Survey Results

Correlations

Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact

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: -0.35
God: theism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 19 226
Reject 158 304
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Abortion: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 194 13
Reject 301 119
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Meaning of life: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 60 147
Reject 206 195
n: 608
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Meaning of life: subjective
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 98 111
Reject 123 279
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Mind: physicalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 173 65
Reject 224 228
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 50 132
Reject 170 237
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 152 59
Reject 202 205
n: 618
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Immortality: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 88 119
Reject 245 172
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Law: legal positivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 63 57
Reject 84 155
n: 359
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Free will: compatibilism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 177 71
Reject 265 205
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Free will: libertarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 34 214
Reject 136 332
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Gender categories: preserve
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 27 145
Reject 111 253
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 54 155
Reject 160 244
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 13 101
Reject 59 203
n: 376
p: 0.0004
r: 0.18
Material composition: universalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 40 56
Reject 74 180
n: 350
p: 0.001
r: 0.18
Gender categories: revise
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 112 61
Reject 166 199
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 86 132
Reject 244 185
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender: social
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 163 59
Reject 255 152
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Politics: capitalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 63 127
Reject 167 206
n: 563
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 76 170
Reject 93 370
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 31 83
Reject 41 221
n: 376
p: 0.002
r: 0.16
Consciousness: identity theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 37 150
Reject 51 337
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 80 85
Reject 126 237
n: 528
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 131 78
Reject 202 202
n: 613
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Consciousness: dualism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 43 145
Reject 118 270
n: 576
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 36 132
Reject 50 326
n: 544
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Possible worlds: abstract
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 124 66
Reject 243 177
n: 610
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 29 142
Reject 136 248
n: 555
p: 0.0005
r: -0.15
Well-being: objective list
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 94 86
Reject 224 133
n: 537
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Morality: non-naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 48 141
Reject 141 261
n: 591
p: 0.0004
r: -0.14
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 123 122
Reject 269 194
n: 708
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 50 130
Reject 66 291
n: 537
p: 0.0012
r: 0.14
Morality: constructivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 45 147
Reject 71 329
n: 592
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 51 108
Reject 147 181
n: 487
p: 0.0024
r: -0.14
Personal identity: further-fact view
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 28 177
Reject 99 290
n: 594
p: 0.0009
r: -0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 153 85
Reject 340 124
n: 702
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 73 155
Reject 191 238
n: 657
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Gender: biological
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 73 146
Reject 160 248
n: 627
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Race categories: revise
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 71 89
Reject 99 241
n: 500
p: 0.0075
r: 0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 163 41
Reject 267 117
n: 588
p: 0.0041
r: 0.12
Personal identity: psychological view
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 112 94
Reject 181 211
n: 598
p: 0.004
r: 0.12
Morality: expressivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 29 164
Reject 38 363
n: 594
p: 0.0045
r: 0.12
Theory of reference: causal
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 95 60
Reject 170 175
n: 500
p: 0.0094
r: -0.11
Propositions: simple entities
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 12 131
Reject 35 294
n: 472
p: 0.0143
r: 0.11
Truth: deflationary
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 73 159
Reject 107 322
n: 661
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
Consciousness: eliminativism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 12 174
Reject 17 371
n: 574
p: 0.008
r: -0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 38 171
Reject 97 323
n: 629
p: 0.0063
r: -0.11
Statue and lump: one thing
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 61 105
Reject 131 198
n: 495
p: 0.0156
r: 0.11
Other minds: future AI systems
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 93 112
Reject 177 251
n: 633
p: 0.0063
r: -0.11
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 58 131
Reject 138 282
n: 609
p: 0.0076
r: -0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 45 99
Reject 110 189
n: 443
p: 0.0236
r: 0.11
Justification: coherentism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 48 127
Reject 84 266
n: 525
p: 0.0149
r: -0.11
Logic: classical
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 129 63
Reject 265 115
n: 572
p: 0.0118
r: -0.11
Vagueness: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 51 160
Reject 112 307
n: 630
p: 0.0082
r: -0.1
Hume: skeptic
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 63 108
Reject 138 203
n: 512
p: 0.0184
r: -0.1
A priori knowledge: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 186 56
Reject 386 85
n: 713
p: 0.0054
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 72 161
Reject 164 264
n: 661
p: 0.0075
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 68 90
Reject 96 225
n: 479
p: 0.0243
r: -0.1
Race categories: eliminate
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 72 87
Reject 156 184
n: 499
p: 0.0264
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 97 146
Reject 133 332
n: 708
p: 0.0087
r: -0.1
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 71 101
Reject 158 179
n: 509
p: 0.0271
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Kantian
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 39 119
Reject 57 271
n: 486
p: 0.04
r: 0.09
Propositions: structured entities
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 69 74
Reject 130 199
n: 472
p: 0.0448
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: relativism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 12 197
Reject 14 389
n: 612
p: 0.0228
r: -0.09
Mental content: internalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 69 143
Reject 136 267
n: 615
p: 0.0233
r: 0.09
Knowledge: empiricism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 125 74
Reject 196 183
n: 578
p: 0.028
r: 0.09
True contradictions: actual
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 29 154
Reject 39 355
n: 577
p: 0.0286
r: -0.09
Propositions: sets
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 14 128
Reject 35 294
n: 471
p: 0.0488
r: -0.09
Causation: primitive
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 34 130
Reject 88 272
n: 524
p: 0.0425
r: 0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 96 81
Reject 182 217
n: 576
p: 0.0363
r: 0.09
Extended mind: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 100 85
Reject 173 200
n: 558
p: 0.0399
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: design
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 27 143
Reject 109 275
n: 554
p: 0.0427
r: 0.09
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 102 126
Reject 149 278
n: 655
p: 0.0281
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 55 153
Reject 77 319
n: 604
p: 0.0422
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 79 153
Reject 128 317
n: 677
p: 0.0404

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.26
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 13 239
Reject 85 404
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Hegel
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 10 189
Reject 4 372
n: 575
p: 0.0023
r: 0.11
Region of affiliation: Europe
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 46 210
Reject 52 439
n: 747
p: 0.0034
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 141 115
Reject 313 178
n: 747
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Kant
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 33 166
Reject 43 333
n: 575
p: 0.0148
r: -0.1
Region of nationality: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 116 125
Reject 282 182
n: 705
p: 0.0082
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 118 66
Reject 279 100
n: 563
p: 0.0257
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Mill
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 14 185
Reject 12 364
n: 575
p: 0.0282
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Putnam
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 13 186
Reject 13 363
n: 575
p: 0.0409
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: Oceania
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 14 170
Reject 15 364
n: 563
p: 0.0465
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 50 191
Reject 67 397
n: 705
p: 0.029
r: 0.07
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 17 235
Reject 17 472
n: 741
p: 0.0471