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: -0.25	Mind: physicalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	150
Reject	294	153

n: 727

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	136
Reject	276	137

n: 666

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	God: theism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	196
Reject	64	400

n: 753

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Consciousness: dualism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	142
Reject	63	313

n: 595

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Epistemic justification: internalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	133	129
Reject	146	279

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Morality: non-naturalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	145
Reject	76	326

n: 631

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Practical reason: Humean
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	167
Reject	133	216

n: 571

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Personal identity: further-fact view
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	178
Reject	53	329

n: 623

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Time: A-theory
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	113
Reject	71	225

n: 486

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Free will: libertarianism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	212
Reject	79	385

n: 759

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Knowledge: empiricism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	119
Reject	260	136

n: 638

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	External world: skepticism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	253
Reject	17	450

n: 757

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Theory of reference: descriptive
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	138
Reject	75	251

n: 524

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	149
Reject	38	273

n: 513

p: 0.0002

r: -0.16	Abortion: permissible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	196	60
Reject	373	51

n: 680

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	62	179
Reject	143	245

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	A priori knowledge: yes
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	246	55
Reject	333	132

n: 766

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Consciousness: functionalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	151
Reject	165	212

n: 596

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Meaning of life: objective
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	138
Reject	145	252

n: 656

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Personal identity: psychological view
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	130
Reject	213	170

n: 625

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	137
Reject	81	260

n: 551

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	132	156
Reject	139	294

n: 721

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	155
Reject	70	267

n: 564

p: 0.0007

r: -0.14	Justification: reliabilism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	145
Reject	147	196

n: 553

p: 0.0009

r: -0.14	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	124
Reject	94	174

n: 438

p: 0.0038

r: 0.14	Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	146
Reject	34	248

n: 453

p: 0.0034

r: 0.14	Mental content: internalism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	164
Reject	107	299

n: 654

p: 0.0005

r: 0.13	Aesthetic value: objective
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	154	115
Reject	203	221

n: 693

p: 0.0004

r: 0.13	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	166
Reject	52	305

n: 572

p: 0.0013

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	179	120
Reject	318	147

n: 764

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Mind uploading: survival
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	183
Reject	125	232

n: 598

p: 0.001

r: -0.13	Extended mind: yes
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	118	111
Reject	208	159

n: 596

p: 0.0012

r: -0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	127
Reject	86	203

n: 444

p: 0.0058

r: 0.13	Newcomb's problem: one box
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	99
Reject	99	214

n: 484

p: 0.0041

r: -0.13	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	145
Reject	213	178

n: 639

p: 0.001

r: 0.13	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	77
Reject	230	157

n: 633

p: 0.0013

r: 0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	91
Reject	104	165

n: 439

p: 0.0085

r: 0.12	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	157
Reject	108	298

n: 659

p: 0.0016

r: -0.12	Kant: one world
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	103
Reject	151	135

n: 472

p: 0.0103

r: -0.12	Free will: compatibilism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	128
Reject	311	154

n: 761

p: 0.0012

r: -0.12	Other minds: future AI systems
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	94	175
Reject	178	233

n: 680

p: 0.0023

r: 0.12	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	144
Reject	106	284

n: 639

p: 0.0033

r: -0.11	Morality: naturalist realism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	165
Reject	158	246

n: 635

p: 0.0039

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

n: 697

p: 0.0027

r: -0.11	Laws of nature: Humean
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	194
Reject	156	273

n: 708

p: 0.0027

r: 0.11	Immortality: yes
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	133	122
Reject	180	232

n: 667

p: 0.0037

r: 0.11	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	173
Reject	12	307

n: 514

p: 0.0113

r: 0.11	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	201	87
Reject	300	158

n: 746

p: 0.0024

r: -0.11	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	80	185
Reject	174	256

n: 695

p: 0.0034

r: -0.11	External world: non-skeptical realism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	234	55
Reject	409	57

n: 755

p: 0.0024

r: -0.11	Consciousness: identity theory
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	193
Reject	68	308

n: 594

p: 0.0078

r: 0.11	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	108	114
Reject	136	213

n: 571

p: 0.0096

r: -0.11	Morality: expressivism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	209
Reject	57	347

n: 634

p: 0.0072

r: 0.11	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	211	64
Reject	326	124

n: 725

p: 0.0042

r: 0.11	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	165	134
Reject	228	237

n: 764

p: 0.0036

r: -0.1	Vagueness: semantic
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	131
Reject	242	157

