Survey Results

Correlations

External world: skepticism

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: 0.33
Metaontology: anti-realism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 16 20
Reject 57 507
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Science: scientific realism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 48 38
Reject 1141 249
n: 1476
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
True contradictions: actual
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 14 32
Reject 90 694
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Laws of nature: Humean
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 52 24
Reject 387 905
n: 1368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
True contradictions: impossible
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 24 22
Reject 610 174
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Experience machine: yes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 34 51
Reject 169 1185
n: 1439
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Moral judgment: cognitivism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 45 42
Reject 1034 328
n: 1449
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Meta-ethics: moral realism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 39 47
Reject 977 431
n: 1494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 11 22
Reject 67 401
n: 501
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Mental content: internalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 49 29
Reject 327 879
n: 1284
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Free will: no free will
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 28 58
Reject 156 1295
n: 1537
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Material composition: nihilism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 7 17
Reject 37 402
n: 463
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Truth: epistemic
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 17 68
Reject 129 1186
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 29 21
Reject 223 484
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Morality: error theory
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 9 45
Reject 41 811
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Meaning of life: objective
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 18 65
Reject 510 710
n: 1303
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 5 38
Reject 18 617
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Causation: nonexistent
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 35
Reject 25 701
n: 767
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Aesthetic value: objective
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 27 58
Reject 677 654
n: 1416
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 10 26
Reject 259 308
n: 603
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Hume: skeptic
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 37 17
Reject 253 450
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 18 30
Reject 169 589
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Abstract objects: Platonism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 27 57
Reject 579 708
n: 1371
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 59
Reject 52 965
n: 1084
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosophical knowledge: none
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 56
Reject 27 878
n: 967
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Other minds: newborn babies
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 54 10
Reject 809 110
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Well-being: objective list
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 21 32
Reject 470 294
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Concepts: nativism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 9 39
Reject 220 425
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Truth: correspondence
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 38 47
Reject 785 533
n: 1403
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Plato: knowledge only of forms
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 33 9
Reject 280 226
n: 548
p: 0.0009
r: 0.14
Spacetime: relationism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 18 10
Reject 241 267
n: 536
p: 0.0011
r: 0.14
Moral motivation: internalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 53 26
Reject 499 635
n: 1213
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Morality: constructivism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 17 37
Reject 175 680
n: 909
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: nonexistent
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 27 54
Reject 225 982
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other minds: plants
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 7 57
Reject 58 861
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Justification: coherentism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 15 34
Reject 195 554
n: 798
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Properties: classes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 32
Reject 74 538
n: 650
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 13 27
Reject 374 270
n: 684
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 11 42
Reject 101 661
n: 815
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 17 23
Reject 155 489
n: 684
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Immortality: yes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 26 37
Reject 458 458
n: 979
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosophical progress: none
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 82
Reject 49 1409
n: 1548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 37 51
Reject 777 645
n: 1510
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Well-being: desire satisfaction
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 20 33
Reject 151 614
n: 818
p: 0.0008
r: 0.12
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 20 47
Reject 172 849
n: 1088
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Theory of reference: descriptive
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 18 31
Reject 168 524
n: 741
p: 0.0015
r: -0.12
Propositions: structured entities
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 14 30
Reject 289 351
n: 684
p: 0.0024
r: 0.12
Knowledge: empiricism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 54 21
Reject 662 520
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Logic: classical
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 37 34
Reject 689 362
n: 1122
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 30 22
Reject 348 458
n: 858
p: 0.0007
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 40
Reject 86 661
n: 795
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 9 26
Reject 84 494
n: 613
p: 0.0048
r: -0.11
A priori knowledge: yes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 58 32
Reject 1141 302
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 10 24
Reject 226 353
n: 613
p: 0.0048
r: 0.11
Statue and lump: one thing
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 22 18
Reject 254 451
n: 745
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Moral principles: moral generalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 23 33
Reject 490 327
n: 873
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Propositions: nonexistent
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 13 31
Reject 102 536
n: 682
p: 0.0036
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 19
Reject 58 389
n: 474
p: 0.0184
r: -0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 19 24
Reject 339 310
n: 692
p: 0.0051
r: -0.1
Sleeping beauty: one-third
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 5 16
Reject 110 224
n: 355
p: 0.0493
r: -0.1
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 31 31
Reject 555 352
n: 969
p: 0.0012
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 38
Reject 44 594
n: 682
p: 0.0079
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 26
Reject 73 505
n: 612
p: 0.0125
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 7 27
Reject 56 521
n: 611
p: 0.0135
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 38
Reject 130 542
n: 716
p: 0.0076
r: 0.1
Extended mind: yes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 30 23
Reject 420 368
n: 841
p: 0.0046
r: 0.1
Epistemic justification: internalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 46 36
Reject 491 792
n: 1365
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Footbridge: push
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 26 46
Reject 334 1013
n: 1419
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 20 58
Reject 346 847
n: 1271
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
Propositions: acts
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 5 39
Reject 56 583
n: 683
p: 0.0122
r: 0.09
Abortion: permissible
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 58 4
Reject 787 162
n: 1011
p: 0.0026
r: -0.09
Theory of reference: causal
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 24 25
Reject 371 321
n: 741
p: 0.0106
r: 0.09
Meaning of life: subjective
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 39 44
Reject 493 729
n: 1305
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 12 41
Reject 119 612
n: 784
p: 0.0112
r: -0.09
Gender categories: preserve
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 7 43
Reject 186 614
n: 850
p: 0.0086
r: -0.09
Morality: non-naturalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 10 44
Reject 256 596
n: 906
p: 0.0084
r: -0.09
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 14 35
Reject 219 529
n: 797
p: 0.0137
r: -0.09
Ought implies can: yes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 33 27
Reject 614 291
n: 965
p: 0.007
r: 0.09
Morality: expressivism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 6 48
Reject 95 760
n: 909
p: 0.009
r: 0.09
Consciousness: panpsychism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 5 47
Reject 60 738
n: 850
p: 0.0126
r: 0.09
Consciousness: identity theory
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 10 42
Reject 120 677
n: 849
p: 0.0132
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 16 33
Reject 303 405
n: 757
p: 0.0197
r: 0.08
Knowledge claims: relativism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 10 68
Reject 58 1136
n: 1272
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Other minds: adult humans
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 64 0
Reject 908 11
n: 983
p: 0.0099
r: 0.08
Truth: deflationary
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 31 53
Reject 341 975
n: 1400
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
Theory of reference: deflationary
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 40
Reject 112 571
n: 731
p: 0.0264
r: 0.08
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 12 19
Reject 167 410
n: 608
p: 0.0446
r: 0.08
Chinese room: understands
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 40
Reject 165 681
n: 894
p: 0.0163
r: 0.08
Properties: tropes
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 8 30
Reject 105 509
n: 652
p: 0.041
r: 0.08
Belief or credence: credence
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 15 22
Reject 215 431
n: 683
p: 0.0381
r: 0.08
Personal identity: psychological view
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 46 31
Reject 626 578
n: 1281
p: 0.0046
r: 0.08
Race: unreal
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 24 58
Reject 202 1068
n: 1352
p: 0.0036
r: -0.08
Values in science: can be either
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 13 39
Reject 272 536
n: 860
p: 0.022
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 34 56
Reject 675 784
n: 1549
p: 0.0022
r: -0.08
Consciousness: dualism
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 9 43
Reject 209 588
n: 849
p: 0.0248
r: 0.08
Philosophical knowledge: a little
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 24 38
Reject 321 586
n: 969
p: 0.0194
r: 0.08
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 28 57
Reject 395 1039
n: 1519
p: 0.0034
r: -0.07
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 36 55
Reject 665 725
n: 1481
p: 0.0046
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 40 48
Reject 482 940
n: 1510
p: 0.005
r: -0.07
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
External world: skepticism Accept Reject
Accept 44 44
Reject 865 557
n: 1510
p: 0.005

