: 556
p: 0.0053
r: 0.12
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 60 164
Reject 59 287
n: 570
p: 0.0051
r: 0.12
Material composition: nihilism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 15 118
Reject 20 230
n: 383
p: 0.0225
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 214 103
Reject 295 167
n: 779
p: 0.002
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 140 177
Reject 262 200
n: 779
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Gender: psychological
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 82 201
Reject 82 328
n: 693
p: 0.004
r: -0.11
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 81 212
Reject 161 273
n: 727
p: 0.0043
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 19 164
Reject 60 240
n: 483
p: 0.0209
r: 0.1
Gender: social
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 206 76
Reject 281 133
n: 696
p: 0.0057
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 151 108
Reject 167 201
n: 627
p: 0.0089
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: deontology
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 95 200
Reject 168 249
n: 712
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
Footbridge: push
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 103 196
Reject 93 334
n: 726
p: 0.0067
r: -0.1
Hume: skeptic
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 64 152
Reject 128 207
n: 551
p: 0.0186
r: -0.1
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 67 193
Reject 135 232
n: 627
p: 0.0129
r: 0.1
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 133 150
Reject 171 249
n: 703
p: 0.0087
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 63 135
Reject 67 234
n: 499
p: 0.0283
r: 0.1
Justification: reliabilism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 111 122
Reject 114 228
n: 575
p: 0.0194
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 197 59
Reject 270 120
n: 646
p: 0.0135
r: -0.1
Truth: correspondence
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 176 124
Reject 265 155
n: 720
p: 0.0093
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 93 198
Reject 174 244
n: 709
p: 0.0103
r: 0.09
Justification: coherentism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 65 168
Reject 67 276
n: 576
p: 0.023
r: -0.09
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 226 83
Reject 330 116
n: 755
p: 0.0093
r: 0.09
Propositions: structured entities
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 88 109
Reject 143 192
n: 532
p: 0.0311
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 235 81
Reject 380 85
n: 781
p: 0.0102
r: -0.09
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 74 154
Reject 139 245
n: 612
p: 0.0283
r: 0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 137 73
Reject 169 152
n: 531
p: 0.0428
r: 0.09
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 73 189
Reject 72 321
n: 655
p: 0.0269
r: -0.08
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 199 120
Reject 333 131
n: 783
p: 0.0274
r: 0.08
Consciousness: eliminativism
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 14 234
Reject 20 354
n: 622
p: 0.0495
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Accept Reject
Accept 69 187
Reject 136 274
n: 666
p: 0.0492

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.18
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 12 317
Reject 66 416
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Lewis
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 48 205
Reject 33 334
n: 620
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosopher: Aquinas
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 5 248
Reject 29 338
n: 620
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Tradition: Analytic
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 307 19
Reject 416 57
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Putnam
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 18 235
Reject 6 361
n: 620
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Carnap
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 31 222
Reject 20 347
n: 620
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Hume
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 65 188
Reject 54 313
n: 620
p: 0.0008
r: -0.11
AOS: Metaphysics
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 78 251
Reject 148 334
n: 811
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 39 214
Reject 31 336
n: 620
p: 0.0075
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 24 305
Reject 14 468
n: 811
p: 0.008
r: 0.09
AOS: Decision Theory
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 21 308
Reject 12 470
n: 811
p: 0.0083
r: 0.09
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 55 274
Reject 50 432
n: 811
p: 0.0084
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Plato
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 9 244
Reject 30 337
n: 620
p: 0.0214
r: 0.09
Other demographics: YOB
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 157 156
Reject 209 243
n: 765
p: 0.0107
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Leibniz
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 6 247
Reject 19 348
n: 620
p: 0.0227
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Russell
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 15 238
Reject 36 331
n: 620
p: 0.0256
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 37 216
Reject 83 284
n: 620
p: 0.0364
r: -0.08
Tradition: Other tradition
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 15 311
Reject 38 435
n: 799
p: 0.0177
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 24 304
Reject 16 466
n: 810
p: 0.0193
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Mill
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 17 236
Reject 14 353
n: 620
p: 0.043
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 50 279
Reject 42 440
n: 811
p: 0.0241
r: -0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 9 320
Reject 31 451
n: 811
p: 0.0244
r: -0.07
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making Yes No
Accept 27 302
Reject 57 425
n: 811
p: 0.047