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	Race: social
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	810	152
Reject	152	226

n: 1340

p < 0.0001

r: -0.44	Gender categories: preserve
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	518
Reject	112	124

n: 822

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Abortion: permissible
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	573	58
Reject	191	86

n: 908

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Gender categories: revise
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	390	199
Reject	75	161

n: 825

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Politics: capitalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	140	416
Reject	127	110

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Race: biological
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	825
Reject	135	243

n: 1338

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Capital punishment: permissible
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	560
Reject	85	180

n: 903

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Extended mind: yes
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	335	193
Reject	96	131

n: 755

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	361
Reject	60	151

n: 630

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	724
Reject	86	244

n: 1145

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	God: theism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	153	812
Reject	135	276

n: 1376

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	297	263
Reject	76	152

n: 788

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	453	520
Reject	126	273

n: 1372

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Immortality: yes
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	252	341
Reject	156	114

n: 863

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Free will: compatibilism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	667	297
Reject	219	185

n: 1368

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	490	305
Reject	166	175

n: 1136

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	461	517
Reject	251	160

n: 1389

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Race categories: revise
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	231	317
Reject	49	158

n: 755

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	465	354
Reject	132	199

n: 1150

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Consciousness: dualism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	406
Reject	80	154

n: 749

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	255
Reject	59	152

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	482
Reject	61	167

n: 788

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Free will: libertarianism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	799
Reject	115	289

n: 1366

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	198	312
Reject	124	98

n: 732

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Mind: physicalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	576	341
Reject	188	207

n: 1312

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Race categories: preserve
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	507
Reject	35	172

n: 752

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Race: unreal
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	799
Reject	83	292

n: 1315

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	329
Reject	10	171

n: 557

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Morality: constructivism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	156	404
Reject	30	214

n: 804

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	273	643
Reject	65	326

n: 1307

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Meaning of life: subjective
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	376	439
Reject	111	246

n: 1172

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Teletransporter: survival
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	365	423
Reject	116	223

n: 1127

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	212	764
Reject	61	350

n: 1387

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Morality: non-naturalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	421
Reject	90	155

n: 802

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	407
Reject	27	154

n: 625

p: 0.0004

r: 0.13	Consciousness: functionalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	213	304
Reject	70	164

n: 751

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	659	314
Reject	225	174

n: 1372

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	309
Reject	24	157

n: 561

p: 0.0021

r: 0.13	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	359	614
Reject	120	279

n: 1372

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Other minds: current AI systems
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	596
Reject	7	258

n: 886

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	192	616
Reject	123	226

n: 1157

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Truth: correspondence
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	465	403
Reject	251	131

n: 1250

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Other minds: future AI systems
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	269	352
Reject	86	179

n: 886

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	159
Reject	52	64

n: 373

p: 0.0139

r: -0.13	Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	280
Reject	21	128

n: 441

p: 0.0078

r: 0.13	Truth: epistemic
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	757
Reject	39	342

n: 1247

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Meaning of life: objective
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	301	512
Reject	171	186

n: 1170

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Truth: deflationary
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	249	616
Reject	86	296

n: 1247

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	316	664
Reject	92	319

n: 1391

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Knowledge: empiricism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	473	301
Reject	165	177

n: 1116

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Other minds: plants
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	567
Reject	9	256

n: 886

p: 0.0004

r: -0.12	Concepts: nativism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	307
Reject	81	112

n: 626

p: 0.0032

r: 0.11	Gender categories: eliminate
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	472
Reject	28	208

n: 825

p: 0.001

r: 0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	353
Reject	50	178

n: 716

p: 0.0024

r: 0.11	Other minds: worms
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	451
Reject	52	213

n: 886

p: 0.0008

r: 0.11	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	249	277
Reject	88	138

n: 752

p: 0.0021

r: 0.11	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	521	289
Reject	178	171

n: 1159

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Kant: one world
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	208	182
Reject	82	93

n: 565

p: 0.0077

r: 0.11	Laws of nature: Humean
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	302	559
Reject	111	262

n: 1234

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Personal identity: psychological view
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	445	345
Reject	167	182

n: 1139

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	216
Reject	29	119

n: 442

p: 0.0202

r: 0.11	True contradictions: actual
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	409
Reject	27	211

n: 726

p: 0.0031

r: 0.11	Other minds: fish
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	434	187
Reject	160	105

n: 886

p: 0.0012

r: -0.11	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	187	328
Reject	104	127

n: 746

p: 0.0033

r: 0.11	Material composition: nihilism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	242
Reject	9	116

n: 395

p: 0.0352

r: 0.1	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	206	281
Reject	76	133

n: 696

p: 0.0057

r: -0.1	Theory of reference: descriptive
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	358
Reject	60	144

n: 664

p: 0.007

r: 0.1	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	618	327
Reject	217	181

n: 1343

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Other minds: flies
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	244	377
Reject	72	193

n: 886

p: 0.002

r: 0.1	Properties: classes
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	338
Reject	24	164

n: 575

p: 0.0144

r: 0.1	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	75	344
Reject	26	185

