Survey Results

Correlations

Gender categories: preserve

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.45
Gender: biological
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 128 52
Reject 141 490
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: -0.44
Gender: social
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 68 112
Reject 518 124
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: -0.42
Abortion: permissible
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 91 79
Reject 544 48
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: 0.4
Race categories: preserve
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 43 106
Reject 18 519
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 62 76
Reject 42 356
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Politics: capitalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 96 56
Reject 133 389
n: 674
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Race: biological
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 79 105
Reject 80 552
n: 816
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Race: social
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 88 96
Reject 499 134
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 146 47
Reject 298 364
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
God: theism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 79 114
Reject 102 553
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Capital punishment: permissible
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 59 110
Reject 91 499
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 45 105
Reject 66 490
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Meaning of life: objective
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 102 60
Reject 189 366
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 56 102
Reject 344 206
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Extended mind: yes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 52 84
Reject 300 207
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Consciousness: dualism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 67 78
Reject 99 402
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 102
Reject 316 241
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 85 58
Reject 193 296
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Mind: physicalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 71 113
Reject 383 236
n: 803
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 26 167
Reject 216 447
n: 856
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 27 111
Reject 145 253
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meaning of life: subjective
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 38 124
Reject 238 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 47 104
Reject 82 448
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Immortality: yes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 105 60
Reject 253 313
n: 731
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
True contradictions: impossible
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 136 17
Reject 339 142
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Free will: libertarianism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 62 125
Reject 114 540
n: 841
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 54 97
Reject 261 269
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
True contradictions: actual
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 13 140
Reject 81 400
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 69 83
Reject 153 413
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 127
Reject 314 347
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Aesthetic value: objective
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 124 58
Reject 271 323
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Morality: non-naturalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 97
Reject 128 406
n: 695
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Race categories: revise
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 33 115
Reject 226 311
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: classes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 10 116
Reject 48 328
n: 502
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 20 173
Reject 155 507
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Time: A-theory
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 59 78
Reject 118 281
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Truth: epistemic
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 13 168
Reject 79 513
n: 773
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Other minds: future AI systems
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 45 113
Reject 258 321
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Truth: correspondence
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 134 47
Reject 316 275
n: 772
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Logic: classical
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 114 37
Reject 290 193
n: 634
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 69 83
Reject 347 222
n: 721
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Free will: compatibilism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 97 90
Reject 438 217
n: 842
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 32 101
Reject 55 420
n: 608
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: design
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 42 107
Reject 83 379
n: 611
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Concepts: nativism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 60 60
Reject 120 302
n: 542
p: 0.0014
r: -0.14
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 6 147
Reject 25 456
n: 634
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 55 88
Reject 122 345
n: 610
p: 0.0009
r: -0.13
Material composition: universalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 21 71
Reject 93 172
n: 357
p: 0.0117
r: 0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 110
Reject 86 461
n: 705
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 20 118
Reject 111 286
n: 535
p: 0.0025
r: -0.13
Morality: constructivism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 32 130
Reject 138 399
n: 699
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 124 67
Reject 328 333
n: 852
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 105 86
Reject 462 199
n: 852
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 49 142
Reject 247 414
n: 852
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Personal identity: psychological view
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 68 91
Reject 302 248
n: 709
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 79 72
Reject 167 332
n: 650
