Survey Results

Correlations

Material composition: nihilism

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: 0.32
Properties: nonexistent
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 10 18
Reject 27 313
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Theory of reference: deflationary
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 9 23
Reject 37 277
n: 346
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Laws of nature: Humean
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 21 19
Reject 101 312
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Metaontology: anti-realism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 8 19
Reject 21 289
n: 337
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 14 23
Reject 63 290
n: 390
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Causation: nonexistent
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 8 27
Reject 10 334
n: 379
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Propositions: nonexistent
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 13 17
Reject 43 295
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Truth: correspondence
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 17 21
Reject 260 133
n: 431
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 9 23
Reject 53 265
n: 350
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Other minds: newborn babies
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 30 7
Reject 339 39
n: 415
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Science: scientific realism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 28 12
Reject 352 58
n: 450
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Abstract objects: Platonism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 14 27
Reject 227 165
n: 433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
External world: skepticism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 37
Reject 17 402
n: 463
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
External world: non-skeptical realism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 35 10
Reject 373 45
n: 463
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 9 16
Reject 179 133
n: 337
p: 0.0003
r: 0.19
Truth: epistemic
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 5 33
Reject 27 364
n: 429
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 5 18
Reject 53 189
n: 265
p: 0.0017
r: 0.18
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 5 30
Reject 16 352
n: 403
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Truth: deflationary
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 16 22
Reject 102 290
n: 430
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Chinese room: understands
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 9 26
Reject 72 294
n: 401
p: 0.0006
r: -0.17
True contradictions: impossible
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 26 9
Reject 297 71
n: 403
p: 0.0006
r: -0.17
Gender: biological
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 9 28
Reject 122 237
n: 396
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 12 15
Reject 164 148
n: 339
p: 0.0023
r: -0.16
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 20 25
Reject 232 181
n: 458
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 6 17
Reject 42 244
n: 309
p: 0.004
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 15 25
Reject 220 167
n: 427
p: 0.0009
r: 0.16
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 15
Reject 28 220
n: 270
p: 0.01
r: -0.16
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 27 16
Reject 328 73
n: 444
p: 0.001
r: 0.15
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 10 21
Reject 54 261
n: 346
p: 0.0046
r: 0.15
Experience machine: yes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 11 29
Reject 44 355
n: 439
p: 0.0015
r: 0.15
Propositions: sets
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 6 24
Reject 34 305
n: 369
p: 0.0041
r: 0.15
Temporal ontology: growing block
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 26
Reject 54 294
n: 381
p: 0.0036
r: 0.15
Justification: coherentism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 6 25
Reject 68 270
n: 369
p: 0.0044
r: -0.15
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 24 19
Reject 319 96
n: 458
p: 0.0016
r: -0.15
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 6 17
Reject 114 172
n: 309
p: 0.0101
r: 0.15
Spacetime: relationism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 14 10
Reject 107 182
n: 313
p: 0.0098
r: -0.14
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 23 18
Reject 309 112
n: 462
p: 0.0019
r: -0.14
Concepts: nativism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 19
Reject 112 178
n: 316
p: 0.014
r: 0.13
Knowledge: empiricism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 23 17
Reject 151 176
n: 367
p: 0.0102
r: 0.13
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 28
Reject 40 271
n: 346
p: 0.0138
r: 0.13
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 10 35
Reject 75 338
n: 458
p: 0.0046
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 22 23
Reject 254 159
n: 458
p: 0.0051
r: -0.13
Units of selection: genes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 8 12
Reject 102 109
n: 231
p: 0.0485
r: -0.13
A priori knowledge: yes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 35 12
Reject 353 67
n: 467
p: 0.0049
r: -0.13
Propositions: structured entities
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 7 23
Reject 168 172
n: 370
p: 0.0136
r: -0.13
Meaning of life: objective
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 13 24
Reject 174 183
n: 394
p: 0.0127
r: 0.12
Extended mind: yes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 18 15
Reject 158 194
n: 385
p: 0.0148
r: 0.12
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 26 13
Reject 178 177
n: 394
p: 0.015
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 19 20
Reject 112 261
n: 412
p: 0.0149
r: -0.12
Other minds: cats
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 32 5
Reject 353 25
n: 415
p: 0.0156
r: 0.12
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 15 20
Reject 118 230
n: 383
p: 0.0225
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 10 22
Reject 69 247
n: 348
p: 0.0357
r: -0.11
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 18 17
Reject 252 114
n: 401
p: 0.0285
r: 0.11
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 13 32
Reject 102 311
n: 458
p: 0.0193
r: -0.11
Other minds: adult humans
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 37 0
Reject 376 2
n: 415
p: 0.028
r: 0.11
Gender: social
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 28 9
Reject 242 116
n: 395
p: 0.0352
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 11 22
Reject 125 258
n: 416
p: 0.0332
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 6 27
Reject 48 294
n: 375
p: 0.0437
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 31 14
Reject 314 99
n: 458
p: 0.0315
r: 0.09
Free will: no free will
Material composition: nihilism Accept Reject
Accept 11 32
Reject 46 375
n: 464
p: 0.0481

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.26
AOS: Metaphysics
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 11 36
Reject 195 237
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Gender: female
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 12 33
Reject 41 384
n: 470
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Gender: male
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 33 12
Reject 383 42
n: 470
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 5 42
Reject 5 427
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Applied Ethics
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 8 39
Reject 34 398
n: 479
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Hume
Material composition: nihilism Yes No
Accept 9 27
Reject 50 276
n: 362
p: 0.047