Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.45	Gender categories: preserve
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	141
Reject	52	490

n: 811

p < 0.0001

r: 0.44	Race: biological
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	241
Reject	85	813

n: 1324

p < 0.0001

r: -0.34	Abortion: permissible
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	212	96
Reject	544	50

n: 902

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Politics: capitalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	127
Reject	130	394

n: 790

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Race: social
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	245	182
Reject	700	197

n: 1324

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	God: theism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	154	298
Reject	135	775

n: 1362

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Gender categories: eliminate
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	252
Reject	124	419

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	162
Reject	51	346

n: 628

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Gender categories: revise
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	147
Reject	330	213

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	269
Reject	76	688

n: 1133

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	292	161
Reject	419	505

n: 1377

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Capital punishment: permissible
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	213
Reject	80	520

n: 896

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Free will: libertarianism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	304
Reject	138	770

n: 1351

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Temporal ontology: presentism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	124
Reject	63	308

n: 554

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Extended mind: yes
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	120	131
Reject	307	192

n: 750

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Immortality: yes
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	160	127
Reject	248	323

n: 858

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Mind: physicalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	206	220
Reject	548	328

n: 1302

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	405
Reject	217	706

n: 1375

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Meaning of life: objective
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	204	199
Reject	268	488

n: 1159

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	167
Reject	266	247

n: 782

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	161	208
Reject	426	343

n: 1138

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Material composition: nihilism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	122
Reject	28	237

n: 396

p: 0.0007

r: -0.17	Free will: compatibilism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	246	198
Reject	630	280

n: 1354

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Time: A-theory
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	153
Reject	155	390

n: 811

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	189	192
Reject	457	286

n: 1124

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	154	297
Reject	419	487

n: 1357

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	207
Reject	192	329

n: 796

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Mind uploading: survival
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	200
Reject	177	315

n: 751

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	115
Reject	179	280

n: 704

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Consciousness: dualism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	161
Reject	104	390

n: 744

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	200
Reject	72	441

n: 782

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	157
Reject	239	252

n: 745

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	179	102
Reject	392	142

n: 815

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Aesthetic value: objective
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	257	176
Reject	377	446

n: 1256

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Race categories: preserve
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	204
Reject	36	467

n: 743

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	189
Reject	101	293

n: 624

p: 0.0008

r: -0.13	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	121
Reject	164	206

n: 554

p: 0.0016

r: -0.13	Consciousness: functionalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	80	171
Reject	195	300

n: 746

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	Teletransporter: survival
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	228
Reject	348	416

n: 1120

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Other minds: future AI systems
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	191
Reject	248	332

n: 877

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Consciousness: eliminativism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	236
Reject	29	467

n: 744

p: 0.0006

r: -0.12	Law: legal positivism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	116
Reject	145	191

n: 509

p: 0.0051

r: -0.12	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	160
Reject	146	248

n: 627

p: 0.002

r: -0.12	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	185
Reject	40	311

n: 552

p: 0.0039

r: 0.12	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	119
Reject	191	285

n: 725

p: 0.001

r: 0.12	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	125	140
Reject	164	310

n: 739

p: 0.0009

r: -0.12	Laws of nature: Humean
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	290
Reject	281	524

n: 1221

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	126
Reject	64	208

n: 427

p: 0.0168

r: 0.11	Theory of reference: descriptive
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	155
Reject	92	343

n: 660

p: 0.0031

r: -0.11	Properties: classes
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	192
Reject	45	308

n: 569

p: 0.0064

r: 0.11	Hume: skeptic
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	132
Reject	156	296

n: 697

p: 0.0027

r: -0.11	Other minds: fish
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	176	121
Reject	409	171

n: 877

p: 0.0008

r: -0.11	Kant: one world
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	108
Reject	185	163

n: 561

p: 0.0074

r: -0.11	Meaning of life: subjective
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	146	256
Reject	330	428

n: 1160

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Race: unreal
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	337
Reject	143	744

n: 1301

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	136
Reject	42	239

n: 440

p: 0.0211

r: -0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	198
Reject	66	330

n: 627

p: 0.0064

r: -0.11	Other minds: current AI systems
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	287
Reject	22	558

n: 877

p: 0.0012

r: -0.11	Chinese room: understands
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	224
Reject	121	396

n: 779

p: 0.0026

r: 0.11	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	215	207
Reject	350	505

n: 1277

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Other minds: flies
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	205
Reject	220	360

n: 877

p: 0.0016

r: -0.1	Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	151	235
Reject	341	467

n: 1194

p: 0.0003

r: -0.1	Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	126
Reject	73	209

n: 442

p: 0.0284

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

n: 1379

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Concepts: nativism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	87	130
Reject	120	285

n: 622

p: 0.0099

r: 0.1	Mental content: internalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	228
Reject	192	589

n: 1138

p: 0.0005

r: -0.1	Truth: deflationary
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	309
Reject	233	595

n: 1237

p: 0.0005

r: 0.1	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	184
Reject	110	411

n: 798

p: 0.0055

r: 0.1	Statue and lump: one thing
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	115
Reject	135	289

n: 639

p: 0.0132

r: 0.1	Truth: correspondence
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	260	151
Reject	449	380

n: 1240

p: 0.0006

r: -0.1	Personal identity: psychological view
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	191	188
Reject	415	337

n: 1131

p: 0.0011

r: 0.1	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	167
Reject	101	356

n: 707

p: 0.0109

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	270	181
Reject	601	305

n: 1357

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	Personal identity: biological view
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	108	271
Reject	151	601

