Survey Results

Correlations

Meta-ethics: moral realism

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: 0.6
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 889 101
Reject 169 280
n: 1439
p < 0.0001
r: 0.49
Aesthetic value: objective
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 594 343
Reject 106 339
n: 1382
p < 0.0001
r: 0.48
Meaning of life: objective
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 466 382
Reject 57 367
n: 1272
p < 0.0001
r: -0.47
Morality: expressivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 16 621
Reject 83 183
n: 903
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Practical reason: Humean
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 114 394
Reject 135 100
n: 743
p < 0.0001
r: 0.39
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 236 183
Reject 34 145
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: -0.38
Morality: error theory
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 9 629
Reject 41 222
n: 901
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Abstract objects: Platonism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 494 387
Reject 98 345
n: 1324
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Morality: non-naturalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 253 386
Reject 14 248
n: 901
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 132 362
Reject 6 204
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Knowledge: empiricism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 385 431
Reject 306 91
n: 1213
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Laws of nature: Humean
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 212 692
Reject 216 220
n: 1340
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Metaontology: anti-realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 29 388
Reject 51 127
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Morality: constructivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 91 548
Reject 101 164
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Well-being: objective list
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 397 176
Reject 94 145
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 399 427
Reject 312 106
n: 1244
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Consciousness: dualism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 193 389
Reject 22 237
n: 841
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
God: theism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 279 729
Reject 38 456
n: 1502
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Truth: deflationary
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 178 744
Reject 178 258
n: 1358
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Mind: physicalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 486 478
Reject 341 130
n: 1435
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Chinese room: understands
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 87 518
Reject 79 188
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Free will: libertarianism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 274 741
Reject 36 444
n: 1495
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Truth: correspondence
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 607 317
Reject 192 244
n: 1360
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 601 377
Reject 197 299
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Meaning of life: subjective
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 280 569
Reject 236 190
n: 1275
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 248 260
Reject 68 168
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
A priori knowledge: yes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 839 173
Reject 327 158
n: 1497
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Morality: naturalist realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 284 358
Reject 29 235
n: 906
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Science: scientific realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 824 144
Reject 314 145
n: 1427
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Abortion: permissible
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 548 139
Reject 280 26
n: 993
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 122 714
Reject 127 295
n: 1258
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 97 476
Reject 74 165
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Experience machine: yes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 97 867
Reject 96 349
n: 1409
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 192 361
Reject 38 193
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 130 158
Reject 35 88
n: 411
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Law: legal positivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 137 244
Reject 89 78
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 306 651
Reject 193 242
n: 1392
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
External world: skepticism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 39 977
Reject 47 431
n: 1494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 433 180
Reject 161 125
n: 899
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 189 272
Reject 49 148
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositions: structured entities
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 227 240
Reject 63 140
n: 670
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Units of selection: genes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 160 208
Reject 117 68
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Causation: primitive
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 149 371
Reject 31 211
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 285 555
Reject 72 340
n: 1252
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 166 263
Reject 41 128
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Time: A-theory
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 226 390
Reject 62 229
n: 907
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
External world: non-skeptical realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 909 106
Reject 383 96
n: 1494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Immortality: yes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 358 298
Reject 110 180
n: 946
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Free will: no free will
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 86 929
Reject 94 388
n: 1497
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 72 498
Reject 43 196
n: 809
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 111 307
Reject 64 114
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 159 392
Reject 42 196
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: transcendent universals
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 128 326
Reject 19 162
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Propositions: nonexistent
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 60 405
Reject 56 147
n: 668
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: nonexistent
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 30 422
Reject 27 153
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Properties: classes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 43 411
Reject 35 145
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Personal identity: further-fact view
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 188 660
Reject 44 348
n: 1240
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 706 280
Reject 277 199
n: 1462
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 240 345
Reject 69 170
n: 824
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Justification: coherentism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 120 431
Reject 83 151
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Concepts: nativism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 174 282
Reject 57 171
n: 684
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 168 452
Reject 117 184
n: 921
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Footbridge: push
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 216 734
Reject 137 298
n: 1385
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Consciousness: functionalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 194 389
Reject 123 138
n: 844
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Knowledge claims: relativism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 22 819
Reject 48 365
n: 1254
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Possible worlds: abstract
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 398 221
Reject 151 151
n: 921
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Mind uploading: survival
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 161 425
Reject 99 162
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Material composition: nihilism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 24 319
Reject 19 96
n: 458
p: 0.0016
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 99 393
Reject 60 148
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
True contradictions: impossible
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 459 117
Reject 162 71
n: 809
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Material composition: restrictivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 153 190
Reject 39 76
n: 458
p: 0.002
r: -0.14
Philosophical knowledge: none
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 14 645
Reject 18 264
n: 941
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 110 435
Reject 82 172
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Theory of reference: deflationary
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 58 433
Reject 51 167
n: 709
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 153 340
Reject 85 124
n: 702
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 50 369
Reject 41 147
n: 607
p: 0.0009
r: -0.13
Personal identity: psychological view
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 421 436
Reject 226 167
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Other minds: future AI systems
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 256 417
Reject 142 156
n: 971
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 200 328
Reject 115 128
n: 771
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Moral motivation: internalism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 351 469
Reject 185 186
n: 1191
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 51 263
Reject 14 149
n: 477
p: 0.0048
r: -0.13
External world: idealism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 61 956
Reject 37 442
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
True contradictions: actual
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 62 514
Reject 38 195
n: 809
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 367 582
Reject 130 327
n: 1406
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 23 553
Reject 16 217
n: 809
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 207 613
Reject 64 332
n: 1216
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: deontology
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 408 551
Reject 108 327
n: 1394
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 61 265
Reject 38 109
n: 473
p: 0.0078
r: 0.12
Logic: classical
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 510 237
Reject 186 152
n: 1085
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Kantian
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 121 386
Reject 28 207
n: 742
p: 0.0011
r: -0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 146 325
Reject 81 121
n: 673
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Propositions: simple entities
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 50 417
Reject 4 199
n: 670
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: moral
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 74 472
Reject 15 222
n: 783
p: 0.001
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 77 342
Reject 16 171
n: 606
p: 0.0047
r: -0.11
Spacetime: relationism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 164 202
Reject 91 78
n: 535
p: 0.0086
r: -0.11
Free will: compatibilism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 622 394
Reject 327 155
n: 1498
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Consciousness: eliminativism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 17 566
Reject 25 233
n: 841
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Hume: skeptic
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 201 300
Reject 87 158
n: 746
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 320 658
Reject 187 309
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Meta-ethics: moral realism Accept Reject
Accept 144 474
Reject 36 217
n: 871
p: 0.0011

