Survey Results

Correlations

Meaning of life: subjective

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: -0.36
Aesthetic value: objective
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 155 340
Reject 462 271
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 13 207
Reject 119 272
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 99 173
Reject 57 378
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Abortion: permissible
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 323 19
Reject 392 133
n: 867
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Morality: constructivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 100 183
Reject 67 420
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Well-being: objective list
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 123 148
Reject 298 137
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Morality: non-naturalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 32 247
Reject 183 305
n: 767
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
God: theism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 50 485
Reject 247 531
n: 1313
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 321 131
Reject 311 336
n: 1099
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 280 236
Reject 569 190
n: 1275
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Knowledge: empiricism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 319 130
Reject 298 337
n: 1084
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Practical reason: Humean
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 116 145
Reject 100 299
n: 660
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 98 123
Reject 111 279
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Mind: physicalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 351 154
Reject 369 378
n: 1252
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Consciousness: dualism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 43 233
Reject 147 308
n: 731
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Laws of nature: Humean
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 207 269
Reject 174 526
n: 1176
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Personal identity: psychological view
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 291 162
Reject 299 340
n: 1092
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Immortality: yes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 132 189
Reject 281 233
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: preserve
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 38 238
Reject 124 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Abstract objects: Platonism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 157 311
Reject 347 340
n: 1155
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 86 372
Reject 221 412
n: 1091
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: revise
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 181 96
Reject 222 221
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Consciousness: functionalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 127 150
Reject 139 318
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Free will: libertarianism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 82 460
Reject 198 565
n: 1305
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 65 134
Reject 162 154
n: 515
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Other minds: future AI systems
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 156 164
Reject 181 332
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 215 276
Reject 208 509
n: 1208
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Material composition: universalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 53 80
Reject 66 195
n: 394
p: 0.0005
r: 0.17
Morality: expressivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 40 242
Reject 39 448
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 92 168
Reject 193 208
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Free will: compatibilism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 367 175
Reject 438 327
n: 1307
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Personal identity: further-fact view
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 53 397
Reject 141 492
n: 1083
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 338 158
Reject 570 162
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Belief or credence: belief
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 65 164
Reject 139 213
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Gender: social
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 376 111
Reject 439 246
n: 1172
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Law: legal positivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 90 89
Reject 98 196
n: 473
p: 0.0006
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 313 146
Reject 331 303
n: 1093
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Causation: primitive
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 42 210
Reject 109 294
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 61 130
Reject 64 269
n: 524
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 74 125
Reject 79 236
n: 514
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Time: A-theory
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 76 236
Reject 179 284
n: 775
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Extended mind: yes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 182 106
Reject 206 222
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Concepts: nativism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 68 178
Reject 136 222
n: 604
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 31 173
Reject 25 293
n: 522
p: 0.001
r: 0.14
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 40 164
Reject 39 281
n: 524
p: 0.0012
r: 0.14
Race: social
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 380 114
Reject 454 241
n: 1189
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 120 138
Reject 144 260
n: 662
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 365 165
Reject 457 300
n: 1287
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 50 220
Reject 51 383
n: 704
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 21 155
Reject 10 227
n: 413
p: 0.0082
r: -0.13
Race categories: preserve
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 13 254
Reject 47 356
n: 670
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Truth: deflationary
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 145 339
Reject 159 544
n: 1187
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 81 163
Reject 132 209
n: 585
p: 0.0026
r: -0.12
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 66 193
Reject 134 287
n: 680
p: 0.0012
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 215 315
Reject 238 519
n: 1287
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Race categories: revise
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 111 158
Reject 141 263
n: 673
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Truth: correspondence
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 256 228
Reject 445 259
n: 1188
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Units of selection: genes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 110 94
Reject 132 153
n: 489
p: 0.0077
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 57 194
Reject 64 363
n: 678
p: 0.0023
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 57 164
Reject 78 310
n: 609
p: 0.004
r: -0.12
Temporal ontology: presentism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 35 166
Reject 84 245
n: 530
p: 0.0072
r: -0.12
Material composition: restrictivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 52 81
Reject 119 142
n: 394
p: 0.0209
r: 0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 88 141
Reject 109 243
n: 581
p: 0.0053
r: -0.11
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 99 172
Reject 192 257
n: 720
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Gender: biological
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 146 330
Reject 256 428
n: 1160
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 81 182
Reject 88 337
n: 688
p: 0.0032
r: 0.11
Experience machine: yes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 98 404
Reject 81 645
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 246 284
Reject 436 321
n: 1287
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 40 137
Reject 33 204
n: 414
p: 0.024
r: 0.11
True contradictions: actual
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 45 217
Reject 51 392
n: 705
p: 0.0032
r: 0.11
Justification: coherentism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 84 175
Reject 104 318
n: 681
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
Spacetime: relationism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 106 83
Reject 129 151
n: 469
p: 0.0177
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 20 184
Reject 60 258
n: 522
p: 0.0143
r: 0.11
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 257 199
Reject 294 332
n: 1082
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Moral motivation: internalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 218 202
Reject 269 351
n: 1040
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
Properties: tropes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 46 148
Reject 51 320
n: 565
p: 0.0127
r: -0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 177 85
Reject 350 93
n: 705
p: 0.0061
r: 0.1
Footbridge: push
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 144 344
Reject 163 553
n: 1204
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 338 186
Reject 423 317
n: 1264
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 56 198
Reject 121 313
n: 688
p: 0.0084
r: -0.1
Science: scientific realism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 385 122
Reject 606 132
n: 1245
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Politics: capitalism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 93 186
Reject 187 275
n: 741
p: 0.0072
r: -0.1
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 105 358
Reject 213 464
n: 1140
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 64 219
Reject 120 298
n: 701
p: 0.0108
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 391 143
Reject 616 155
n: 1305
p: 0.0006
r: -0.09
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 176 107
Reject 285 126
n: 694
p: 0.0136
r: 0.09
External world: skepticism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 39 493
Reject 44 729
n: 1305
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Chinese room: understands
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 68 229
Reject 66 381
n: 744
p: 0.0169
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 58 132
Reject 88 245
n: 523
p: 0.0458
r: -0.09
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 188 120
Reject 316 148
n: 772
p: 0.0166
r: 0.09
Vagueness: semantic
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 260 176
Reject 324 304
n: 1064
p: 0.0054
r: -0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 28 232
Reject 72 352
n: 684
p: 0.0281
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 88 140
Reject 110 249
n: 587
p: 0.0431
r: -0.08
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 52 246
Reject 85 350
n: 733
p: 0.0239
r: 0.08
External world: idealism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 45 488
Reject 46 727
n: 1306
p: 0.0026
r: 0.08
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 146 152
Reject 187 248
n: 733
p: 0.026
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 235 81
Reject 307 154
n: 777
p: 0.0241
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 130 323
Reject 211 415
n: 1079
p: 0.0123
r: 0.08
Morality: error theory
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 21 260
Reject 27 460
n: 768
p: 0.0355
r: -0.07
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Meaning of life: subjective Accept Reject
Accept 54 238
Reject 108 363
n: 763
p: 0.0394

