Survey Results

Correlations

Knowledge: empiricism

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
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 465 159
Reject 156 290
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.43
Abstract objects: Platonism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 168 466
Reject 323 174
n: 1131
p < 0.0001
r: -0.38
Concepts: nativism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 76 291
Reject 119 115
n: 601
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
Morality: non-naturalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 59 353
Reject 157 172
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: -0.36
A priori knowledge: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 463 250
Reject 497 48
n: 1258
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Laws of nature: Humean
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 306 330
Reject 87 405
n: 1128
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Mind: physicalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 502 198
Reject 208 304
n: 1212
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Practical reason: Humean
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 171 197
Reject 54 211
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 385 306
Reject 431 91
n: 1213
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 84 188
Reject 130 89
n: 491
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Meaning of life: objective
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 171 443
Reject 251 216
n: 1081
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 546 177
Reject 255 263
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 421 239
Reject 452 67
n: 1179
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Propositions: nonexistent
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 78 231
Reject 25 233
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Consciousness: dualism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 58 346
Reject 119 193
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Practical reason: Kantian
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 46 317
Reject 91 176
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Aesthetic value: objective
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 253 398
Reject 315 190
n: 1156
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 69 299
Reject 129 176
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 239 180
Reject 241 71
n: 731
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 36 282
Reject 74 186
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 306 417
Reject 354 164
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Causation: primitive
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 60 305
Reject 84 188
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Meaning of life: subjective
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 319 298
Reject 130 337
n: 1084
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Metaontology: anti-realism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 52 219
Reject 17 200
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Morality: expressivism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 63 351
Reject 16 312
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
God: theism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 96 618
Reject 159 377
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 305 418
Reject 140 378
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 396 297
Reject 415 119
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Well-being: objective list
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 198 185
Reject 210 85
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Free will: libertarianism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 98 615
Reject 154 382
n: 1249
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 60 120
Reject 75 84
n: 339
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 300 358
Reject 127 383
n: 1168
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Abortion: permissible
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 421 47
Reject 278 81
n: 827
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Propositions: structured entities
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 110 200
Reject 136 122
n: 568
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: nonexistent
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 35 238
Reject 19 250
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 102 169
Reject 51 168
n: 490
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Properties: transcendent universals
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 35 238
Reject 89 181
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Experience machine: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 136 517
Reject 43 461
n: 1157
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Properties: tropes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 60 214
Reject 31 239
n: 544
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Normative ethics: deontology
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 183 475
Reject 253 259
n: 1170
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 98 287
Reject 39 255
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Morality: error theory
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 33 378
Reject 11 318
n: 740
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 121 253
Reject 53 245
n: 672
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 170 262
Reject 79 261
n: 772
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 128 192
Reject 53 196
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 96 227
Reject 99 131
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 67 202
Reject 98 129
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Justification: reliabilism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 171 199
Reject 86 217
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Personal identity: further-fact view
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 73 512
Reject 107 352
n: 1044
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Consciousness: functionalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 184 223
Reject 87 225
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 77 306
Reject 28 266
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Law: legal positivism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 131 134
Reject 61 128
n: 454
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Propositional attitudes: representational
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 137 183
Reject 157 93
n: 570
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 181 188
Reject 89 184
n: 642
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 141 457
Reject 161 296
n: 1055
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Immortality: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 188 258
Reject 189 142
n: 777
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 24 197
Reject 3 177
n: 401
p: 0.0006
r: -0.17
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 27 265
Reject 44 165
n: 501
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Moral principles: moral generalism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 210 186
Reject 205 112
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Wittgenstein: early
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 92 289
Reject 98 182
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Hume: skeptic
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 123 260
Reject 119 136
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
True contradictions: actual
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 57 296
Reject 31 289
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Truth: deflationary
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 201 451
Reject 104 394
n: 1150
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: classes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 49 225
Reject 25 244
n: 543
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Possible worlds: abstract
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 227 205
Reject 220 120
n: 772
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Belief or credence: credence
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 125 183
Reject 67 179
n: 554
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Truth: correspondence
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 351 301
Reject 319 180
n: 1151
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Morality: naturalist realism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 160 255
Reject 95 235
n: 745
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
True contradictions: impossible
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 250 103
Reject 260 60
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 82 272
Reject 34 253
n: 641
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Morality: constructivism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 111 304
Reject 54 276
n: 745
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Time: A-theory
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 98 312
Reject 121 219
n: 750
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 237 153
Reject 208 81
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Free will: compatibilism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 486 229
Reject 297 239
n: 1251
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 121 171
Reject 61 146
n: 499
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Justification: coherentism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 118 251
Reject 60 243
n: 672
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 135 234
Reject 136 186
n: 691
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 49 114
Reject 46 79
n: 288
p: 0.019
r: 0.14
Consciousness: identity theory
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 74 330
Reject 30 282
n: 716
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Personal identity: psychological view
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 343 246
Reject 212 252
n: 1053
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 92 228
Reject 43 214
n: 577
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Material composition: nihilism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 23 151
Reject 17 176
n: 367
p: 0.0102
r: -0.13
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 73 282
Reject 89 205
n: 649
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Footbridge: push
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 203 441
Reject 104 404
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 15 301
Reject 6 239
n: 561
p: 0.0019
r: 0.13
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 394 207
Reject 229 228
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 532 191
Reject 416 102
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 146 464
Reject 75 385
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 157 447
Reject 162 319
n: 1085
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Extended mind: yes
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 232 152
Reject 139 159
n: 682
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 46 178
Reject 51 120
n: 395
p: 0.0122
r: 0.13
Mind uploading: survival
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 148 244
Reject 78 228
n: 698
p: 0.0009
r: 0.12
Gender: social
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 473 165
Reject 301 177
n: 1116
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Belief or credence: belief
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 88 220
Reject 92 154
n: 554
p: 0.005
r: 0.12
Consciousness: eliminativism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 30 375
Reject 10 302
n: 717
p: 0.0015
r: -0.12
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 69 332
Reject 86 231
n: 718
p: 0.0018
r: 0.12
External world: skepticism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 54 662
Reject 21 520
n: 1257
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Zombies: inconceivable
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 124 479
Reject 66 415
n: 1084
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: design
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 60 294
Reject 78 217
n: 649
p: 0.0035
r: 0.11
Knowledge claims: relativism
Knowledge: empiricism Accept Reject
Accept 41 559
Reject 11 445
n: 1056
p: 0.0003

