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Correlations

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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: 0.38	True contradictions: impossible
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	412	60
Reject	116	102

n: 690

p < 0.0001

r: -0.36	True contradictions: actual
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	441
Reject	55	163

n: 690

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Metaontology: anti-realism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	293
Reject	44	146

n: 503

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	453
Reject	20	198

n: 690

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Vagueness: metaphysical
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	520
Reject	120	243

n: 993

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Extended mind: yes
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	190	228
Reject	150	78

n: 646

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	240
Reject	42	116

n: 432

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Abortion: permissible
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	389	117
Reject	246	16

n: 768

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	147
Reject	62	128

n: 506

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	178
Reject	48	137

n: 486

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Moral principles: moral generalism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	279	152
Reject	98	122

n: 651

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Science: scientific realism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	601	101
Reject	275	118

n: 1095

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	331
Reject	29	202

n: 668

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Morality: constructivism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	387
Reject	68	162

n: 678

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Politics: capitalism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	196	235
Reject	60	171

n: 662

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	157	280
Reject	116	115

n: 668

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	116
Reject	43	90

n: 359

p: 0.0025

r: 0.16	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	157	258
Reject	42	162

n: 619

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Truth: epistemic
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	629
Reject	65	309

n: 1052

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Morality: expressivism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	406
Reject	33	198

n: 678

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	532	143
Reject	253	129

n: 1057

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	294
Reject	23	156

n: 571

p: 0.0003

r: 0.15	Gender categories: preserve
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	290
Reject	37	193

n: 634

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Concepts: nativism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	212
Reject	52	152

n: 552

p: 0.0007

r: -0.14	Other minds: future AI systems
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	304
Reject	131	125

n: 740

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	215	395
Reject	82	290

n: 982

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Morality: non-naturalism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	168	278
Reject	47	182

n: 675

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Other minds: plants
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	459
Reject	26	230

n: 740

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Abstract objects: Platonism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	347	315
Reject	143	239

n: 1044

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Justification: coherentism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	325
Reject	62	142

n: 621

p: 0.0008

r: 0.13	Race categories: preserve
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	346
Reject	10	204

n: 598

p: 0.0011

r: 0.13	External world: non-skeptical realism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	640	85
Reject	317	80

n: 1122

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Causation: process/production
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	326
Reject	62	136

n: 617

p: 0.0013

r: -0.13	Gender categories: revise
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	204	202
Reject	141	89

n: 636

p: 0.0012

r: -0.13	Free will: no free will
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	75	637
Reject	65	335

n: 1112

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Spacetime: relationism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	143	173
Reject	86	68

n: 470

p: 0.0067

r: -0.12	Chinese room: understands
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	387
Reject	60	171

n: 687

p: 0.0014

r: 0.12	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	510	186
Reject	237	152

n: 1085

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	281	120
Reject	131	92

n: 624

p: 0.0025

r: 0.12	Truth: correspondence
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	449	231
Reject	189	187

n: 1056

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	External world: skepticism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	689
Reject	34	362

n: 1122

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	119	336
Reject	40	191

n: 686

p: 0.003

r: -0.11	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	323	288
Reject	231	142

n: 984

p: 0.0005

r: -0.11	Consciousness: panpsychism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	404
Reject	26	201

n: 660

p: 0.0048

r: 0.11	Race: biological
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	467
Reject	66	313

n: 1015

p: 0.0005

r: 0.11	God: theism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	199	520
Reject	60	336

n: 1115

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Properties: transcendent universals
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	268
Reject	26	154

n: 545

p: 0.0116

r: 0.11	Propositional attitudes: representational
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	192	168
Reject	94	107

n: 561

p: 0.0107

r: 0.11	Consciousness: dualism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	138	294
Reject	41	186

n: 659

p: 0.006

r: -0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	265
Reject	63	115

n: 572

p: 0.0118

r: -0.1	Laws of nature: Humean
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	191	471
Reject	145	239

n: 1046

p: 0.0007

r: 0.1	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	193
Reject	56	113

n: 496

p: 0.0198

r: -0.1	Possible worlds: concrete
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	446
Reject	16	239

n: 725

p: 0.005

r: 0.1	Vagueness: epistemic
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	195	439
Reject	73	288

n: 995

p: 0.0011

r: -0.1	Knowledge: empiricism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	310	290
Reject	208	136

n: 944

p: 0.0014

r: 0.1	Propositions: sets
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	343
Reject	11	174

n: 571

p: 0.0147

r: 0.1	Ought implies can: yes
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	335	139
Reject	150	95

n: 719

p: 0.0072

r: 0.1	Capital punishment: permissible
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	389
Reject	46	219

n: 763

p: 0.0057

r: -0.1	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	339
Reject	60	149

n: 630

p: 0.0132

r: 0.1	Propositions: simple entities
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	347
Reject	9	176