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.18
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 25 533
Reject 103 691
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hume
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 99 305
Reject 76 510
n: 990
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Plato
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 12 392
Reject 53 533
n: 990
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: James
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 23 381
Reject 10 576
n: 990
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Aristotle
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 65 339
Reject 137 449
n: 990
p: 0.0013
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Dewey
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 22 382
Reject 15 571
n: 990
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 72 486
Reject 54 740
n: 1352
p: 0.0012
r: -0.09
AOS: Metaphysics
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 99 459
Reject 192 602
n: 1352
p: 0.0015
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: Europe
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 46 345
Reject 45 519
n: 955
p: 0.0086
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Moore
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 5 399
Reject 26 560
n: 990
p: 0.0106
r: -0.08
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 12 546
Reject 34 760
n: 1352
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Leibniz
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 8 396
Reject 29 557
n: 990
p: 0.0125
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 114 410
Reject 136 620
n: 1280
p: 0.0046
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: Europe
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 101 463
Reject 114 691
n: 1369
p: 0.0061
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Mill
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 30 374
Reject 21 565
n: 990
p: 0.0236
r: 0.07
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 38 520
Reject 28 766
n: 1352
p: 0.0082
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Davidson
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 19 385
Reject 11 575
n: 990
p: 0.0241
r: 0.07
Gender: female
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 130 425
Reject 139 653
n: 1347
p: 0.0086
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 12 392
Reject 7 579
n: 990
p: 0.0253
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of the Americas
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 6 552
Reject 2 792
n: 1352
p: 0.0124
r: -0.07
Gender: male
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 423 132
Reject 649 143
n: 1347
p: 0.0127
r: -0.07
AOS: Epistemology
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 118 440
Reject 198 596
n: 1352
p: 0.0153
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: United States
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 253 138
Reject 400 164
n: 955
p: 0.0464
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Popper
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 11 393
Reject 6 580
n: 990
p: 0.0495
r: 0.06
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 115 443
Reject 118 676
n: 1352
p: 0.0225
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 42 482
Reject 75 681
n: 1280
p: 0.0401
r: 0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 88 470
Reject 97 697
n: 1352
p: 0.0364
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Meaning of life: subjective Yes No
Accept 300 264
Reject 477 328
n: 1369
p: 0.0394