Survey Results

Correlations

Metaontology: deflationary realism

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.41
Truth: deflationary
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 101 79
Reject 76 316
n: 572
p < 0.0001
r: -0.39
Truth: correspondence
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 69 112
Reject 272 121
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Theory of reference: deflationary
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 51 92
Reject 34 279
n: 456
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Morality: non-naturalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 25 123
Reject 126 228
n: 502
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 38 131
Reject 145 227
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Extended mind: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 101 48
Reject 149 181
n: 479
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Consciousness: dualism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 18 124
Reject 112 228
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 70 120
Reject 243 167
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 117 56
Reject 318 76
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Morality: expressivism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 28 122
Reject 30 324
n: 504
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Morality: error theory
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 12 136
Reject 16 338
n: 502
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Knowledge: empiricism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 102 51
Reject 169 168
n: 490
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 111 59
Reject 176 196
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Consciousness: functionalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 72 72
Reject 110 230
n: 484
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Wittgenstein: early
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 37 117
Reject 113 208
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Abstract objects: Platonism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 61 100
Reject 209 180
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Consciousness: eliminativism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 13 128
Reject 15 325
n: 481
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Laws of nature: Humean
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 72 107
Reject 105 283
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 130 57
Reject 332 80
n: 599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Mind: physicalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 122 52
Reject 198 201
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 52 104
Reject 57 271
n: 484
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Morality: constructivism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 43 105
Reject 55 299
n: 502
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 22 102
Reject 31 286
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: coherentism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 42 92
Reject 64 254
n: 452
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 111 64
Reject 307 114
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aesthetic value: objective
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 68 89
Reject 229 159
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 42 81
Reject 67 226
n: 416
p: 0.0002
r: -0.18
Meaning of life: objective
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 47 106
Reject 169 190
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 113 58
Reject 184 185
n: 540
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 10 119
Reject 53 214
n: 396
p: 0.0006
r: -0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 11 109
Reject 69 223
n: 412
p: 0.0005
r: 0.17
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 69 71
Reject 101 224
n: 465
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
Causation: primitive
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 17 123
Reject 90 231
n: 461
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 14 75
Reject 59 166
n: 314
p: 0.0029
r: -0.17
Personal identity: further-fact view
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 19 141
Reject 85 264
n: 509
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 81 78
Reject 238 110
n: 507
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Theory of reference: causal
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 69 76
Reject 165 150
n: 460
p: 0.0005
r: -0.16
True contradictions: impossible
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 106 38
Reject 268 76
n: 488
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Free will: compatibilism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 137 52
Reject 248 163
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 25 109
Reject 45 266
n: 445
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 87 64
Reject 225 81
n: 457
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Spacetime: relationism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 59 45
Reject 113 150
n: 367
p: 0.0024
r: -0.15
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 24 111
Reject 94 226
n: 455
p: 0.001
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 35 95
Reject 35 233
n: 398
p: 0.0023
r: 0.15
Meaning of life: subjective
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 74 79
Reject 125 236
n: 514
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: representational
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 68 76
Reject 174 142
n: 460
p: 0.0012
r: 0.15
Properties: nonexistent
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 18 106
Reject 30 288
n: 442
p: 0.0018
r: -0.15
Philosophical progress: a lot
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 74 104
Reject 220 192
n: 590
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Other minds: newborn babies
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 142 20
Reject 313 52
n: 527
p: 0.001
r: -0.14
Immortality: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 67 95
Reject 197 166
n: 525
p: 0.0011
r: 0.14
Philosophical progress: a little
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 97 81
Reject 181 231
n: 590
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Hume: skeptic
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 46 94
Reject 124 174
n: 438
p: 0.0038
r: -0.14
Epistemic justification: internalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 51 120
Reject 168 216
n: 555
p: 0.0011
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 29 102
Reject 46 269
n: 446
p: 0.0038
r: -0.14
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 33 103
Reject 118 198
n: 452
p: 0.0038
r: 0.13
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 15 129
Reject 14 330
n: 488
p: 0.0028
r: 0.13
Material composition: universalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 40 54
Reject 77 168
n: 339
p: 0.0129
r: 0.13
True contradictions: actual
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 21 123
Reject 42 302
n: 488
p: 0.0029
r: -0.13
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 36 128
Reject 128 252
n: 544
p: 0.0023
r: -0.13
Well-being: objective list
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 68 66
Reject 186 126
n: 446
p: 0.0068
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 42 80
Reject 65 226
n: 413
p: 0.0094
r: -0.13
Free will: libertarianism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 28 161
Reject 98 311
n: 598
p: 0.0019
r: 0.13
Causation: nonexistent
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 8 132
Reject 16 305
n: 461
p: 0.0064
r: 0.12
Abortion: permissible
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 149 17
Reject 302 70
n: 538
p: 0.0039
r: 0.12
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 17 72
Reject 25 199
n: 313
p: 0.0298
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 19 133
Reject 70 254
n: 476
p: 0.0087
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 128 47
Reject 243 155
n: 573
p: 0.0041
r: 0.12
Propositions: sets
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 17 117
Reject 26 288
n: 448
p: 0.0126
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 64 80
Reject 90 224
n: 458
p: 0.0159
r: -0.11
God: theism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 32 149
Reject 105 302
n: 588
p: 0.007
r: -0.11
Concepts: nativism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 45 85
Reject 118 181
n: 429
p: 0.022
r: -0.11
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 119 72
Reject 292 121
n: 604
p: 0.0066
r: 0.11
Philosophical knowledge: none
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 9 147
Reject 14 356
n: 526
p: 0.0134
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 77 90
Reject 126 248
n: 541
p: 0.0129
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: growing block
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 30 89
Reject 53 240
n: 412
p: 0.0334
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 63 127
Reject 134 276
n: 600
p: 0.0143
r: 0.1
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 39 108
Reject 63 228
n: 438
p: 0.0381
r: 0.1
Personal identity: psychological view
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 87 73
Reject 163 189
n: 512
p: 0.0251
r: 0.1
Gender: psychological
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 51 112
Reject 79 281
n: 523
p: 0.0254
r: -0.1
Moral principles: moral generalism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 76 63
Reject 201 137
n: 477
p: 0.0353
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 20 133
Reject 36 290
n: 479
p: 0.0363
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: relativism
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 11 159
Reject 16 355
n: 541
p: 0.0276
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: deontology
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 49 117
Reject 144 231
n: 541
p: 0.0277
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 30 126
Reject 90 238
n: 484
p: 0.0374
r: -0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 25 142
Reject 74 286
n: 527
p: 0.0299
r: 0.09
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 34 100
Reject 59 253
n: 446
p: 0.0475
r: 0.09
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 49 114
Reject 74 278
n: 515
p: 0.0346
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 79 96
Reject 214 182
n: 571
p: 0.0282
r: 0.09
Zombies: inconceivable
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 44 119
Reject 66 315
n: 544
p: 0.0347
r: 0.09
Truth: epistemic
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 16 164
Reject 41 351
n: 572
p: 0.0305
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 110 80
Reject 215 195
n: 600
p: 0.0324
r: -0.09
Other minds: cats
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 148 14
Reject 334 31
n: 527
p: 0.0466
r: 0.08
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Metaontology: deflationary realism Accept Reject
Accept 62 119
Reject 100 302
n: 583
p: 0.048

