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Correlations

Laws of nature: Humean

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.37
Practical reason: Humean
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 134 110
Reject 101 348
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Knowledge: empiricism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 306 87
Reject 330 405
n: 1128
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Meaning of life: objective
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 71 309
Reject 399 395
n: 1174
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 212 216
Reject 692 220
n: 1340
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 46 131
Reject 206 186
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Abstract objects: Platonism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 118 303
Reject 447 397
n: 1265
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 252 171
Reject 713 172
n: 1308
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 67 176
Reject 229 222
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Aesthetic value: objective
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 148 264
Reject 491 347
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 12 194
Reject 114 358
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Material composition: restrictivism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 33 89
Reject 163 168
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Material composition: nihilism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 21 101
Reject 19 312
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 139 102
Reject 163 342
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 287 113
Reject 375 395
n: 1170
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Truth: deflationary
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 162 249
Reject 182 666
n: 1259
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Causation: primitive
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 23 214
Reject 148 354
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Truth: correspondence
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 187 225
Reject 541 307
n: 1260
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
External world: skepticism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 52 387
Reject 24 905
n: 1368
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Law: legal positivism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 91 76
Reject 119 219
n: 505
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Well-being: objective list
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 104 132
Reject 335 165
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
A priori knowledge: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 303 144
Reject 785 156
n: 1388
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Science: scientific realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 300 126
Reject 750 149
n: 1325
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Time: A-theory
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 60 202
Reject 223 394
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
True contradictions: impossible
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 137 81
Reject 445 98
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Morality: non-naturalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 33 218
Reject 210 358
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Consciousness: dualism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 38 217
Reject 165 362
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 87 144
Reject 89 429
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Mind: physicalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 305 136
Reject 449 432
n: 1322
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Concepts: nativism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 51 169
Reject 172 257
n: 649
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 46 98
Reject 52 270
n: 466
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Experience machine: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 104 317
Reject 86 789
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Propositions: structured entities
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 66 138
Reject 221 229
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 176 287
Reject 546 356
n: 1365
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
God: theism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 47 405
Reject 236 686
n: 1374
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 185 227
Reject 254 601
n: 1267
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Theory of reference: causal
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 88 135
Reject 281 185
n: 689
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: anti-realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 42 135
Reject 28 361
n: 566
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Free will: libertarianism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 394
Reject 233 688
n: 1369
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Abortion: permissible
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 272 26
Reject 489 122
n: 909
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Meaning of life: subjective
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 207 174
Reject 269 526
n: 1176
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Morality: constructivism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 81 173
Reject 96 472
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
External world: non-skeptical realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 348 91
Reject 832 97
n: 1368
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 39 132
Reject 39 415
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Chinese room: understands
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 76 186
Reject 85 471
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Theory of reference: deflationary
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 65 154
Reject 56 405
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Causation: nonexistent
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 22 217
Reject 11 490
n: 740
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Extended mind: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 171 83
Reject 250 272
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 72 105
Reject 107 283
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: coherentism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 85 156
Reject 108 386
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
True contradictions: actual
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 47 171
Reject 48 495
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 117 258
Reject 118 669
n: 1162
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 40 132
Reject 163 246
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 42 78
Reject 127 159
n: 406
p: 0.0002
r: 0.18
Mind uploading: survival
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 96 136
Reject 143 408
n: 783
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Morality: expressivism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 41 211
Reject 48 520
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 18 200
Reject 20 523
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositions: nonexistent
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 148
Reject 54 395
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 48 193
Reject 174 318
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: nonexistent
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 27 143
Reject 28 425
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 187
Reject 55 444
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 76 319
Reject 262 524
n: 1181
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Other minds: current AI systems
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 15 255
Reject 17 600
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Morality: error theory
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 23 228
Reject 25 541
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 70 167
Reject 86 414
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Possible worlds: concrete
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 23 256
Reject 21 553
n: 853
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 155 109
Reject 386 171
n: 821
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 31 292
Reject 27 665
n: 1015
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 53 152
Reject 44 348
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: immanent universals
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 142
Reject 129 326
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Other minds: newborn babies
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 229 41
Reject 549 68
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 90 83
Reject 179 249
n: 601
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 262 187
Reject 656 269
n: 1374
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Consciousness: functionalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 119 136
Reject 165 365
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: eliminate
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 56 195
Reject 76 448
n: 775
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Free will: compatibilism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 322 128
Reject 549 373
n: 1372
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Belief or credence: credence
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 82 115
Reject 130 308
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Truth: epistemic
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 58 351
Reject 81 766
n: 1256
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Material composition: universalism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 73
Reject 97 234
n: 453
p: 0.0017
r: 0.15
Propositions: sets
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 34 170
Reject 29 420
n: 653
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 44 178
Reject 140 373
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 24 231
Reject 16 513
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 271 124
Reject 421 368
n: 1184
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Personal identity: psychological view
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 227 144
Reject 363 417
n: 1151
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 18 187
Reject 71 320
n: 596
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Footbridge: push
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 128 286
Reject 196 655
n: 1265
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 326 137
Reject 544 358
n: 1365
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Immortality: yes
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 114 162
Reject 310 280
n: 866
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Properties: transcendent universals
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 19 151
Reject 127 329
n: 626
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Spacetime: relationism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 98 70
Reject 161 210
n: 539
p: 0.0021
r: -0.13
Belief or credence: belief
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 142
Reject 164 274
n: 635
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
External world: idealism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 40 400
Reject 60 870
n: 1370
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 32 134
Reject 83 231
n: 480
p: 0.0059
r: -0.13
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 133
Reject 153 252
n: 593
p: 0.0023
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 17 127
Reject 68 254
n: 466
p: 0.007
r: -0.12
Values in science: can be either
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 64 195
Reject 191 343
n: 793
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 114
Reject 84 239
n: 466
p: 0.0073
r: 0.12
Teletransporter: survival
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 175 177
Reject 302 491
n: 1145
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 180 283
Reject 276 626
n: 1365
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Gender: biological
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 126 281
Reject 290 524
n: 1221
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Laws of nature: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 66 141
Reject 93 375
n: 675
p: 0.0018