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.15
AOS: Metaphysics
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 9 86
Reject 342 1156
n: 1593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Hume
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 26 50
Reject 182 897
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Socrates
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 9 67
Reject 37 1042
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Gender: male
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 74 18
Reject 1186 315
n: 1593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 14 81
Reject 77 1421
n: 1593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.09
Gender: female
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 17 75
Reject 309 1192
n: 1593
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Tradition: Analytic
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 75 18
Reject 1290 189
n: 1572
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Nietzsche
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 6 70
Reject 26 1053
n: 1155
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: Canada
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 5 53
Reject 41 1023
n: 1122
p: 0.0057
r: 0.08
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 16 79
Reject 132 1366
n: 1593
p: 0.0015
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Peirce
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 5 71
Reject 14 1065
n: 1155
p: 0.0074
r: 0.08
AOS: Asian Philosophy
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 7 88
Reject 22 1476
n: 1593
p: 0.0023
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Aristotle
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 11 65
Reject 207 872
n: 1155
p: 0.0174
r: 0.07
Tradition: Continental
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 5 88
Reject 76 1403
n: 1572
p: 0.0075
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Language
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 10 85
Reject 254 1244
n: 1593
p: 0.0207
r: 0.06
Tradition: Other tradition
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 13 80
Reject 113 1366
n: 1572
p: 0.0228
r: 0.06
AOS: Continental Philosophy
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 5 90
Reject 59 1439
n: 1593
p: 0.0244
r: 0.06
AOS: Aesthetics
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 9 86
Reject 71 1427
n: 1593
p: 0.0273
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
External world: skepticism Yes No
Accept 6 89
Reject 39 1459
n: 1593
p: 0.0286