Survey Results

Correlations

Meaning of life: objective

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: 0.55
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 122 145
Reject 10 332
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.52
Aesthetic value: objective
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 390 112
Reject 228 497
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
God: theism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 239 280
Reject 58 734
n: 1311
p < 0.0001
r: 0.48
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 466 57
Reject 382 367
n: 1272
p < 0.0001
r: -0.47
Practical reason: Humean
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 33 250
Reject 183 195
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: 0.46
Well-being: objective list
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 256 49
Reject 166 234
n: 705
p < 0.0001
r: -0.45
Abortion: permissible
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 226 122
Reject 488 30
n: 866
p < 0.0001
r: -0.43
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 167 280
Reject 462 188
n: 1097
p < 0.0001
r: -0.41
Mind: physicalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 177 324
Reject 540 209
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Consciousness: dualism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 130 159
Reject 61 381
n: 731
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Morality: non-naturalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 160 170
Reject 56 380
n: 766
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 174 110
Reject 112 266
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 464 60
Reject 443 260
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 28 276
Reject 127 275
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Laws of nature: Humean
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 71 399
Reject 309 395
n: 1174
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Knowledge: empiricism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 251
Reject 443 216
n: 1081
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Free will: libertarianism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 190 337
Reject 90 686
n: 1303
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 134 83
Reject 91 205
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Abstract objects: Platonism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 270 190
Reject 234 461
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Immortality: yes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 220 126
Reject 192 295
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 19 282
Reject 81 321
n: 703
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Morality: constructivism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 40 293
Reject 128 309
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Personal identity: further-fact view
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 128 297
Reject 66 593
n: 1084
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Morality: expressivism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 15 315
Reject 65 374
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 117 381
Reject 303 405
n: 1206
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 158 152
Reject 132 277
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Time: A-theory
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 143 168
Reject 112 350
n: 773
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Law: legal positivism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 149
Reject 132 137
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 60 206
Reject 147 195
n: 608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Experience machine: yes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 30 469
Reject 148 579
n: 1226
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 181 130
Reject 360 105
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 107 113
Reject 78 225
n: 523
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Material composition: restrictivism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 97 90
Reject 73 134
n: 394
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Gender categories: preserve
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 102 189
Reject 60 366
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Concepts: nativism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 99 128
Reject 104 273
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Other minds: future AI systems
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 112 234
Reject 224 263
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 333 179
Reject 350 423
n: 1285
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 109 135
Reject 105 236
n: 585
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 239 265
Reject 193 540
n: 1237
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Truth: deflationary
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 76 407
Reject 228 474
n: 1185
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
A priori knowledge: yes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 455 69
Reject 552 228
n: 1304
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Personal identity: psychological view
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 192 239
Reject 398 264
n: 1093
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 106 204
Reject 71 306
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Units of selection: genes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 75 120
Reject 166 127
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Footbridge: push
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 83 401
Reject 223 494
n: 1201
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Chinese room: understands
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 29 277
Reject 105 333
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Metaontology: anti-realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 13 203
Reject 58 238
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Mind uploading: survival
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 61 239
Reject 167 268
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Causation: primitive
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 87 178
Reject 63 326
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Consciousness: functionalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 72 218
Reject 193 251
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Truth: correspondence
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 333 151
Reject 366 336
n: 1186
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 42 223
Reject 92 250
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Belief or credence: belief
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 110 126
Reject 93 252
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 230 78
Reject 276 189
n: 773
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Material composition: universalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 46 141
Reject 73 134
n: 394
p: 0.0002
r: -0.19
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 278 234
Reject 542 231
n: 1285
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 52 160
Reject 28 280
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Belief or credence: credence
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 60 176
Reject 137 208
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 285 215
Reject 246 462
n: 1208
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
External world: skepticism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 18 510
Reject 65 710
n: 1303
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 47 169
Reject 106 190
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 167 276
Reject 139 507
n: 1089
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Race categories: preserve
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 35 217
Reject 25 393
n: 670
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender: biological
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 204 268
Reject 199 488
n: 1159
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Temporal ontology: presentism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 69 157
Reject 50 253
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 81 186
Reject 184 210
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Free will: compatibilism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 290 237
Reject 516 262
n: 1305
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 110 176
Reject 90 305
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Arguments for theism: moral
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 60 247
Reject 28 347
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Free will: no free will
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 32 494
Reject 130 648
n: 1304
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Plato: knowledge only of forms
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 111 107
Reject 175 99
n: 492
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 65 81
Reject 82 128
n: 356
p: 0.0028
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 148 364
Reject 303 470
n: 1285
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Hume: skeptic
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 121 145
Reject 138 252
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 21 245
Reject 77 266
n: 609
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Other minds: newborn babies
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 310 36
Reject 416 71
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositions: simple entities
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 30 206
Reject 14 314
n: 564
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Properties: transcendent universals
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 75 182
Reject 48 257
n: 562
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 171 256
Reject 170 479
n: 1076
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 22 188
Reject 61 226
n: 497
p: 0.0014
r: -0.14
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 183 244
Reject 365 287
n: 1079
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 165 336
Reject 145 579
n: 1225
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 56 224
Reject 44 359
n: 683
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 158 308
Reject 160 512
n: 1138
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 374 139
Reject 475 280
n: 1268
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 32 262
Reject 87 340
n: 721
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Properties: classes
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 20 236
Reject 56 250
n: 562
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
Science: scientific realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 427 74
Reject 561 181
n: 1243
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Politics: capitalism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 137 156
Reject 144 304
n: 741
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Consciousness: identity theory
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 32 256
Reject 83 360
n: 731
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Properties: immanent universals
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 77 179
Reject 60 245
n: 561
p: 0.0024
r: 0.13
Vagueness: metaphysical
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 117 297
Reject 118 521
n: 1053
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
External world: non-skeptical realism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 466 62
Reject 647 126
n: 1301
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Material composition: nihilism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 13 174
Reject 24 183
n: 394
p: 0.0127
r: -0.13
Gender: social
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 301 171
Reject 512 186
n: 1170
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 6 334
Reject 24 461
n: 825
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Consciousness: eliminativism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 5 284
Reject 36 406
n: 731
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 20 142
Reject 67 184
n: 413
p: 0.0176
r: 0.11
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 22 128
Reject 30 232
n: 412
p: 0.0196
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Meaning of life: objective Accept Reject
Accept 236 207
Reject 406 242
n: 1091
p: 0.0002

