Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.35	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	246	171
Reject	109	267

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Gender categories: preserve
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	146	298
Reject	47	364

n: 855

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Politics: capitalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	243
Reject	111	316

n: 870

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Capital punishment: permissible
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	394
Reject	55	428

n: 1005

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Gender: biological
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	292	419
Reject	161	505

n: 1377

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Abortion: permissible
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	408	116
Reject	446	48

n: 1018

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Gender categories: eliminate
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	392
Reject	95	317

n: 858

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Other minds: fish
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	305	202
Reject	362	113

n: 982

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Gender: social
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	461	251
Reject	517	160

n: 1389

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	God: theism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	213	569
Reject	102	649

n: 1533

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Other minds: future AI systems
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	177	330
Reject	217	258

n: 982

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Race: social
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	469	258
Reject	507	157

n: 1391

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Material composition: nihilism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	232
Reject	25	181

n: 458

p: 0.0004

r: -0.16	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	341
Reject	62	256

n: 709

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	131	512
Reject	62	535

n: 1240

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	290	353
Reject	340	260

n: 1243

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Material composition: restrictivism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	120	132
Reject	73	133

n: 458

p: 0.0009

r: -0.15	Gender categories: revise
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	222	223
Reject	250	162

n: 857

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	142	269
Reject	169	189

n: 769

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	269
Reject	122	194

n: 708

p: 0.0002

r: -0.14	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	230	500
Reject	276	416

n: 1422

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Race: biological
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	541
Reject	105	560

n: 1391

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Other minds: cats
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	451	56
Reject	452	23

n: 982

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	292
Reject	55	221

n: 611

p: 0.0008

r: -0.13	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	268
Reject	209	195

n: 857

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	350	380
Reject	245	446

n: 1421

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	294
Reject	39	280

n: 708

p: 0.0004

r: -0.13	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	237
Reject	45	171

n: 494

p: 0.0035

r: -0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	251
Reject	75	199

n: 593

p: 0.0019

r: 0.12	Newcomb's problem: one box
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	284
Reject	143	325

n: 920

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Extended mind: yes
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	225	228
Reject	230	155

n: 838

p: 0.0003

r: -0.12	Other minds: flies
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	349
Reject	195	280

n: 982

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Material composition: universalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	180
Reject	74	132

n: 458

p: 0.0111

r: -0.12	Mind uploading: survival
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	127	329
Reject	135	267

n: 858

p: 0.0005

r: 0.11	Statue and lump: one thing
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	224
Reject	101	236

n: 731

p: 0.0019

r: -0.11	Mind: physicalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	404	353
Reject	438	264

n: 1459

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Possible worlds: concrete
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	474
Reject	29	406

n: 927

p: 0.0005

r: -0.11	Other minds: plants
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	475
Reject	39	436

n: 982

p: 0.0003

r: -0.11	Race categories: revise
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	125	292
Reject	162	215

n: 794

p: 0.0017

r: -0.11	Other minds: worms
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	390
Reject	130	345

n: 982

p: 0.0005

r: -0.11	Personal identity: psychological view
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	308	330
Reject	347	271

n: 1256

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Properties: classes
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	325
Reject	34	240

n: 649

p: 0.0052

r: -0.11	Law: legal positivism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	184
Reject	116	139

n: 551

p: 0.0114

r: -0.11	Consciousness: functionalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	149	285
Reject	170	241

n: 845

p: 0.0019

r: -0.11	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	255	532
Reject	279	457

n: 1523

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	194	207
Reject	134	225

n: 760

p: 0.0035

r: 0.1	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	192	268
Reject	122	251

n: 833

p: 0.0033

r: 0.1	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	357
Reject	65	339

n: 857

p: 0.0033

r: 0.1	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	125	290
Reject	79	298

n: 792

p: 0.0057

r: -0.1	Free will: no free will
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	80	703
Reject	100	641

n: 1524

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	189	251
Reject	185	205

n: 830

p: 0.0048

r: -0.1	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	422
Reject	20	353

n: 815

p: 0.0052

r: -0.09	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	548
Reject	130	481

n: 1285

p: 0.0007

r: -0.09	Propositions: sets
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	354
Reject	32	258

n: 674

p: 0.0157

r: 0.09	True contradictions: impossible
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	356	86
Reject	260	113

n: 815

p: 0.0089

r: 0.09	Free will: libertarianism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	195	588
Reject	106	634

n: 1523

p: 0.0004

r: -0.09	Belief or credence: credence
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	99	245
Reject	127	205

n: 676

p: 0.0189

r: 0.09	Personal identity: biological view
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	175	463
Reject	116	502

n: 1256

p: 0.0016

r: 0.09	Logic: classical
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	417	197
Reject	287	211

n: 1112

p: 0.0037

r: -0.09	True contradictions: actual
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	391
Reject	58	315