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.3
Philosopher: Hume
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 121 249
Reject 71 629
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Aristotle
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 46 324
Reject 161 539
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 20 453
Reject 106 850
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Quine
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 53 317
Reject 43 657
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Gender: male
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 361 113
Reject 807 157
n: 1438
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Metaphysics
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 84 389
Reject 259 697
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender: female
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 110 364
Reject 153 811
n: 1438
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Lewis
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 55 315
Reject 53 647
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Russell
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 12 358
Reject 62 638
n: 1070
p: 0.0003
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Kant
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 33 337
Reject 119 581
n: 1070
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 5 468
Reject 36 920
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Plato
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 14 356
Reject 51 649
n: 1070
p: 0.0014
r: 0.09
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 28 445
Reject 33 923
n: 1429
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Descartes
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 7 363
Reject 38 662
n: 1070
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: United States
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 210 238
Reject 496 412
n: 1356
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: Oceania
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 302
Reject 22 656
n: 1001
p: 0.0128
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hobbes
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 362
Reject 6 694
n: 1070
p: 0.0113
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: United States
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 206 117
Reject 482 196
n: 1001
p: 0.0156
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 110 338
Reject 165 743
n: 1356
p: 0.0052
r: 0.07
AOS: Applied Ethics
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 70 403
Reject 107 849
n: 1429
p: 0.0053
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Anscombe
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 7 363
Reject 26 674
n: 1070
p: 0.0179
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Canada
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 18 305
Reject 21 657
n: 1001
p: 0.0301
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 452
Reject 71 885
n: 1429
p: 0.0134
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 250 230
Reject 573 404
n: 1457
p: 0.0132
r: 0.06
Region of affiliation: Europe
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 91 389
Reject 138 839
n: 1457
p: 0.015
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 55 418
Reject 82 874
n: 1429
p: 0.0275
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 27 446
Reject 31 925
n: 1429
p: 0.0303
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 17 456
Reject 20 936
n: 1429
p: 0.0308
r: -0.05
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 50 423
Reject 130 826
n: 1429
p: 0.0395
r: 0.05
AOS: Aesthetics
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 31 442
Reject 48 908
n: 1429
p: 0.0471
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Laws of nature: Humean Yes No
Accept 19 454
Reject 21 935
n: 1429
p: 0.0472