Survey Results

Correlations

Meaning of life: nonexistent

Note: For philosophical questions with only two main suggested answers, only one answer (randomly selected) can be looked up for correlations.

Jump to: philosophical questions | demographic questions

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: -0.3
God: theism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 252
Reject 277 751
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Material composition: nihilism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 14 63
Reject 23 290
n: 390
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Morality: error theory
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 24 138
Reject 24 574
n: 760
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 35 108
Reject 66 488
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 122 127
Reject 714 295
n: 1258
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 68 65
Reject 148 373
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 135 95
Reject 759 223
n: 1212
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Abortion: permissible
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 176 13
Reject 532 138
n: 859
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Mind: physicalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 190 62
Reject 525 460
n: 1237
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 38 96
Reject 246 275
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Consciousness: dualism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 150
Reject 170 389
n: 726
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 158 55
Reject 470 405
n: 1088
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 49 107
Reject 240 318
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Free will: no free will
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 200
Reject 110 926
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Law: legal positivism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 51 48
Reject 134 233
n: 466
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Laws of nature: Humean
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 117 118
Reject 258 669
n: 1162
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 51 190
Reject 373 611
n: 1225
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 33 101
Reject 65 406
n: 605
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Well-being: objective list
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 64 78
Reject 352 204
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Experience machine: yes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 59 180
Reject 119 854
n: 1212
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Gender categories: eliminate
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 41 122
Reject 78 473
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 136 29
Reject 401 203
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 38 93
Reject 94 377
n: 602
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Metaontology: anti-realism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 26 80
Reject 44 360
n: 510
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Chinese room: understands
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 43 109
Reject 92 492
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Morality: expressivism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 136
Reject 52 547
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic value: objective
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 91 146
Reject 515 459
n: 1211
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 113
Reject 152 392
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Immortality: yes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 72 108
Reject 333 312
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Free will: libertarianism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 225
Reject 246 790
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Propositions: simple entities
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 116
Reject 37 403
n: 562
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Morality: non-naturalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 140
Reject 189 408
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 150
Reject 25 534
n: 726
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 87
Reject 154 250
n: 518
p: 0.0011
r: -0.14
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 83
Reject 45 272
n: 409
p: 0.004
r: -0.14
Material composition: restrictivism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 23 54
Reject 145 168
n: 390
p: 0.006
r: -0.14
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 88 75
Reject 411 192
n: 766
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Abstract objects: Platonism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 70 162
Reject 426 480
n: 1138
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
External world: skepticism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 225
Reject 54 982
n: 1288
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Mind uploading: survival
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 66 92
Reject 163 409
n: 730
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Truth: deflationary
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 81 150
Reject 220 722
n: 1173
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 102 160
Reject 574 438
n: 1274
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 61
Reject 55 262
n: 409
p: 0.0075
r: 0.13
Footbridge: push
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 76 156
Reject 227 728
n: 1187
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Knowledge: empiricism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 146 75
Reject 464 385
n: 1070
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 37 69
Reject 187 218
n: 511
p: 0.0033
r: -0.13
A priori knowledge: yes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 175 83
Reject 816 215
n: 1289
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Time: A-theory
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 41 112
Reject 209 403
n: 765
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Causation: nonexistent
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 134
Reject 17 487
n: 649
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Units of selection: genes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 68 45
Reject 174 200
n: 487
p: 0.0082
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 100 128
Reject 318 644
n: 1190
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 72 155
Reject 449 515
n: 1191
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Properties: nonexistent
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 20 101
Reject 31 406
n: 558
p: 0.0053
r: 0.12
Consciousness: identity theory
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 39 128
Reject 76 483
n: 726
p: 0.0015
r: -0.12
Other minds: adult humans
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 174 2
Reject 641 9
n: 826
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 178 84
Reject 793 219
n: 1274
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Properties: immanent universals
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 99
Reject 114 323
n: 558
p: 0.0082
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 120
Reject 12 431
n: 574
p: 0.0076
r: -0.11
Ought implies can: yes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 102 72
Reject 440 194
n: 808
p: 0.0017
r: -0.11
Other minds: newborn babies
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 146 30
Reject 573 77
n: 826
p: 0.0015
r: 0.11
Gender: unreal
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 198
Reject 32 842
n: 1089
p: 0.0003
r: -0.11
Proper names: Fregean
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 66 117
Reject 299 391
n: 873
p: 0.0017
r: -0.11
Truth: correspondence
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 120 111
Reject 573 370
n: 1174
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Properties: transcendent universals
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 105
Reject 106 332
n: 559
p: 0.0142
r: -0.1
External world: non-skeptical realism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 205 47
Reject 897 136
n: 1285
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Philosophical knowledge: none
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 154
Reject 19 633
n: 817
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: moral
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 126
Reject 79 461
n: 674
p: 0.0095
r: -0.1
Concepts: nativism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 98
Reject 170 299
n: 601
p: 0.0148
r: 0.1
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 20 82
Reject 62 328
n: 492
p: 0.0278
r: 0.1
Theory of reference: deflationary
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 33 97
Reject 71 408
n: 609
p: 0.0159
r: -0.09
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 126 130
Reject 548 481
n: 1285
p: 0.0007
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 49 123
Reject 212 371
n: 755
p: 0.01
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 42 197
Reject 264 710
n: 1213
p: 0.0012
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 19 158
Reject 146 591
n: 914
p: 0.0058
r: -0.09
Propositions: acts
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 112
Reject 43 396
n: 561
p: 0.0308
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 130
Reject 46 481
n: 674
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Properties: classes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 96
Reject 51 387
n: 559
p: 0.0324
r: 0.09
Other minds: current AI systems
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 168
Reject 21 629
n: 826
p: 0.0098
r: -0.09
Gender categories: preserve
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 137
Reject 135 413
n: 710
p: 0.0196
r: 0.09
Personal identity: biological view
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 159
Reject 187 677
n: 1077
p: 0.0042
r: 0.09
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 73 72
Reject 189 321
n: 655
p: 0.0269
r: 0.09
Justification: reliabilism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 66 73
Reject 195 339
n: 673
p: 0.0262
r: 0.08
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 37 106
Reject 116 440
n: 699
p: 0.0279
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 55 77
Reject 153 319
n: 604
p: 0.0422
r: 0.08
Race categories: eliminate
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 83 68
Reject 216 300
n: 667
p: 0.0333
r: 0.08
Philosophical progress: none
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 242
Reject 39 987
n: 1285
p: 0.0031
r: 0.08
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 143
Reject 25 518
n: 697
p: 0.0301
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 214
Reject 157 802
n: 1195
p: 0.0046
r: -0.08
Hume: skeptic
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 104
Reject 201 288
n: 647
p: 0.0409
r: -0.08
Moral principles: moral generalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 76 75
Reject 351 236
n: 738
p: 0.0313
r: -0.08
Science: scientific realism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 187 60
Reject 790 191
n: 1228
p: 0.0055
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 119
Reject 223 340
n: 736
p: 0.0357
r: 0.08
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 76 75
Reject 240 315
n: 706
p: 0.0424
r: -0.08
True contradictions: impossible
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 114 40
Reject 409 134
n: 697
p: 0.044
r: -0.07
Gender: biological
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 71 158
Reject 324 594
n: 1147
p: 0.0119
r: 0.07
Consciousness: functionalism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 70 98
Reject 196 365
n: 729
p: 0.0471
r: -0.07
Race: social
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 155 79
Reject 669 272
n: 1175
p: 0.0124
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 79 177
Reject 292 739
n: 1287
p: 0.0098
r: 0.07
Morality: constructivism
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 127
Reject 132 470
n: 763
p: 0.0488
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Meaning of life: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 185 77
Reject 630 382
n: 1274
p: 0.012

