Survey Results

Correlations

External world: non-skeptical realism

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

Jump to: philosophical questions | demographic questions

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.36
Science: scientific realism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 1087 186
Reject 100 101
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Metaontology: anti-realism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 45 470
Reject 28 57
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
True contradictions: impossible
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 578 153
Reject 55 43
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 57 376
Reject 21 46
n: 500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Spacetime: relationism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 211 255
Reject 47 22
n: 535
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
True contradictions: actual
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 79 652
Reject 25 73
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Mental content: internalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 289 823
Reject 86 85
n: 1283
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Moral judgment: cognitivism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 963 282
Reject 116 87
n: 1448
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 244 274
Reject 25 60
n: 603
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Laws of nature: Humean
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 348 832
Reject 91 97
n: 1368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Material composition: nihilism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 35 373
Reject 10 45
n: 463
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Truth: epistemic
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 109 1100
Reject 36 152
n: 1397
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Truth: correspondence
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 751 461
Reject 72 116
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Experience machine: yes
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 152 1085
Reject 50 149
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Meta-ethics: moral realism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 909 383
Reject 106 96
n: 1494
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 44 891
Reject 17 131
n: 1083
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 218 314
Reject 18 63
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Moral motivation: internalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 445 591
Reject 105 68
n: 1209
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Justification: coherentism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 168 521
Reject 42 66
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Morality: constructivism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 154 639
Reject 38 75
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Other minds: particles
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 9 838
Reject 8 126
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 35 696
Reject 6 92
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 137 458
Reject 33 54
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 36 546
Reject 14 85
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 353 242
Reject 34 53
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Concepts: nativism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 211 382
Reject 18 81
n: 692
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 162 204
Reject 13 41
n: 420
p: 0.0014
r: -0.15
Free will: no free will
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 143 1184
Reject 40 170
n: 1537
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Theory of reference: causal
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 362 286
Reject 33 59
n: 740
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: newborn babies
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 756 91
Reject 105 29
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Causation: nonexistent
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 25 650
Reject 6 85
n: 766
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 73 457
Reject 20 63
n: 613
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 157 541
Reject 30 78
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Morality: error theory
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 33 755
Reject 16 99
n: 903
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosophical progress: none
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 37 1295
Reject 20 195
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Plato: knowledge only of forms
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 248 210
Reject 63 25
n: 546
p: 0.0014
r: -0.13
Justification: infinitism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 12 667
Reject 3 105
n: 787
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Other minds: plants
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 50 797
Reject 15 119
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Material composition: restrictivism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 178 230
Reject 15 40
n: 463
p: 0.0041
r: -0.13
Truth: deflationary
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 306 904
Reject 64 123
n: 1397
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Logic: classical
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 640 317
Reject 85 80
n: 1122
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Abstract objects: Platonism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 531 646
Reject 73 120
n: 1370
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 17 563
Reject 6 91
n: 677
p: 0.0009
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 318 275
Reject 40 58
n: 691
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: objective
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 466 647
Reject 62 126
n: 1301
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Aesthetic value: objective
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 620 595
Reject 84 115
n: 1414
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 76 611
Reject 18 90
n: 795
p: 0.0005
r: -0.12
Consciousness: panpsychism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 47 685
Reject 18 99
n: 849
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Other minds: current AI systems
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 25 822
Reject 7 127
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 311 424
Reject 68 56
n: 859
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 24 808
Reject 9 126
n: 967
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 65 466
Reject 16 65
n: 612
p: 0.0031
r: -0.12
Theory of reference: deflationary
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 103 536
Reject 17 74
n: 730
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Propositions: structured entities
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 274 321
Reject 29 58
n: 682
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
Theory of reference: descriptive
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 154 494
Reject 31 61
n: 740
p: 0.0015
r: -0.11
Statue and lump: one thing
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 232 417
Reject 43 52
n: 744
p: 0.0017
r: -0.11
Propositions: nonexistent
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 93 500
Reject 22 65
n: 680
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 712 585
Reject 102 111
n: 1510
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Mind: physicalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 767 507
Reject 89 113
n: 1476
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Well-being: objective list
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 437 266
Reject 52 61
n: 816
p: 0.0014
r: -0.11
Hume: skeptic
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 234 409
Reject 55 57
n: 755
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 157 782
Reject 33 115
n: 1087
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Justification: reliabilism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 281 409
Reject 25 83
n: 798
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 242 548
Reject 23 90
n: 903
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Moral principles: moral generalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 460 295
Reject 53 63
n: 871
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
Epistemic justification: internalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 445 729
Reject 92 98
n: 1364
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 102 567
Reject 29 84
n: 782
p: 0.0032
r: 0.11
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 64 368
Reject 3 63
n: 498
p: 0.0191
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 326 761
Reject 40 144
n: 1271
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: nonexistent
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 205 897
Reject 47 136
n: 1285
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Propositions: acts
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 47 547
Reject 12 75
n: 681
p: 0.0076
r: -0.1
Principle of sufficient reason: true
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 260 459
Reject 50 66
n: 835
p: 0.0037
r: 0.1
Trolley problem: switch
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 929 266
Reject 117 62
n: 1374
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 91 610
Reject 21 92
n: 814
p: 0.0043
r: 0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 212 476
Reject 21 87
n: 796
p: 0.006
r: -0.1
Extended mind: yes
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 385 341
Reject 65 50
n: 841
p: 0.0052
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 175 558
Reject 18 99
n: 850
p: 0.0059
r: 0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 290 504
Reject 22 92
n: 908
p: 0.0047
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Humean
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 209 441
Reject 42 62
n: 754
p: 0.0105
r: 0.09
Immortality: yes
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 426 421
Reject 59 72
n: 978
p: 0.0036
r: 0.09
Other minds: cats
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 783 64
Reject 119 15
n: 981
p: 0.0037
r: -0.09
Morality: expressivism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 83 709
Reject 18 96
n: 906
p: 0.0068
r: 0.09
Other minds: adult humans
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 839 8
Reject 131 3
n: 981
p: 0.005
r: 0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-free
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 150 585
Reject 16 108
n: 859
p: 0.0099
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: happiness
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 153 1050
Reject 43 162
n: 1408
p: 0.0013
r: -0.08
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 51 479
Reject 12 69
n: 611
p: 0.0373
r: -0.08
Well-being: desire satisfaction
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 143 561
Reject 29 84
n: 817
p: 0.0161
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 405 830
Reject 91 117
n: 1443
p: 0.0016
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 797 500
Reject 110 103
n: 1510
p: 0.002
r: 0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 623 710
Reject 85 130
n: 1548
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
Race categories: preserve
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 67 614
Reject 5 108
n: 794
p: 0.0281
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 613 657
Reject 87 123
n: 1480
p: 0.0031
r: 0.07
A priori knowledge: yes
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 1043 269
Reject 156 64
n: 1532
p: 0.0035
r: -0.07
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 192 612
Reject 34 73
n: 911
p: 0.0295
r: 0.07
Consciousness: dualism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 195 536
Reject 23 94
n: 848
p: 0.0386
r: -0.07
Knowledge claims: contextualism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 629 461
Reject 109 75
n: 1274
p: 0.0137
r: -0.07
Knowledge claims: relativism
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 49 1040
Reject 19 164
n: 1272
p: 0.0159
r: -0.07
Personal identity: psychological view
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 572 533
Reject 99 76
n: 1280
p: 0.0159
r: -0.07
Meaning of life: subjective
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 443 673
Reject 87 100
n: 1303
p: 0.0166
r: -0.07
Proper names: Fregean
External world: non-skeptical realism Accept Reject
Accept 362 571
Reject 64 77
n: 1074
p: 0.03

