Survey Results

Correlations

External world: idealism

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: -0.31
Science: scientific realism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 51 52
Reject 1138 236
n: 1477
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Metaontology: anti-realism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 28
Reject 61 499
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Spacetime: relationism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 36 8
Reject 223 269
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Truth: epistemic
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 20 73
Reject 126 1182
n: 1401
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
True contradictions: impossible
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 27 20
Reject 607 176
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 11 21
Reject 67 402
n: 501
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 9 36
Reject 41 596
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
True contradictions: actual
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 35
Reject 92 691
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Theory of reference: causal
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 9 34
Reject 386 312
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositions: acts
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 29
Reject 49 593
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 9 64
Reject 51 961
n: 1085
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Morality: constructivism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 23 33
Reject 169 684
n: 909
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 14 26
Reject 255 308
n: 603
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Justification: coherentism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 20 31
Reject 190 557
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Principle of sufficient reason: true
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 38 20
Reject 273 505
n: 836
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Mental content: internalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 43 41
Reject 334 868
n: 1286
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 10 33
Reject 83 487
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Consciousness: panpsychism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 43
Reject 53 742
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 13 35
Reject 174 584
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 6 36
Reject 230 341
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Truth: correspondence
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 33 60
Reject 791 520
n: 1404
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 10 37
Reject 84 664
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical progress: none
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 13 96
Reject 44 1397
n: 1550
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 70 31
Reject 1010 339
n: 1450
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Theory of reference: descriptive
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 21 22
Reject 165 533
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Moral motivation: internalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 52 33
Reject 500 628
n: 1213
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: plants
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 6 57
Reject 59 861
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Mind: physicalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 25 74
Reject 832 548
n: 1479
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Other minds: cats
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 53 10
Reject 851 69
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 59 46
Reject 439 902
n: 1446
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
God: theism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 46 60
Reject 274 1163
n: 1543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Other minds: newborn babies
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 52 11
Reject 811 109
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 21 23
Reject 151 490
n: 685
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: happiness
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 27 76
Reject 169 1138
n: 1410
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Morality: error theory
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 6 49
Reject 44 807
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 15 29
Reject 343 305
n: 692
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 44 62
Reject 314 1018
n: 1438
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Meta-ethics: moral realism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 61 37
Reject 956 442
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Laws of nature: Humean
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 40 60
Reject 400 870
n: 1370
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Trolley problem: switch
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 53 34
Reject 993 296
n: 1376
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 9 19
Reject 166 226
n: 420
p: 0.0127
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: moral
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 44
Reject 77 657
n: 790
p: 0.0007
r: -0.12
Concepts: nativism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 10 36
Reject 219 428
n: 693
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 16 28
Reject 372 269
n: 685
p: 0.0023
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 15 41
Reject 116 612
n: 784
p: 0.0015
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 19 54
Reject 173 843
n: 1089
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Practical reason: Kantian
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 19 32
Reject 134 569
n: 754
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Experience machine: yes
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 16 85
Reject 187 1152
n: 1440
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Extended mind: yes
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 33 23
Reject 417 368
n: 841
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 7 24
Reject 93 351
n: 475
p: 0.0212
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 9 33
Reject 72 498
n: 612
p: 0.0089
r: 0.11
Theory of reference: deflationary
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 7 36
Reject 113 575
n: 731
p: 0.0043
r: 0.1
Truth: deflationary
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 33 60
Reject 339 969
n: 1401
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Morality: naturalist realism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 11 45
Reject 302 553
n: 911
p: 0.002
r: -0.1
Moral principles: moral generalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 23 31
Reject 490 329
n: 873
p: 0.0026
r: 0.1
Causation: process/production
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 17 28
Reject 169 560
n: 774
p: 0.0053
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 17 36
Reject 210 650
n: 913
p: 0.0025
r: -0.1
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 32 63
Reject 698 478
n: 1271
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: contextualism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 59 29
Reject 681 507
n: 1276
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: growing block
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 11 29
Reject 107 477
n: 624
p: 0.0158
r: 0.1
Morality: expressivism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 6 49
Reject 95 759
n: 909
p: 0.0036
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 31 25
Reject 611 245
n: 912
p: 0.0037
r: -0.1
Logic: classical
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 40 41
Reject 686 357
n: 1124
p: 0.0013
r: -0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 18 70
Reject 348 837
n: 1273
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 36 24
Reject 343 456
n: 859
p: 0.0065
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 5 37
Reject 58 511
n: 611
p: 0.0256
r: 0.09
Plato: knowledge only of forms
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 27 17
Reject 286 218
n: 548
p: 0.0348
r: -0.09
Temporal ontology: eternalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 29
Reject 268 317
n: 626
p: 0.0241
r: -0.09
Justification: reliabilism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 7 44
Reject 300 448
n: 799
p: 0.0118
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 45 46
Reject 488 727
n: 1306
p: 0.0026
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 36 73
Reject 673 769
n: 1551
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 47 46
Reject 336 809
n: 1238
p: 0.0038
r: -0.08
Other minds: future AI systems
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 21 42
Reject 379 541
n: 983
p: 0.0125
r: -0.08
Other minds: fish
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 38 25
Reject 628 292
n: 983
p: 0.0138
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 14 45
Reject 295 516
n: 870
p: 0.0215
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 5 42
Reject 68 681
n: 796
p: 0.0279
r: 0.07
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 16 29
Reject 220 427
n: 692
p: 0.0488
r: -0.07
Gender categories: preserve
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 11 45
Reject 182 613
n: 851
p: 0.031
r: -0.07
Other minds: adult humans
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 62 1
Reject 910 10
n: 983
p: 0.0212
r: -0.07
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 11 40
Reject 222 524
n: 797
p: 0.0398
r: -0.07
Aesthetic value: objective
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 57 43
Reject 648 669
n: 1417
p: 0.0069
r: -0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-free
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 5 55
Reject 161 638
n: 859
p: 0.0438
r: -0.07
Perceptual experience: representationalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 28 45
Reject 472 550
n: 1095
p: 0.0235
r: 0.07
Epistemic justification: internalism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 47 50
Reject 491 779
n: 1367
p: 0.0131
r: 0.07
Free will: no free will
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 12 94
Reject 172 1261
n: 1539
p: 0.0105
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 56 51
Reject 759 646
n: 1512
p: 0.0117
r: -0.06
Vagueness: semantic
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 44 43
Reject 657 523
n: 1267
p: 0.023
r: -0.06
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 38 55
Reject 591 556
n: 1240
p: 0.0255
r: 0.06
Proper names: Fregean
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 33 36
Reject 393 613
n: 1075
p: 0.0375
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 56 51
Reject 853 552
n: 1512
p: 0.0185
r: 0.06
Vagueness: metaphysical
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 23 63
Reject 249 923
n: 1258
p: 0.0336
r: 0.06
Personal identity: psychological view
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 46 35
Reject 626 575
n: 1282
p: 0.0337
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 33 75
Reject 390 1023
n: 1521
p: 0.0231
r: 0.06
Knowledge claims: relativism
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 8 79
Reject 60 1127
n: 1274
p: 0.0391
r: 0.05
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 58 47
Reject 543 773
n: 1421
p: 0.0405
r: 0.05
Philosophical progress: a little
External world: idealism Accept Reject
Accept 57 52
Reject 719 723
n: 1551
p: 0.0474

