Survey Results

Correlations

Gender: psychological

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: 0.2
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 71 235
Reject 114 855
n: 1275
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: revise
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 142 53
Reject 319 305
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 114 195
Reject 221 767
n: 1297
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 138 175
Reject 323 667
n: 1303
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: growing block
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 36 79
Reject 76 362
n: 553
p: 0.0008
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 238 86
Reject 590 419
n: 1333
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Causation: primitive
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 23 135
Reject 136 392
n: 686
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 27 115
Reject 71 413
n: 626
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
Normative concepts: value
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 75 75
Reject 192 287
n: 629
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 27 80
Reject 48 283
n: 438
p: 0.0087
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 171 131
Reject 395 580
n: 1277
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 63 119
Reject 271 294
n: 747
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Philosophical progress: none
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 22 301
Reject 33 1005
n: 1361
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 82 82
Reject 201 328
n: 693
p: 0.004
r: 0.11
Abortion: permissible
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 187 22
Reject 569 123
n: 901
p: 0.001
r: 0.11
Plato: knowledge only of forms
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 96 49
Reject 198 170
n: 513
p: 0.0158
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 38 102
Reject 104 378
n: 622
p: 0.0097
r: -0.1
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 18 115
Reject 68 353
n: 554
p: 0.0148
r: -0.1
Gender categories: eliminate
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 17 178
Reject 127 497
n: 819
p: 0.0042
r: 0.1
Race: biological
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 85 234
Reject 183 824
n: 1326
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 18 116
Reject 30 444
n: 608
p: 0.0147
r: -0.1
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 69 117
Reject 252 286
n: 724
p: 0.0078
r: 0.1
Units of selection: genes
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 80 57
Reject 171 204
n: 512
p: 0.0268
r: 0.1
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 51 79
Reject 112 281
n: 523
p: 0.0254
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 76 114
Reject 201 406
n: 797
p: 0.0068
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 163 161
Reject 446 562
n: 1332
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 30 178
Reject 131 554
n: 893
p: 0.0047
r: 0.09
Personal identity: psychological view
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 160 103
Reject 447 421
n: 1131
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 48 173
Reject 125 610
n: 956
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 43 88
Reject 185 208
n: 524
p: 0.0361
r: 0.09
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 115 214
Reject 286 764
n: 1379
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 32 103
Reject 60 361
n: 556
p: 0.0381
r: 0.09
Theory of reference: descriptive
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 44 106
Reject 116 393
n: 659
p: 0.024
r: 0.09
Other minds: future AI systems
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 88 123
Reject 265 402
n: 878
p: 0.0093
r: 0.09
Race: unreal
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 67 242
Reject 156 840
n: 1305
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Mental content: internalism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 97 161
Reject 226 654
n: 1138
p: 0.0034
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 139 191
Reject 338 695
n: 1363
p: 0.0019
r: 0.08
Race categories: revise
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 84 103
Reject 194 369
n: 750
p: 0.0216
r: -0.08
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 12 140
Reject 53 413
n: 618
p: 0.0371
r: -0.08
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 51 138
Reject 208 399
n: 796
p: 0.0187
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 59 128
Reject 128 483
n: 798
p: 0.0229
r: 0.08
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 67 124
Reject 195 441
n: 827
p: 0.0206
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 26 135
Reject 54 482
n: 697
p: 0.0353
r: 0.08
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 28 131
Reject 69 498
n: 726
p: 0.034
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: abstract
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 106 85
Reject 379 258
n: 828
p: 0.0241
r: 0.08
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 12 169
Reject 26 514
n: 721
p: 0.0375
r: 0.08
Proper names: Fregean
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 91 116
Reject 287 447
n: 941
p: 0.0183
r: 0.08
Philosophical knowledge: none
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 11 179
Reject 20 645
n: 855
p: 0.025
r: -0.07
Well-being: objective list
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 88 71
Reject 355 213
n: 727
p: 0.0465
r: 0.07
Epistemic justification: internalism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 117 168
Reject 345 586
n: 1216
p: 0.0136
r: 0.07
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 65 219
Reject 165 699
n: 1148
p: 0.0228
r: 0.06
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 114 174
Reject 253 597
n: 1138
p: 0.0351
r: 0.06
Meaning of life: subjective
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 138 152
Reject 345 526
n: 1161
p: 0.0354
r: 0.06
Vagueness: semantic
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 162 107
Reject 461 391
n: 1121
p: 0.0409
r: 0.06
Race: social
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 256 66
Reject 697 309
n: 1328
p: 0.0312
r: 0.06
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Gender: psychological Accept Reject
Accept 111 192
Reject 323 651
n: 1277
p: 0.0363

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.11
Philosopher: Arendt
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 10 252
Reject 6 807
n: 1075
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 50 296
Reject 88 989
n: 1423
p: 0.001
r: -0.08
Tradition: Analytic
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 263 77
Reject 909 157
n: 1406
p: 0.0017
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 8 254
Reject 12 801
n: 1075
p: 0.0114
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 12 250
Reject 14 799
n: 1075
p: 0.0145
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Austin
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 5 257
Reject 3 810
n: 1075
p: 0.0169
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Marx
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 6 256
Reject 40 773
n: 1075
p: 0.0197
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Peirce
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 11 251
Reject 13 800
n: 1075
p: 0.0208
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Quine
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 16 246
Reject 74 739
n: 1075
p: 0.0218
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 27 325
Reject 135 961
n: 1448
p: 0.0097
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Locke
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 9 253
Reject 19 794
n: 1075
p: 0.0322
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Beauvoir
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 12 250
Reject 11 802
n: 1075
p: 0.0372
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Anscombe
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 5 257
Reject 28 785
n: 1075
p: 0.0418
r: 0.06
Tradition: Other tradition
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 44 296
Reject 88 978
n: 1406
p: 0.0201
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 23 212
Reject 105 666
n: 1006
p: 0.0496
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Lewis
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 15 247
Reject 79 734
n: 1075
p: 0.0448
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Husserl
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 10 252
Reject 20 793
n: 1075
p: 0.0454
r: -0.06
AOS: Metaphysics
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 56 290
Reject 234 843
n: 1423
p: 0.0238
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 24 299
Reject 107 916
n: 1346
p: 0.0325
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 10 313
Reject 12 1011
n: 1346
p: 0.0424
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 21 325
Reject 27 1050
n: 1423
p: 0.0423
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 23 323
Reject 97 980
n: 1423
p: 0.0429
r: 0.05
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Gender: psychological Yes No
Accept 29 317
Reject 48 1029
n: 1423
p: 0.0454