n: 1131

p: 0.0015

r: 0.09	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	261
Reject	193	565

n: 1145

p: 0.0014

r: -0.09	Morality: constructivism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	216
Reject	127	399

n: 797

p: 0.0087

r: -0.09	Belief or credence: credence
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	151
Reject	124	262

n: 604

p: 0.0226

r: -0.09	Practical reason: Humean
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	177
Reject	159	300

n: 702

p: 0.014

r: -0.09	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	162
Reject	120	289

n: 620

p: 0.0222

r: -0.09	Consciousness: panpsychism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	229
Reject	42	452

n: 745

p: 0.013

r: -0.09	Race categories: revise
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	164
Reject	197	308

n: 746

p: 0.0137

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	261
Reject	274	580

n: 1300

p: 0.0022

r: -0.08	Other minds: plants
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	283
Reject	47	533

n: 877

p: 0.0123

r: -0.08	Truth: epistemic
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	353
Reject	96	733

n: 1236

p: 0.0033

r: -0.08	Morality: expressivism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	243
Reject	65	459

n: 796

p: 0.0188

r: 0.08	Vagueness: epistemic
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	120	254
Reject	172	572

n: 1118

p: 0.0056

r: -0.08	Other minds: cats
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	265	32
Reject	534	46

n: 877

p: 0.0144

r: 0.08	Morality: non-naturalism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	186
Reject	141	383

n: 794

p: 0.0208

r: -0.08	Other minds: worms
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	231
Reject	151	429

n: 877

p: 0.0179

r: -0.08	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	225
Reject	50	411

n: 705

p: 0.036

r: 0.08	Abstract objects: Platonism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	216
Reject	331	476

n: 1208

p: 0.0066

r: -0.08	Practical reason: Kantian
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	48	196
Reject	98	358

n: 700

p: 0.0428

r: 0.08	Proper names: Fregean
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	160
Reject	240	406

n: 940

p: 0.0196

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	107	169
Reject	173	348

n: 797

p: 0.032

r: -0.07	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	324
Reject	158	594

n: 1147

p: 0.0119

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	226	227
Reject	381	494

n: 1328

p: 0.0071

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	352
Reject	104	735

n: 1272

p: 0.0085

r: 0.07	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	311	129
Reject	557	331

n: 1328

p: 0.0079

r: 0.07	Logic: classical
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	235	112
Reject	380	263

n: 990

p: 0.0223

r: 0.07	Science: scientific realism
Gender: biological	Accept	Reject
Accept	357	78
Reject	660	205

n: 1300

p: 0.0089

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.19	Other demographics: YOB
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	167	271
Reject	471	417

n: 1326

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Philosopher: Aquinas
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	36	344
Reject	10	687

n: 1077

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Gender: male
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	397	67
Reject	698	250

n: 1412

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Gender: female
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	66	398
Reject	246	702

n: 1412

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Marx
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	5	375
Reject	43	654

n: 1077

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	10	457
Reject	63	893

n: 1423

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Aristotle
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	97	283
Reject	107	590

n: 1077

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	60	407
Reject	62	894

n: 1423

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	30	437
Reject	18	938

n: 1423

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Region of affiliation: Europe
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	95	378
Reject	137	834

n: 1444

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	8	459
Reject	41	915

n: 1423

p: 0.0003

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Leibniz
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	19	361
Reject	13	684

n: 1077

p: 0.005

r: 0.09	Region of PhD: Europe
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	39	262
Reject	58	643

n: 1002

p: 0.0069

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Augustine
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	14	366
Reject	8	689

n: 1077

p: 0.0068

r: -0.08	Tradition: Analytic
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	355	97
Reject	814	138

n: 1404

p: 0.0033

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Husserl
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	17	363
Reject	12	685

n: 1077

p: 0.0105

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: Europe
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	106	339
Reject	165	734

n: 1344

p: 0.0048

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Reid
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	16	364
Reject	12	685

n: 1077

p: 0.0151

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Lewis
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	23	357
Reject	71	626

n: 1077

p: 0.0184

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Plato
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	32	348
Reject	34	663

n: 1077

p: 0.0188

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Locke
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	12	368
Reject	14	683

n: 1077

p: 0.022

r: -0.07	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	75	392
Reject	180	776

n: 1423

p: 0.0096

r: -0.07	Region of nationality: Oceania
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	15	430
Reject	55	844

n: 1344

p: 0.0127

r: -0.07	Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	41	432
Reject	125	846

n: 1444

p: 0.0121

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Davidson
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	7	373
Reject	27	670

n: 1077

p: 0.0309

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Nietzsche
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	15	365
Reject	15	682

n: 1077

p: 0.0386

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Rawls
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	16	364
Reject	51	646

n: 1077

p: 0.0387

r: 0.06	Tradition: Continental
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	42	410
Reject	60	892

n: 1404

p: 0.0259

r: -0.06	AOS: Normative Ethics
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	84	383
Reject	207	749

n: 1423

p: 0.0285

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: United States
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	216	229
Reject	493	406

n: 1344

p: 0.0354

r: 0.06	Region of affiliation: Latin America
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	9	464
Reject	8	963

n: 1444

p: 0.0297

r: 0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	24	443
Reject	25	931

n: 1423

p: 0.0337

r: 0.05	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Gender: biological	Yes	No
Accept	37	430
Reject	46	910

n: 1423

p: 0.048