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.29
Philosopher: Aquinas
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 49 360
Reject 1 579
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 98 442
Reject 30 780
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Philosopher: Hume
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 30 379
Reject 144 436
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Philosopher: Aristotle
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 122 287
Reject 80 500
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Plato
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 48 361
Reject 17 563
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Carnap
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 7 402
Reject 55 525
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Augustine
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 18 391
Reject 3 577
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Reid
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 23 386
Reject 4 576
n: 989
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Normative Ethics
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 145 395
Reject 128 682
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Region of PhD: United States
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 283 96
Reject 370 204
n: 953
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 33 507
Reject 13 797
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Region of nationality: United States
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 307 200
Reject 379 392
n: 1278
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Region of affiliation: United States
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 346 202
Reject 430 389
n: 1367
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 89 451
Reject 69 741
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 40 500
Reject 119 691
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Anscombe
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 23 386
Reject 9 571
n: 989
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 16 393
Reject 3 577
n: 989
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Parfit
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 21 388
Reject 8 572
n: 989
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 8 532
Reject 46 764
n: 1350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 47 493
Reject 33 777
n: 1350
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Oceania
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 9 370
Reject 35 539
n: 953
p: 0.0016
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Moore
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 21 388
Reject 9 571
n: 989
p: 0.0018
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Quine
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 23 386
Reject 62 518
n: 989
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Leibniz
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 25 384
Reject 12 568
n: 989
p: 0.004
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: Canada
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 8 371
Reject 32 542
n: 953
p: 0.0056
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Socrates
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 24 385
Reject 16 564
n: 989
p: 0.0063
r: 0.08
Tradition: Other tradition
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 62 467
Reject 58 737
n: 1324
p: 0.0028
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 13 527
Reject 36 774
n: 1350
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Kant
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 78 331
Reject 68 512
n: 989
p: 0.0118
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 34 506
Reject 90 720
n: 1350
p: 0.0033
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 84 423
Reject 165 606
n: 1278
p: 0.0062
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 47 493
Reject 41 769
n: 1350
p: 0.0096
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: Canada
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 30 518
Reject 68 751
n: 1367
p: 0.0104
r: 0.07
AOS: Metaphysics
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 134 406
Reject 156 654
n: 1350
p: 0.011
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Spinoza
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 6 403
Reject 20 560
n: 989
p: 0.0366
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: Europe
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 73 475
Reject 142 677
n: 1367
p: 0.015
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: Canada
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 29 478
Reject 68 703
n: 1278
p: 0.0197
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 61 479
Reject 140 670
n: 1350
p: 0.0291
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 12 528
Reject 41 769
n: 1350
p: 0.0375
r: -0.06
Tradition: Continental
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 27 502
Reject 60 735
n: 1324
p: 0.0408
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Meaning of life: objective Yes No
Accept 12 528
Reject 30 780
n: 1350
p: 0.0401