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.24
Philosopher: Hume
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 94 653
Reject 109 269
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Aquinas
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 52 695
Reject 2 376
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 113 923
Reject 21 490
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Plato
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 61 686
Reject 6 372
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of PhD: Europe
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 45 692
Reject 54 314
n: 1105
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Aristotle
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 172 575
Reject 47 331
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Carnap
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 32 715
Reject 41 337
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Quine
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 49 698
Reject 49 329
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Region of nationality: United States
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 560 423
Reject 214 263
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Region of PhD: United States
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 535 202
Reject 221 147
n: 1105
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Reid
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 30 717
Reject 2 376
n: 1125
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 88 948
Reject 83 428
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Region of affiliation: United States
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 642 419
Reject 253 260
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Metaphysics
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 256 780
Reject 83 428
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Region of nationality: Europe
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 157 826
Reject 123 354
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 22 1014
Reject 33 478
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Normative Ethics
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 249 787
Reject 79 432
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Moore
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 35 712
Reject 2 376
n: 1125
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 25 1011
Reject 35 476
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 23 1013
Reject 28 483
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 13 734
Reject 20 358
n: 1125
p: 0.0008
r: 0.1
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 72 964
Reject 16 495
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 135 926
Reject 99 414
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
AOS: Decision Theory
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 18 1018
Reject 26 485
n: 1547
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 17 730
Reject 2 376
n: 1125
p: 0.0019
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Augustine
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 20 727
Reject 2 376
n: 1125
p: 0.0023
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Locke
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 26 721
Reject 4 374
n: 1125
p: 0.0029
r: -0.08
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 37 999
Reject 39 472
n: 1547
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Parfit
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 38 709
Reject 7 371
n: 1125
p: 0.0069
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Anscombe
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 28 719
Reject 7 371
n: 1125
p: 0.0086
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 92 944
Reject 64 447
n: 1547
p: 0.0022
r: 0.07
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 37 999
Reject 9 502
n: 1547
p: 0.0033
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Spinoza
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 11 736
Reject 14 364
n: 1125
p: 0.0147
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Leibniz
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 30 717
Reject 7 371
n: 1125
p: 0.0213
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Berkeley
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 8 739
Reject 1 377
n: 1125
p: 0.0367
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Canada
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 26 711
Reject 18 350
n: 1105
p: 0.0414
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 61 686
Reject 40 338
n: 1125
p: 0.0397
r: 0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 259 777
Reject 107 404
n: 1547
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Peirce
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 9 738
Reject 10 368
n: 1125
p: 0.0414
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Davidson
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 20 727
Reject 20 358
n: 1125
p: 0.0454
r: 0.06
Other demographics: YOB
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 479 481
Reject 217 267
n: 1444
p: 0.0237
r: 0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 155 881
Reject 55 456
n: 1547
p: 0.0196
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 75 961
Reject 24 487
n: 1547
p: 0.025
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: Latin America
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 9 974
Reject 13 464
n: 1460
p: 0.0306
r: -0.05
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 41 995
Reject 29 482
n: 1547
p: 0.039
r: -0.05
Region of affiliation: Latin America
Meta-ethics: moral realism Yes No
Accept 6 1055
Reject 9 504
n: 1574
p: 0.0451