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.23
AOS: Metaphysics
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 42 151
Reject 157 266
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hegel
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 7 145
Reject 4 327
n: 483
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 26 167
Reject 36 387
n: 616
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Dewey
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 8 144
Reject 4 327
n: 483
p: 0.0036
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 25 127
Reject 27 304
n: 483
p: 0.0037
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Plato
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 5 147
Reject 28 303
n: 483
p: 0.0038
r: -0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 11 182
Reject 56 367
n: 616
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Region of affiliation: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 42 152
Reject 63 364
n: 621
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Region of PhD: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 16 121
Reject 22 287
n: 446
p: 0.0195
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 11 182
Reject 16 407
n: 616
p: 0.0081
r: -0.11
Region of affiliation: United States
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 97 97
Reject 248 179
n: 621
p: 0.0086
r: 0.1
Region of nationality: Europe
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 47 135
Reject 78 326
n: 586
p: 0.0118
r: 0.1
Region of PhD: Canada
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 9 128
Reject 8 301
n: 446
p: 0.0288
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Sellars
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 5 147
Reject 2 329
n: 483
p: 0.0439
r: -0.09
Region of nationality: United States
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 84 98
Reject 217 187
n: 586
p: 0.0346
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 11 182
Reject 11 412
n: 616
p: 0.0391
r: 0.08
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Metaontology: deflationary realism Yes No
Accept 22 171
Reject 37 386
n: 616
p: 0.0431