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.17
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 11 259
Reject 116 948
n: 1334
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Carnap
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 24 181
Reject 39 737
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Aristotle
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 24 181
Reject 175 601
n: 981
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Hobbes
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 8 197
Reject 5 771
n: 981
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: United States
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 119 146
Reject 559 441
n: 1265
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Normative Ethics
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 37 233
Reject 228 836
n: 1334
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: United States
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 118 78
Reject 527 220
n: 943
p: 0.0042
r: 0.09
Region of PhD: Oceania
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 17 179
Reject 29 718
n: 943
p: 0.0071
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Plato
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 7 198
Reject 57 719
n: 981
p: 0.009
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Hume
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 50 155
Reject 123 653
n: 981
p: 0.009
r: 0.08
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 32 238
Reject 79 985
n: 1334
p: 0.0045
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 32 164
Reject 85 662
n: 943
p: 0.0197
r: -0.08
Region of affiliation: United States
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 141 133
Reject 623 454
n: 1351
p: 0.0053
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 6 199
Reject 4 772
n: 981
p: 0.0179
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 8 262
Reject 77 987
n: 1334
p: 0.0062
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 51 219
Reject 147 917
n: 1334
p: 0.0065
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Kant
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 19 186
Reject 123 653
n: 981
p: 0.021
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Foucault
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 8 197
Reject 13 763
n: 981
p: 0.022
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Heidegger
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 7 198
Reject 13 763
n: 981
p: 0.0271
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: Canada
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 30 235
Reject 65 935
n: 1265
p: 0.0191
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 34 231
Reject 81 919
n: 1265
p: 0.0266
r: -0.06
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 23 247
Reject 131 933
n: 1334
p: 0.0275
r: -0.06
Tradition: Other tradition
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 18 248
Reject 102 941
n: 1309
p: 0.0317
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 12 258
Reject 20 1044
n: 1334
p: 0.032
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 18 252
Reject 36 1028
n: 1334
p: 0.0383
r: -0.06
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 10 260
Reject 69 995
n: 1334
p: 0.041
r: 0.06
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 35 239
Reject 105 972
n: 1351
p: 0.0421
r: 0.05
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Meaning of life: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 42 228
Reject 116 948
n: 1334
p: 0.0449