Survey Results

Correlations

Cosmological fine-tuning: design

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: 0.72
God: theism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 124 11
Reject 54 519
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.68
Abortion: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 30 92
Reject 466 41
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: 0.55
Meaning of life: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 122 10
Reject 145 332
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.51
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 107
Reject 341 159
n: 619
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
Consciousness: dualism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 84 29
Reject 77 388
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.5
Mind: physicalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 13 116
Reject 383 179
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
Free will: libertarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 89 46
Reject 80 501
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.4
Morality: non-naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 82 40
Reject 108 362
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Gender categories: preserve
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 62 42
Reject 76 356
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Immortality: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 108 21
Reject 225 271
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Personal identity: further-fact view
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 60 57
Reject 68 412
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Aesthetic value: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 113 20
Reject 218 297
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 67 25
Reject 131 265
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Meaning of life: subjective
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 13 119
Reject 207 272
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 132 6
Reject 362 204
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 47 56
Reject 383 103
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Free will: compatibilism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 39 97
Reject 403 179
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 69 53
Reject 95 339
n: 556
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Consciousness: functionalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 8 105
Reject 206 259
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Personal identity: psychological view
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 22 96
Reject 271 211
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Well-being: objective list
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 94 11
Reject 226 207
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Other minds: future AI systems
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 24 96
Reject 247 268
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 54 35
Reject 99 253
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Footbridge: push
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 121
Reject 173 366
n: 671
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 79 44
Reject 140 328
n: 591
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Politics: capitalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 73 36
Reject 157 298
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Practical reason: Humean
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 7 85
Reject 163 234
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Laws of nature: Humean
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 114
Reject 194 358
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 19 105
Reject 232 300
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 129 7
Reject 396 156
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 64 17
Reject 137 196
n: 414
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Causation: primitive
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 46 56
Reject 76 345
n: 523
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Truth: correspondence
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 111 19
Reject 299 235
n: 664
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Abstract objects: Platonism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 83 35
Reject 220 308
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Knowledge: empiricism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 36 74
Reject 282 186
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 97 18
Reject 306 182
n: 603
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 102 27
Reject 286 294
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Law: legal positivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 14 57
Reject 134 158
n: 363
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Truth: deflationary
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 119
Reject 169 364
n: 663
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Gender: biological
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 69 51
Reject 162 346
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Mind uploading: survival
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 10 108
Reject 167 303
n: 588
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Propositions: simple entities
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 21 76
Reject 26 347
n: 470
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Gender: social
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 58 60
Reject 361 151
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Gender categories: revise
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 35 69
Reject 243 191
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Arguments for theism: design
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 52 70
Reject 85 349
n: 556
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 20 89
Reject 244 215
n: 568
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Morality: constructivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 6 116
Reject 110 361
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Experience machine: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 5 124
Reject 89 462
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Teletransporter: survival
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 18 97
Reject 233 285
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Extended mind: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 28 69
Reject 248 214
n: 559
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Material composition: restrictivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 54 32
Reject 102 160
n: 348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 64 65
Reject 148 372
n: 649
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Concepts: nativism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 48 41
Reject 124 249
n: 462
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 124 11
Reject 448 131
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 55 52
Reject 118 301
n: 526
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 21 53
Reject 42 307
n: 423
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Belief or credence: credence
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 17 76
Reject 156 225
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Arguments for theism: moral
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 31 88
Reject 33 398
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 80 46
Reject 187 345
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Race categories: preserve
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 84
Reject 31 372
n: 498
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositions: acts
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 14 83
Reject 27 345
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Consciousness: identity theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 6 107
Reject 82 382
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Justification: coherentism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 95
Reject 120 300
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 58 58
Reject 155 342
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 6 98
Reject 72 360
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Time: A-theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 58 54
Reject 110 295
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Material composition: universalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 14 72
Reject 100 162
n: 348
p: 0.0011
r: 0.17
Capital punishment: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 42 78
Reject 93 417
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 58
Reject 37 268
n: 375
p: 0.0009
r: -0.17
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 69
Reject 109 223
n: 412
p: 0.0005
r: -0.17
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 22 82
Reject 184 239
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Vagueness: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 38 78
Reject 123 391
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 54 55
Reject 125 333
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 30 82
Reject 61 378
n: 551
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Hume: skeptic
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 53 38
Reject 149 273
n: 513
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Belief or credence: belief
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 46 47
Reject 107 274
n: 474
p: 0.0005
r: 0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 9 75
Reject 25 359
n: 468
p: 0.0005
r: 0.16
True contradictions: impossible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 112 9
Reject 347 109
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Units of selection: genes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 17 43
Reject 180 147
n: 387
p: 0.0021
r: 0.16
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 66 60
Reject 169 367
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Morality: naturalist realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 32 91
Reject 170 303
n: 596
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Trolley problem: switch
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 83 41
Reject 424 103
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Logic: classical
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 98 23
Reject 294 156
n: 571
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 49 67
Reject 283 214
n: 613
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Temporal ontology: presentism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 33 72
Reject 60 307
n: 472
p: 0.0014
r: 0.15
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 31 77
Reject 70 389
n: 567
p: 0.0004
r: -0.14
Truth: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 6 123
Reject 55 477
n: 661
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 108 27
Reject 382 192
n: 709
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 46 79
Reject 118 412
n: 655
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 13 63
Reject 34 343
n: 453
p: 0.0042
r: -0.13
True contradictions: actual
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 5 116
Reject 63 393
n: 577
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 95 39
Reject 294 280
n: 708
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Possible worlds: abstract
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 80 40
Reject 286 204
n: 610
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 41 88
Reject 231 290
n: 650
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 72 57
Reject 389 191
n: 709
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 38 57
Reject 232 208
n: 535
p: 0.0041
r: 0.12
Proper names: Fregean
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 43 47
Reject 159 275
n: 524
p: 0.0048
r: 0.12
Other minds: newborn babies
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 114 6
Reject 449 66
n: 635
p: 0.0026
r: 0.12
Properties: transcendent universals
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 34 69
Reject 83 273
n: 459
p: 0.0105
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 22 73
Reject 80 356
n: 531
p: 0.0119

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.48
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 70 66
Reject 28 578
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Philosopher: Aquinas
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 32 79
Reject 9 455
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 22 114
Reject 7 599
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosopher: Reid
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 13 98
Reject 5 459
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Philosopher: Hume
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 106
Reject 105 359
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Philosopher: Augustine
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 12 99
Reject 4 460
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Philosopher: Leibniz
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 16 95
Reject 9 455
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Aristotle
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 41 70
Reject 83 381
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
AOS: Metaphysics
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 65 71
Reject 153 453
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Moore
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 14 97
Reject 12 452
n: 575
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Region of nationality: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 97 36
Reject 303 270
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Region of PhD: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 89 14
Reject 311 151
n: 565
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 131
Reject 72 534
n: 742
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 106
Reject 4 460
n: 575
p: 0.0013
r: 0.13
Other demographics: YOB
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 80 51
Reject 271 302
n: 704
p: 0.0004
r: -0.11
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 11 125
Reject 91 515
n: 742
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: Europe
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 10 123
Reject 106 467
n: 706
p: 0.0045
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Husserl
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 105
Reject 8 456
n: 575
p: 0.0288
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Descartes
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 9 102
Reject 16 448
n: 575
p: 0.0307
r: -0.09
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 130
Reject 37 569
n: 742
p: 0.0202
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Kant
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 105
Reject 71 393
n: 575
p: 0.0432
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 103 37
Reject 353 255
n: 748
p: 0.0284
r: 0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 23 113
Reject 88 518
n: 742
p: 0.0453