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Material composition: restrictivism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 50 42
Reject 104 161
n: 357
p: 0.0192
r: 0.12
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 144 49
Reject 404 248
n: 845
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Abstract objects: Platonism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 93 79
Reject 226 357
n: 755
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 15 102
Reject 33 380
n: 530
p: 0.0052
r: -0.12
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 59 116
Reject 252 321
n: 748
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 23 89
Reject 97 273
n: 482
p: 0.0093
r: 0.12
Well-being: objective list
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 100 44
Reject 276 200
n: 620
p: 0.0033
r: -0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 8 122
Reject 47 429
n: 606
p: 0.0038
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 6 104
Reject 45 317
n: 472
p: 0.0137
r: -0.11
Other minds: plants
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 9 149
Reject 46 533
n: 737
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 27 117
Reject 167 345
n: 656
p: 0.0055
r: -0.11
Consciousness: functionalism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 40 105
Reject 196 306
n: 647
p: 0.007
r: 0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 43
Reject 148 212
n: 467
p: 0.0223
r: -0.1
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 15 128
Reject 75 400
n: 618
p: 0.01
r: -0.1
Laws of nature: Humean
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 43 138
Reject 206 385
n: 772
p: 0.004
r: -0.1
Other minds: current AI systems
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 8 150
Reject 21 558
n: 737
p: 0.0053
r: -0.1
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 13 76
Reject 62 243
n: 394
p: 0.0429
r: 0.1
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 149 35
Reject 449 176
n: 809
p: 0.0038
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 93 62
Reject 398 146
n: 699
p: 0.0074
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 17 121
Reject 77 322
n: 537
p: 0.0199
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: presentism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 35 88
Reject 68 312
n: 503
p: 0.0245
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 63
Reject 191 272
n: 590
p: 0.0153
r: -0.1
Consciousness: identity theory
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 19 126
Reject 82 420
n: 647
p: 0.0115
r: -0.1
Law: legal positivism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 31 78
Reject 147 193
n: 449
p: 0.0367
r: 0.1
A priori knowledge: yes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 158 34
Reject 506 156
n: 854
p: 0.0049
r: 0.09
External world: non-skeptical realism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 175 18
Reject 558 99
n: 850
p: 0.0059
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 57 91
Reject 110 352
n: 610
p: 0.0201
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 49 64
Reject 119 254
n: 486
p: 0.0411
r: -0.09
Knowledge: empiricism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 77 77
Reject 322 213
n: 689
p: 0.0154
r: 0.09
Belief or credence: belief
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 51 72
Reject 126 277
n: 526
p: 0.0376
r: -0.09
External world: skepticism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 7 186
Reject 43 614
n: 850
p: 0.0086
r: -0.09
Causation: process/production
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 31 103
Reject 123 341
n: 598
p: 0.0288
r: -0.09
Truth: deflationary
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 35 146
Reject 175 415
n: 771
p: 0.013
r: -0.09
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 25 135
Reject 137 413
n: 710
p: 0.0196
r: -0.09
Teletransporter: survival
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 111
Reject 249 313
n: 721
p: 0.0187
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Humean
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 29 98
Reject 160 302
n: 589
p: 0.0336
r: -0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 114
Reject 194 344
n: 700
p: 0.0214
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 42 139
Reject 172 442
n: 795
p: 0.0154
r: 0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 145 13
Reject 499 80
n: 737
p: 0.0206
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: concrete
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 7 156
Reject 28 518
n: 709
p: 0.0251
r: -0.08
Experience machine: yes
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 18 163
Reject 112 520
n: 813
p: 0.0175
r: -0.08
Justification: coherentism
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 32 111
Reject 128 341
n: 612
p: 0.0419
r: -0.08
Vagueness: metaphysical
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 31 131
Reject 129 426
n: 717
p: 0.0295
r: 0.08
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 94 87
Reject 230 372
n: 783
p: 0.0254

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.23
Philosopher: Aquinas
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 26 130
Reject 11 516
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 42 153
Reject 45 647
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Reid
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 10 146
Reject 7 520
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender: male
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 173 22
Reject 528 154
n: 877
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Augustine
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 10 146
Reject 6 521
n: 683
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 18 177
Reject 16 676
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender: female
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 22 173
Reject 148 534
n: 877
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Plato
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 17 139
Reject 22 505
n: 683
p: 0.0066
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Kant
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 14 142
Reject 75 452
n: 683
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Leibniz
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 9 147
Reject 12 515
n: 683
p: 0.0254
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Aristotle
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 38 118
Reject 95 432
n: 683
p: 0.0259
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Descartes
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 11 145
Reject 20 507
n: 683
p: 0.0412
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 25 170
Reject 58 634
n: 887
p: 0.027
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: Latin America
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 5 192
Reject 7 685
n: 889
p: 0.032
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 12 183
Reject 20 672
n: 887
p: 0.0458