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.23
Philosopher: Berkeley
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 9 85
Reject 3 1060
n: 1157
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Tradition: Continental
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 24 90
Reject 59 1401
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Tradition: Analytic
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 72 42
Reject 1293 167
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 24 90
Reject 53 1428
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
AOS: Continental Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 19 95
Reject 47 1434
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender: female
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 38 78
Reject 288 1191
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender: male
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 78 38
Reject 1184 295
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 28 86
Reject 120 1361
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Husserl
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 7 87
Reject 19 1044
n: 1157
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Epistemology
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 16 98
Reject 368 1113
n: 1595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Kant
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 31 63
Reject 139 924
n: 1157
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Spinoza
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 6 88
Reject 20 1043
n: 1157
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Marx
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 9 85
Reject 36 1027
n: 1157
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Hegel
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 8 86
Reject 25 1038
n: 1157
p: 0.0016
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Aristotle
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 11 83
Reject 207 856
n: 1157
p: 0.0019
r: 0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 7 107
Reject 64 1417
n: 1595
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 17 97
Reject 98 1383
n: 1595
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
AOS: Metaphysics
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 26 88
Reject 325 1156
n: 1595
p: 0.0024
r: 0.07
Tradition: Other tradition
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 18 96
Reject 108 1352
n: 1574
p: 0.0031
r: 0.07
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 14 100
Reject 77 1404
n: 1595
p: 0.0035
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Language
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 11 103
Reject 253 1228
n: 1595
p: 0.0045
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Canada
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 7 72
Reject 39 1004
n: 1122
p: 0.0174
r: -0.06
AOS: Meta-Ethics
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 11 103
Reject 206 1275
n: 1595
p: 0.0253
r: -0.05
AOS: Normative Ethics
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 13 101
Reject 329 1152
n: 1595
p: 0.038
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
External world: idealism Yes No
Accept 19 95
Reject 308 1173
n: 1595
p: 0.0381