n: 654

p: 0.0075

r: 0.1	Temporal ontology: presentism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	124
Reject	47	234

n: 452

p: 0.0266

r: -0.1	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	138
Reject	108	203

n: 512

p: 0.0184

r: 0.1	Concepts: nativism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	117
Reject	103	229

n: 520

p: 0.0179

r: -0.1	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	81
Reject	289	105

n: 634

p: 0.0089

r: -0.1	Teletransporter: survival
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	160
Reject	167	221

n: 640

p: 0.0094

r: 0.1	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	214	87
Reject	289	175

n: 765

p: 0.005

r: -0.1	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	190
Reject	63	271

n: 559

p: 0.0172

r: -0.1	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	119
Reject	252	157

n: 662

p: 0.0097

r: -0.1	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	128
Reject	152	207

n: 551

p: 0.0186

r: 0.1	Plato: knowledge only of forms
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	66
Reject	140	112

n: 442

p: 0.0381

r: -0.1	Chinese room: understands
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	44	195
Reject	86	281

n: 606

p: 0.0153

r: 0.1	Proper names: Fregean
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	94	110
Reject	128	217

n: 549

p: 0.0224

r: 0.1	Vagueness: epistemic
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	171
Reject	100	297

n: 651

p: 0.0143

r: 0.1	Abstract objects: Platonism
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	137
Reject	161	266

n: 692

p: 0.0123

r: 0.09	Causation: process/production
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	130
Reject	85	273

n: 549

p: 0.0273

r: 0.09	Capital punishment: permissible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	203
Reject	73	341

n: 676

p: 0.0154

r: 0.09	Properties: immanent universals
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	129
Reject	50	243

n: 476

p: 0.0447

r: -0.09	Truth: deflationary
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	204
Reject	127	298

n: 693

p: 0.017

r: 0.09	Causation: primitive
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	132
Reject	73	282

n: 543

p: 0.0357

r: -0.09	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	147
Reject	162	184

n: 584

p: 0.0306

r: 0.09	Well-being: objective list
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	131	79
Reject	193	166

n: 569

p: 0.0331

r: 0.09	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	181
Reject	105	305

n: 672

p: 0.0226

r: 0.08	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	228
Reject	63	366

n: 708

p: 0.0259

r: 0.08	Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	149
Reject	118	270

n: 629

p: 0.0386

r: 0.08	Vagueness: metaphysical
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	192
Reject	78	316

n: 647

p: 0.0375

r: -0.08	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	201
Reject	104	288

n: 647

p: 0.0409

r: -0.08	Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	162
Reject	180	231

n: 674

p: 0.0454

r: 0.08	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	132
Reject	178	252

n: 698

p: 0.0456

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	231	68
Reject	343	122

n: 764

p: 0.0376

r: 0.07	Philosophical progress: none
Hume: skeptic	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	279
Reject	12	453

n: 760

p: 0.0484

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Hume
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	36	216
Reject	93	303

n: 648

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Tradition: Analytic
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	236	69
Reject	426	55

n: 786

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	9	243
Reject	2	394

n: 648

p: 0.001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Aquinas
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	22	230
Reject	12	384

n: 648

p: 0.0017

r: -0.12	Philosopher: Quine
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	14	238
Reject	46	350

n: 648

p: 0.0032

r: 0.11	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	19	290
Reject	9	479

n: 797

p: 0.0017

r: 0.09	Tradition: Other tradition
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	43	262
Reject	36	445

n: 786

p: 0.0104

r: 0.09	Tradition: Continental
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	26	279
Reject	19	462

n: 786

p: 0.0149

r: -0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	23	286
Reject	52	436

n: 797

p: 0.0148

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Plato
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	22	230
Reject	18	378

n: 648

p: 0.0292

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Heidegger
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	10	242
Reject	5	391

n: 648

p: 0.03

r: 0.08	AOS: Metaphysics
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	79	230
Reject	107	381

n: 797

p: 0.0166

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Hegel
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	14	238
Reject	8	388

n: 648

p: 0.0329

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Davidson
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	6	246
Reject	21	375

n: 648

p: 0.0332

r: 0.08	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	28	281
Reject	24	464

n: 797

p: 0.0239

r: 0.08	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	25	284
Reject	17	471

n: 797

p: 0.0266

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Aristotle
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	61	191
Reject	73	323

n: 648

p: 0.0476

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Hume: skeptic	Yes	No
Accept	37	272
Reject	39	449

n: 797

p: 0.0442