n: 815

p: 0.0131

r: -0.09	Practical reason: Kantian
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	327
Reject	80	275

n: 756

p: 0.017

r: 0.09	Meaning of life: objective
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	296	387
Reject	228	389

n: 1300

p: 0.0019

r: -0.09	Truth: deflationary
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	183	537
Reject	190	467

n: 1377

p: 0.0014

r: -0.09	Other minds: current AI systems
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	492
Reject	17	458

n: 982

p: 0.0071

r: -0.09	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	371
Reject	95	323

n: 877

p: 0.011

r: -0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	143	335
Reject	152	270

n: 900

p: 0.0138

r: -0.08	Footbridge: push
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	177	549
Reject	190	501

n: 1417

p: 0.0034

r: -0.08	Chinese room: understands
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	387
Reject	90	312

n: 873

p: 0.0217

r: -0.08	Trolley problem: switch
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	509	172
Reject	534	159

n: 1374

p: 0.0043

r: 0.08	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	303	454
Reject	219	477

n: 1453

p: 0.0033

r: -0.07	Philosophical knowledge: none
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	483
Reject	20	440

n: 958

p: 0.0206

r: -0.07	Justification: coherentism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	296
Reject	112	279

n: 788

p: 0.0365

r: -0.07	Gender: unreal
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	641
Reject	33	605

n: 1305

p: 0.0094

r: 0.07	Immortality: yes
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	267	243
Reject	206	254

n: 970

p: 0.0292

r: -0.07	Truth: epistemic
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	631
Reject	68	587

n: 1375

p: 0.0098

r: -0.07	Laws of nature: Humean
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	230	500
Reject	223	421

n: 1374

p: 0.0126

r: -0.07	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	341	152
Reject	305	118

n: 916

p: 0.0426

r: 0.07	Science: scientific realism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	607	145
Reject	538	161

n: 1451

p: 0.0115

r: 0.06	Truth: correspondence
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	439	282
Reject	352	307

n: 1380

p: 0.0162

r: -0.06	Teletransporter: survival
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	269	387
Reject	250	354

n: 1260

p: 0.0286

r: -0.06	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	377	295
Reject	350	239

n: 1261

p: 0.0302

r: 0.06	Moral motivation: internalism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	292	313
Reject	252	338

n: 1195

p: 0.043

r: 0.06	Race: unreal
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	576
Reject	94	557

n: 1362

p: 0.0318

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	321	466
Reject	319	417

n: 1523

p: 0.0234

r: -0.06	External world: skepticism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	740
Reject	43	692

n: 1517

p: 0.0258

r: 0.05	Abstract objects: Platonism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	317	394
Reject	265	376

n: 1352

p: 0.0432

r: 0.05	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	498	276
Reject	422	295

n: 1491

p: 0.0457

r: 0.05	External world: non-skeptical realism
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	681	102
Reject	622	112

n: 1517

p: 0.0479

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.24	Other demographics: YOB
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	294	480
Reject	412	313

n: 1499

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Gender: male
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	711	111
Reject	566	210

n: 1598

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Aquinas
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	45	578
Reject	8	551

n: 1182

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Gender: female
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	110	712
Reject	204	572

n: 1598

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	93	730
Reject	36	742

n: 1601

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	21	802
Reject	52	726

n: 1601

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: Applied Ethics
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	82	741
Reject	125	653

n: 1601

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: Normative Ethics
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	140	683
Reject	191	587

n: 1601

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Philosopher: Parfit
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	11	612
Reject	32	527

n: 1182

p: 0.0004

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Augustine
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	19	604
Reject	3	556

n: 1182

p: 0.0022

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Aristotle
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	138	485
Reject	89	470

n: 1182

p: 0.0024

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Locke
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	24	599
Reject	7	552

n: 1182

p: 0.0045

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	33	790
Reject	14	764

n: 1601

p: 0.0014

r: -0.08	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	116	707
Reject	148	630

n: 1601

p: 0.0017

r: 0.07	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	112	711
Reject	74	704

n: 1601

p: 0.0036

r: 0.07	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	35	788
Reject	14	764

n: 1601

p: 0.0047

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	19	804
Reject	34	744

n: 1601

p: 0.0053

r: 0.07	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	84	739
Reject	57	721

n: 1601

p: 0.0064

r: -0.07	AOS: Epistemology
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	169	654
Reject	202	576

n: 1601

p: 0.0077

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Plato
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	44	579
Reject	24	535

n: 1182

p: 0.0273

r: 0.06	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	93	730
Reject	60	718

n: 1601

p: 0.0115

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Rawls
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	27	596
Reject	41	518

n: 1182

p: 0.0375

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Descartes
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	31	592
Reject	16	543

n: 1182

p: 0.0451

r: -0.05	AOS: Decision Theory
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	17	806
Reject	29	749

n: 1601

p: 0.0343