n: 630

p: 0.0109

r: 0.1	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	140	755
Reject	46	342

n: 1283

p: 0.0003

r: -0.1	Temporal ontology: presentism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	303
Reject	55	133

n: 557

p: 0.0176

r: 0.1	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	421
Reject	22	202

n: 704

p: 0.0095

r: 0.09	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	412	152
Reject	164	92

n: 820

p: 0.0067

r: 0.09	Properties: tropes
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	318
Reject	31	157

n: 576

p: 0.0233

r: 0.09	Consciousness: panpsychism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	469
Reject	17	217

n: 750

p: 0.0097

r: 0.09	Morality: expressivism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	484
Reject	20	226

n: 803

p: 0.0075

r: 0.09	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	194	366
Reject	65	178

n: 803

p: 0.0081

r: 0.09	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	431
Reject	18	207

n: 707

p: 0.0137

r: 0.09	Practical reason: Kantian
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	385
Reject	35	173

n: 704

p: 0.0148

r: 0.09	Propositions: sets
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	358
Reject	17	193

n: 605

p: 0.0258

r: 0.09	Propositions: structured entities
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	212
Reject	82	127

n: 606

p: 0.0269

r: -0.09	Personal identity: biological view
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	632
Reject	102	247

n: 1139

p: 0.0025

r: -0.09	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	590	351
Reject	284	117

n: 1342

p: 0.0011

r: -0.09	Science: scientific realism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	702	218
Reject	324	68

n: 1312

p: 0.0015

r: 0.09	Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	194
Reject	64	104

n: 525

p: 0.0466

r: 0.09	Newcomb's problem: one box
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	216	369
Reject	63	165

n: 813

p: 0.0148

r: 0.08	Consciousness: identity theory
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	87	428
Reject	30	204

n: 749

p: 0.0223

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	309
Reject	37	174

n: 625

p: 0.0389

r: 0.08	Normative concepts: reasons
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	137	301
Reject	54	150

n: 642

p: 0.0363

r: 0.08	Mind uploading: survival
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	165	344
Reject	72	172

n: 753

p: 0.0266

r: -0.08	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	99	462
Reject	59	176

n: 796

p: 0.0241

r: -0.08	Aesthetic value: objective
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	412	455
Reject	226	171

n: 1264

p: 0.0053

r: 0.08	Vagueness: metaphysical
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	195	594
Reject	63	272

n: 1124

p: 0.0092

r: 0.07	Other minds: cats
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	573	48
Reject	236	29

n: 886

p: 0.0273

r: 0.07	Justification: coherentism
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	339
Reject	51	179

n: 705

p: 0.0493

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: deontology
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	360	539
Reject	130	259

n: 1288

p: 0.0083

r: -0.07	Logic: classical
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	404	269
Reject	215	105

n: 993

p: 0.0219

r: 0.07	Philosophical knowledge: none
Gender: social	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	572
Reject	5	254

n: 858

p: 0.0357

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Aquinas
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	16	729
Reject	29	310

n: 1084

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Gender: male
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	746	266
Reject	356	59

n: 1427

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Gender: female
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	262	750
Reject	58	357

n: 1427

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Other demographics: YOB
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	488	464
Reject	156	231

n: 1339

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	65	954
Reject	56	361

n: 1436

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	69	950
Reject	6	411

n: 1436

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	49	970
Reject	2	415

n: 1436

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	207	812
Reject	53	364

n: 1436

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Foucault
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	25	720
Reject	0	339

n: 1084

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Marx
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	41	704
Reject	7	332

n: 1084

p: 0.0003

r: -0.1	Philosopher: Aristotle
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	123	622
Reject	81	258

n: 1084

p: 0.0008

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Beauvoir
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	22	723
Reject	1	338

n: 1084

p: 0.0023

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Leibniz
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	14	731
Reject	18	321

n: 1084

p: 0.0033

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Reid
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	13	732
Reject	15	324

n: 1084

p: 0.0052

r: -0.08	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	27	992
Reject	21	396

n: 1436

p: 0.003

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Husserl
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	15	730
Reject	15	324

n: 1084

p: 0.0133

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Augustine
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	10	735
Reject	12	327

n: 1084

p: 0.0157

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Rawls
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	54	691
Reject	15	324

n: 1084

p: 0.0162

r: 0.07	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	91	928
Reject	22	395

n: 1436

p: 0.0061

r: 0.07	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	64	955
Reject	16	401

n: 1436

p: 0.0109

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Hegel
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	29	716
Reject	5	334

n: 1084

p: 0.0313

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Du Bois
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	12	733
Reject	0	339

n: 1084

p: 0.0329

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Russell
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	38	707
Reject	26	313

n: 1084

p: 0.0414

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Dewey
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	32	713
Reject	6	333

n: 1084

p: 0.0479

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: Europe
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	152	881
Reject	80	346

n: 1459

p: 0.0306

r: 0.06	AOS: African/Africana Philosophy
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	9	1010
Reject	0	417

n: 1436

p: 0.0324

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Asia
Gender: social	Yes	No
Accept	16	946
Reject	15	380

n: 1357

p: 0.0402