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.31
Philosopher: Hume
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 162 393
Reject 26 376
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Philosopher: Kant
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 47 508
Reject 83 319
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Plato
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 15 540
Reject 41 361
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Dewey
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 30 525
Reject 0 402
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 119 620
Reject 37 512
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosopher: Descartes
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 11 544
Reject 30 372
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
AOS: Metaphysics
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 115 624
Reject 151 398
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosopher: Moore
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 9 546
Reject 27 375
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 53 686
Reject 6 543
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 108 631
Reject 32 517
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of PhD: United States
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 331 191
Reject 297 89
n: 908
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Quine
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 67 488
Reject 23 379
n: 957
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 45 694
Reject 7 542
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 46 693
Reject 68 481
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Leibniz
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 10 545
Reject 26 376
n: 957
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Carnap
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 52 503
Reject 13 389
n: 957
p: 0.0013
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Popper
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 15 540
Reject 1 401
n: 957
p: 0.0016
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Frege
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 30 525
Reject 38 364
n: 957
p: 0.0027
r: -0.1
Region of nationality: United States
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 344 354
Reject 302 215
n: 1215
p: 0.0009
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Reid
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 9 546
Reject 20 382
n: 957
p: 0.0051
r: 0.09
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 51 688
Reject 15 534
n: 1288
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 39 700
Reject 9 540
n: 1288
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Sellars
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 10 545
Reject 1 401
n: 957
p: 0.01
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 20 535
Reject 6 396
n: 957
p: 0.0118
r: -0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 80 659
Reject 80 469
n: 1288
p: 0.004
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Husserl
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 6 549
Reject 14 388
n: 957
p: 0.0132
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Mill
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 41 514
Reject 16 386
n: 957
p: 0.014
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Russell
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 28 527
Reject 39 363
n: 957
p: 0.0141
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Peirce
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 14 541
Reject 2 400
n: 957
p: 0.015
r: 0.08
Philosopher: James
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 27 528
Reject 9 393
n: 957
p: 0.0153
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Hegel
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 9 546
Reject 16 386
n: 957
p: 0.0156
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Augustine
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 8 547
Reject 12 390
n: 957
p: 0.0205
r: 0.07
AOS: Applied Ethics
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 118 621
Reject 60 489
n: 1288
p: 0.0081
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Beauvoir
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 14 541
Reject 1 401
n: 957
p: 0.0284
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hobbes
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 11 544
Reject 3 399
n: 957
p: 0.0333
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Rorty
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 8 547
Reject 2 400
n: 957
p: 0.0371
r: -0.07
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 34 705
Reject 41 508
n: 1288
p: 0.0172
r: -0.07
Gender: male
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 564 166
Reject 458 94
n: 1282
p: 0.0182
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of the Americas
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 7 732
Reject 3 546
n: 1288
p: 0.0185
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Anscombe
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 10 545
Reject 15 387
n: 957
p: 0.047
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 26 713
Reject 9 540
n: 1288
p: 0.0215
r: 0.06
Gender: female
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 163 567
Reject 93 459
n: 1282
p: 0.0229
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 159 580
Reject 144 405
n: 1288
p: 0.0254
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 400 346
Reject 339 224
n: 1309
p: 0.0274
r: 0.06
AOS: Decision Theory
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 25 714
Reject 10 539
n: 1288
p: 0.0296
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 17 681
Reject 5 512
n: 1215
p: 0.0432
r: 0.05
Region of affiliation: Latin America
Knowledge: empiricism Yes No
Accept 13 733
Reject 3 560
n: 1309
p: 0.049