Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.22	Politics: capitalism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	192
Reject	259	369

n: 872

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Gender categories: preserve
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	216
Reject	167	447

n: 856

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Capital punishment: permissible
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	245
Reject	152	579

n: 1007

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	143
Reject	282	296

n: 794

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	76	93
Reject	170	370

n: 709

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	130
Reject	63	383

n: 612

p: 0.0005

r: 0.14	Abortion: permissible
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	248	26
Reject	608	138

n: 1020

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Gender categories: revise
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	160	83
Reject	312	303

n: 858

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Race: biological
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	343
Reject	231	759

n: 1392

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	104	108
Reject	207	351

n: 770

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	True contradictions: impossible
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	132	74
Reject	483	126

n: 815

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Race: social
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	316	86
Reject	661	329

n: 1392

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	334
Reject	162	715

n: 1242

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Gender: social
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	316	92
Reject	664	319

n: 1391

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	187
Reject	22	587

n: 815

p: 0.0007

r: 0.11	Practical reason: Kantian
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	163
Reject	99	440

n: 757

p: 0.0019

r: -0.11	Material composition: restrictivism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	76
Reject	154	189

n: 458

p: 0.0173

r: 0.11	Material composition: nihilism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	102
Reject	32	311

n: 458

p: 0.0193

r: 0.11	Truth: epistemic
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	330
Reject	100	889

n: 1376

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	109
Reject	93	341

n: 592

p: 0.0094

r: -0.1	Statue and lump: one thing
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	129
Reject	209	330

n: 731

p: 0.005

r: -0.1	Gender: biological
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	287
Reject	336	639

n: 1379

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Race categories: preserve
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	207
Reject	62	510

n: 793

p: 0.0052

r: -0.1	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	171
Reject	19	465

n: 660

p: 0.0121

r: 0.1	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	95
Reject	54	314

n: 494

p: 0.0303

r: 0.1	Extended mind: yes
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	90
Reject	322	293

n: 839

p: 0.0049

r: 0.1	True contradictions: actual
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	170
Reject	73	536

n: 815

p: 0.0061

r: -0.09	Truth: correspondence
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	201	187
Reject	591	402

n: 1381

p: 0.0007

r: 0.09	Gender categories: eliminate
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	191
Reject	98	518

n: 859

p: 0.0075

r: 0.09	Gender: psychological
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	286
Reject	214	764

n: 1379

p: 0.0009

r: -0.09	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	136
Reject	244	296

n: 761

p: 0.0156

r: -0.09	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	147
Reject	112	428

n: 709

p: 0.0213

r: -0.09	God: theism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	367
Reject	248	854

n: 1536

p: 0.0008

r: 0.09	Other minds: plants
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	248
Reject	53	665

n: 984

p: 0.0074

r: -0.09	Immortality: yes
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	149
Reject	368	349

n: 971

p: 0.008

r: 0.08	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	204	165
Reject	428	449

n: 1246

p: 0.003

r: -0.08	Logic: classical
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	161	125
Reject	544	282

n: 1112

p: 0.0051

r: -0.08	Propositions: simple entities
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	155
Reject	45	469

n: 675

p: 0.0326

r: 0.08	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	62	100
Reject	119	302

n: 583

p: 0.048

r: 0.08	Race categories: revise
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	120
Reject	186	387

n: 794

p: 0.0221

r: -0.08	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	166
Reject	43	444

n: 663

p: 0.0367

r: 0.08	Truth: deflationary
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	276
Reject	262	729

n: 1378

p: 0.0026

r: 0.08	Other minds: future AI systems
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	152
Reject	281	437

n: 984

p: 0.0123

r: -0.08	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	196
Reject	129	500

n: 857

p: 0.0247

r: 0.08	Other minds: current AI systems
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	256
Reject	22	696

n: 984

p: 0.0174

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	141
Reject	83	457

n: 710

p: 0.0441

r: 0.08	External world: skepticism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	395
Reject	57	1039

n: 1519

p: 0.0034

r: 0.07	Laws of nature: Humean
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	245
Reject	312	678

n: 1376

p: 0.0059

r: -0.07	Causation: primitive
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	175
Reject	141	412

n: 763

p: 0.0451

r: 0.07	Gender: unreal
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	361
Reject	39	884

n: 1306

p: 0.0088

r: -0.07	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	168
Reject	162	422

n: 794

p: 0.0422

r: 0.07	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	292
Reject	177	739

n: 1287

p: 0.0098

r: 0.07	Morality: constructivism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	181
Reject	137	520

n: 899

p: 0.0345

r: 0.07	Other minds: flies
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	163
Reject	250	468

n: 984

p: 0.0322

r: -0.07	External world: non-skeptical realism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	355	68
Reject	951	145

n: 1519

p: 0.0111

r: 0.06	Philosophical knowledge: none
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	255
Reject	21	669

n: 959

p: 0.0449

r: -0.06	Ought implies can: yes
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	102
Reject	477	219

n: 961

p: 0.0462

r: 0.06	Vagueness: metaphysical
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	87	258
Reject	180	714

n: 1239

p: 0.0274

r: -0.06	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	276
Reject	259	648

n: 1275

p: 0.0345

r: 0.06	External world: idealism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	390
Reject	75	1023

n: 1521

p: 0.0231

r: -0.06	Meaning of life: objective
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	235
Reject	385	543

n: 1302

p: 0.0455

r: -0.06	Free will: libertarianism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	359
Reject	231	866

n: 1525

p: 0.0311

r: -0.05	Science: scientific realism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	311	102
Reject	835	205

n: 1453

p: 0.0365

r: 0.05	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	152	250
Reject	355	667

n: 1424

p: 0.0475

r: 0.05	Free will: no free will
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	374
Reject	126	972

n: 1526

p: 0.0464

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.14	Gender: male
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	327	130
Reject	949	194

n: 1600

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Gender: female
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	127	330
Reject	190	953

n: 1600

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Aquinas
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	5	327
Reject	48	803

n: 1183

p < 0.0001

r: -0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	23	431
Reject	106	1043

n: 1603

p: 0.0002

r: 0.08	Other demographics: YOB
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	207	219
Reject	499	575

n: 1500

p: 0.0034

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Kant
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	65	267
Reject	107	744

n: 1183

p: 0.0149

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Descartes
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	5	327
Reject	42	809

n: 1183

p: 0.0173

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Plato
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	14	318
Reject	54	797

n: 1183

p: 0.0257

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Arendt
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	8	324
Reject	8	843

n: 1183

p: 0.0366

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Hegel
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	15	317
Reject	18	833

n: 1183

p: 0.0422

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Foucault
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	11	321
Reject	12	839

n: 1183

p: 0.0445

r: 0.05	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	89	365
Reject	176	973

n: 1603

p: 0.0382

r: 0.05	AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	21	433
Reject	32	1117

n: 1603

p: 0.0451

r: 0.05	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)	Yes	No
Accept	30	424
Reject	43	1106

n: 1603

p: 0.0455