n: 572

p: 0.0212

r: -0.1	External world: idealism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	686
Reject	41	357

n: 1124

p: 0.0013

r: 0.1	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	407	300
Reject	198	216

n: 1121

p: 0.0014

r: -0.09	Morality: error theory
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	420
Reject	16	214

n: 675

p: 0.015

r: -0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	272
Reject	48	110

n: 499

p: 0.0384

r: -0.09	Theory of reference: deflationary
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	333
Reject	38	154

n: 584

p: 0.0271

r: 0.09	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	512	204
Reject	248	159

n: 1123

p: 0.0022

r: -0.09	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	238
Reject	71	129

n: 559

p: 0.0317

r: -0.09	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	289
Reject	67	135

n: 561

p: 0.034

r: -0.09	Consciousness: eliminativism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	411
Reject	18	209

n: 659

p: 0.023

r: 0.09	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	417	287
Reject	197	211

n: 1112

p: 0.0037

r: 0.09	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	188	203
Reject	83	118

n: 592

p: 0.0367

r: -0.08	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	161	544
Reject	125	282

n: 1112

p: 0.0051

r: -0.08	Propositions: acts
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	358
Reject	24	161

n: 571

p: 0.0469

r: 0.08	Immortality: yes
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	258	226
Reject	109	144

n: 737

p: 0.0315

r: -0.08	Knowledge claims: relativism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	586
Reject	27	344

n: 982

p: 0.0142

r: -0.08	Other minds: particles
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	474
Reject	10	246

n: 740

p: 0.0345

r: -0.08	Mind uploading: survival
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	326
Reject	75	138

n: 652

p: 0.0487

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	271	436
Reject	191	223

n: 1121

p: 0.012

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

n: 993

p: 0.0219

r: 0.07	Gender: biological
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	235	380
Reject	112	263

n: 990

p: 0.0223

r: 0.07	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	108	460
Reject	46	294

n: 908

p: 0.0335

r: 0.07	Aesthetic value: objective
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	363	300
Reject	174	198

n: 1035

p: 0.0265

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: deontology
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	255	407
Reject	115	245

n: 1022

p: 0.0277

r: -0.07	Experience machine: yes
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	571
Reject	65	309

n: 1033

p: 0.03

r: 0.07	Personal identity: biological view
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	455
Reject	70	258

n: 941

p: 0.0393

r: 0.06	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Logic: classical	Accept	Reject
Accept	343	346
Reject	183	213

n: 1085

p: 0.0372

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15	Tradition: Analytic
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	649	81
Reject	328	91

n: 1149

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	39	512
Reject	43	286

n: 880

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Region of PhD: Oceania
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	13	504
Reject	22	266

n: 805

p: 0.0014

r: 0.11	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	91	646
Reject	21	407

n: 1165

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	69	668
Reject	59	369

n: 1165

p: 0.0002

r: -0.11	Tradition: Continental
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	29	701
Reject	39	380

n: 1149

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	52	678
Reject	52	367

n: 1149

p: 0.0006

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Aquinas
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	38	513
Reject	8	321

n: 880

p: 0.0029

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Aristotle
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	123	428
Reject	48	281

n: 880

p: 0.0034

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Peirce
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	5	546
Reject	13	316

n: 880

p: 0.0084

r: -0.09	Region of nationality: Oceania
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	23	669
Reject	30	376

n: 1098

p: 0.0035

r: 0.09	AOS: Normative Ethics
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	134	603
Reject	64	364

n: 1165

p: 0.0027

r: -0.09	AOS: Asian Philosophy
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	10	727
Reject	15	413

n: 1165

p: 0.0031

r: 0.08	Region of affiliation: United States
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	447	304
Reject	214	219

n: 1184

p: 0.0044

r: -0.08	Region of affiliation: Canada
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	42	709
Reject	38	395

n: 1184

p: 0.0057

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Marx
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	16	535
Reject	17	312

n: 880

p: 0.0224

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Lewis
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	70	481
Reject	27	302

n: 880

p: 0.0276

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: United States
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	375	317
Reject	187	219

n: 1098

p: 0.0164

r: 0.07	AOS: Decision Theory
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	30	707
Reject	6	422

n: 1165

p: 0.0136

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	125	612
Reject	89	339

n: 1165

p: 0.0148

r: -0.07	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	53	684
Reject	50	378

n: 1165

p: 0.0148

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	30	707
Reject	10	418

n: 1165

p: 0.0155

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Augustine
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	15	536
Reject	2	327

n: 880

p: 0.0425

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	59	678
Reject	49	379

n: 1165

p: 0.0256

r: -0.06	AOS: Aesthetics
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	32	705
Reject	29	399

n: 1165

p: 0.0318

r: -0.06	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	23	714
Reject	25	403

n: 1165

p: 0.0345

r: -0.06	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Logic: classical	Yes	No
Accept	26	711
Reject	31	397

n: 1165

p: 0.0375