Survey Results

Correlations

Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning

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: -0.28
God: theism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 13 147
Reject 163 381
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Abortion: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 142 10
Reject 353 121
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Free will: libertarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 17 150
Reject 151 395
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 102 44
Reject 251 219
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 37 70
Reject 163 145
n: 415
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Personal identity: psychological view
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 83 46
Reject 211 258
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Mind: physicalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 114 42
Reject 280 251
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Metaontology: anti-realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 21 86
Reject 32 274
n: 413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Consciousness: dualism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 20 115
Reject 141 300
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Consciousness: functionalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 67 69
Reject 145 295
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meaning of life: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 42 92
Reject 223 250
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Practical reason: Humean
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 54 63
Reject 116 255
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 71 84
Reject 126 328
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 60 89
Reject 137 321
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Truth: correspondence
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 77 76
Reject 328 178
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 38 94
Reject 93 377
n: 602
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 28 96
Reject 50 360
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Personal identity: further-fact view
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 15 113
Reject 112 355
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Immortality: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 63 84
Reject 269 206
n: 622
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Morality: non-naturalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 26 118
Reject 163 284
n: 591
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 21 100
Reject 26 311
n: 458
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Morality: error theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 14 128
Reject 26 424
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 109 47
Reject 415 114
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 72 96
Reject 313 224
n: 705
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 69 62
Reject 193 242
n: 566
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 72 80
Reject 177 323
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Free will: no free will
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 30 137
Reject 57 491
n: 715
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Truth: deflationary
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 55 97
Reject 125 381
n: 658
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Possible worlds: abstract
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 76 79
Reject 291 164
n: 610
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 99 60
Reject 393 148
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Theory of reference: deflationary
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 37 100
Reject 46 309
n: 492
p: 0.0017
r: 0.14
Free will: compatibilism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 120 47
Reject 321 227
n: 715
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 24 107
Reject 57 349
n: 537
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Knowledge: empiricism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 92 43
Reject 228 214
n: 577
p: 0.0011
r: -0.14
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 29 55
Reject 107 118
n: 309
p: 0.0175
r: -0.13
Concepts: nativism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 39 83
Reject 133 207
n: 462
p: 0.0039
r: -0.13
Gender: biological
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 41 101
Reject 189 293
n: 624
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Morality: expressivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 20 124
Reject 48 403
n: 595
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 6 89
Reject 17 244
n: 356
p: 0.0128
r: -0.13
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 43 101
Reject 176 269
n: 589
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 32 98
Reject 133 293
n: 556
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Footbridge: push
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 49 106
Reject 132 380
n: 667
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Gender categories: preserve
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 20 111
Reject 118 286
n: 535
p: 0.0025
r: 0.13
Philosophical knowledge: none
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 9 129
Reject 12 469
n: 619
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Properties: classes
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 19 102
Reject 34 303
n: 458
p: 0.0057
r: 0.13
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 42 65
Reject 80 226
n: 413
p: 0.0094
r: 0.13
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 37 88
Reject 78 333
n: 536
p: 0.0032
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 11 84
Reject 38 223
n: 356
p: 0.0164
r: -0.13
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 88 67
Reject 315 133
n: 603
p: 0.0018
r: -0.13
Arguments for theism: moral
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 9 121
Reject 55 365
n: 550
p: 0.0031
r: -0.13
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 39 78
Reject 158 212
n: 487
p: 0.0057
r: -0.12
Abstract objects: Platonism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 54 100
Reject 247 241
n: 642
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Consciousness: panpsychism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 17 119
Reject 30 411
n: 577
p: 0.003
r: 0.12
Propositions: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 32 85
Reject 52 300
n: 469
p: 0.0075
r: -0.12
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 46 103
Reject 183 275
n: 607
p: 0.0029
r: -0.12
Well-being: objective list
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 60 64
Reject 258 154
n: 536
p: 0.0053
r: 0.12
Laws of nature: Humean
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 66 93
Reject 141 375
n: 675
p: 0.0018
r: -0.12
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 36 109
Reject 174 324
n: 643
p: 0.0028
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: subjective
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 57 78
Reject 164 310
n: 609
p: 0.004
r: 0.11
Material composition: nihilism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 10 69
Reject 22 247
n: 348
p: 0.0357
r: 0.11
Justification: coherentism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 37 88
Reject 95 305
n: 525
p: 0.0114
r: -0.11
Theory of reference: causal
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 58 79
Reject 206 156
n: 499
p: 0.014
r: 0.11
Morality: constructivism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 34 109
Reject 83 367
n: 593
p: 0.0082
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 120 25
Reject 311 133
n: 589
p: 0.0085
r: -0.11
Time: A-theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 34 81
Reject 134 266
n: 515
p: 0.016
r: 0.1
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 16 82
Reject 33 244
n: 375
p: 0.0449
r: 0.1
Gender: psychological
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 38 104
Reject 102 378
n: 622
p: 0.0097
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 54 55
Reject 156 207
n: 472
p: 0.0248
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 17 113
Reject 70 346
n: 546
p: 0.0158
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 110 58
Reject 407 130
n: 705
p: 0.0075
r: -0.1
Philosophical progress: a little
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 65 101
Reject 280 269
n: 715
p: 0.008
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 34 99
Reject 88 336
n: 557
p: 0.0197
r: -0.1
Capital punishment: permissible
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 29 120
Reject 106 374
n: 629
p: 0.0132
r: 0.1
Philosophical progress: a lot
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 97 69
Reject 251 298
n: 715
p: 0.0085
r: 0.1
Causation: nonexistent
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 6 127
Reject 16 376
n: 525
p: 0.0263
r: 0.1
Experience machine: yes
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 32 126
Reject 62 457
n: 677
p: 0.0121
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 17 102
Reject 31 273
n: 423
p: 0.0477
r: 0.09
Teletransporter: survival
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 72 75
Reject 177 304
n: 628
p: 0.0184
r: -0.09
Vagueness: metaphysical
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 24 125
Reject 105 370
n: 624
p: 0.0208
r: 0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 55 88
Reject 147 305
n: 595
p: 0.0268
r: 0.09
Truth: epistemic
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 20 133
Reject 40 464
n: 657
p: 0.0203
r: -0.09
Belief or credence: belief
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 30 77
Reject 123 244
n: 474
p: 0.0492
r: -0.09
Aesthetic value: objective
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 67 79
Reject 261 238
n: 645
p: 0.0228
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 125 43
Reject 333 204
n: 705
p: 0.0176
r: -0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 138 20
Reject 423 52
n: 633
p: 0.031
r: 0.09
Zombies: inconceivable
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 32 113
Reject 79 418
n: 642
p: 0.0299
r: 0.08
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 8 131
Reject 18 419
n: 576
p: 0.0418
r: 0.08
Gender: social
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 105 37
Reject 309 174
n: 625
p: 0.0389
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 69 99
Reject 270 267
n: 705
p: 0.0339
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 33 131
Reject 109 430
n: 703
p: 0.0491

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.21
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 11 162
Reject 88 477
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
AOS: Metaphysics
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 34 139
Reject 183 382
n: 738
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Hume
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 41 91
Reject 70 373
n: 575
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Spinoza
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 7 125
Reject 6 437
n: 575
p: 0.0045
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 35 138
Reject 85 480
n: 738
p: 0.009
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: United States
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 98 45
Reject 299 119
n: 561
p: 0.0328
r: 0.08
AOS: Decision Theory
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 10 163
Reject 15 550
n: 738
p: 0.0255