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.18
Tradition: Analytic
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 1200 147
Reject 162 62
n: 1571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Tradition: Continental
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 53 1294
Reject 30 194
n: 1571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 51 1315
Reject 26 200
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 106 1260
Reject 42 184
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
AOS: Continental Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 41 1325
Reject 25 201
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Gender: male
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 1105 262
Reject 155 70
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Gender: female
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 256 1111
Reject 69 156
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Metaphysics
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 315 1051
Reject 35 191
n: 1592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Moore
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 38 944
Reject 1 171
n: 1154
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Reid
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 32 950
Reject 0 172
n: 1154
p: 0.0016
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Aquinas
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 51 931
Reject 2 170
n: 1154
p: 0.002
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hegel
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 23 959
Reject 10 162
n: 1154
p: 0.0023
r: -0.09
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 66 1300
Reject 22 204
n: 1592
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
AOS: Asian Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 19 1347
Reject 10 216
n: 1592
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Lewis
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 102 880
Reject 11 161
n: 1154
p: 0.0033
r: -0.09
Tradition: Other tradition
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 94 1253
Reject 32 192
n: 1571
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Spinoza
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 18 964
Reject 8 164
n: 1154
p: 0.0037
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Canada
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 34 936
Reject 12 139
n: 1121
p: 0.0055
r: 0.08
AOS: Epistemology
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 343 1023
Reject 40 186
n: 1592
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Socrates
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 32 950
Reject 13 159
n: 1154
p: 0.0071
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Nietzsche
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 21 961
Reject 11 161
n: 1154
p: 0.01
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Husserl
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 17 965
Reject 9 163
n: 1154
p: 0.0109
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 7 975
Reject 4 168
n: 1154
p: 0.0138
r: 0.07
AOS: Normative Ethics
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 310 1056
Reject 31 195
n: 1592
p: 0.0067
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Marx
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 34 948
Reject 11 161
n: 1154
p: 0.0223
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Language
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 235 1131
Reject 29 197
n: 1592
p: 0.008
r: -0.07
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 57 1309
Reject 14 212
n: 1592
p: 0.0086
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Aristotle
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 195 787
Reject 23 149
n: 1154
p: 0.0265
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Rorty
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 6 976
Reject 5 167
n: 1154
p: 0.0283
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Frege
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 83 899
Reject 9 163
n: 1154
p: 0.03
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Canada
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 91 1204
Reject 25 187
n: 1507
p: 0.0294
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 121 1245
Reject 13 213
n: 1592
p: 0.0362
r: -0.05
AOS: Aesthetics
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 64 1302
Reject 15 211
n: 1592
p: 0.0428
r: 0.05
AOS: Meta-Ethics
External world: non-skeptical realism Yes No
Accept 194 1172
Reject 23 203
n: 1592
p: 0.0454