Survey Results

Correlations

Moral judgment: cognitivism

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
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 889 169
Reject 101 280
n: 1439
p < 0.0001
r: -0.47
Morality: expressivism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 23 646
Reject 75 139
n: 883
p < 0.0001
r: 0.39
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 232 203
Reject 23 111
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Aesthetic value: objective
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 580 400
Reject 99 251
n: 1330
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Meaning of life: objective
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 464 443
Reject 60 260
n: 1227
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Knowledge: empiricism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 421 452
Reject 239 67
n: 1179
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Abstract objects: Platonism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 487 461
Reject 82 266
n: 1296
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Laws of nature: Humean
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 252 713
Reject 171 172
n: 1308
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Practical reason: Humean
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 142 397
Reject 102 97
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Truth: correspondence
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 632 349
Reject 133 210
n: 1324
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Morality: non-naturalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 248 422
Reject 18 192
n: 880
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Truth: deflationary
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 214 766
Reject 143 199
n: 1322
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 129 396
Reject 7 156
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Consciousness: dualism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 195 423
Reject 17 185
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 445 436
Reject 241 93
n: 1215
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Metaontology: anti-realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 35 398
Reject 35 98
n: 566
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
A priori knowledge: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 894 175
Reject 252 130
n: 1451
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Morality: error theory
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 24 646
Reject 25 186
n: 881
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Experience machine: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 100 926
Reject 88 269
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 628 410
Reject 153 238
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Chinese room: understands
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 90 537
Reject 67 152
n: 846
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Well-being: objective list
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 403 203
Reject 81 107
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
God: theism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 273 792
Reject 31 350
n: 1446
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 135 759
Reject 95 223
n: 1212
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Propositions: structured entities
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 233 254
Reject 46 119
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Concepts: nativism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 184 298
Reject 36 143
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Mind: physicalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 526 491
Reject 257 114
n: 1388
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
External world: skepticism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 45 1034
Reject 42 328
n: 1449
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 117 318
Reject 56 76
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 139 159
Reject 28 70
n: 396
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 66 538
Reject 43 145
n: 792
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
External world: non-skeptical realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 963 116
Reject 282 87
n: 1448
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Science: scientific realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 855 165
Reject 241 111
n: 1372
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Abortion: permissible
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 584 135
Reject 224 22
n: 965
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
True contradictions: impossible
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 478 114
Reject 126 69
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 296 594
Reject 55 273
n: 1218
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Immortality: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 382 311
Reject 79 156
n: 928
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositions: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 64 421
Reject 47 118
n: 650
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 201 393
Reject 27 157
n: 778
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 177 271
Reject 28 110
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Morality: constructivism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 128 545
Reject 62 149
n: 884
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Free will: no free will
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 91 989
Reject 76 295
n: 1451
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Free will: libertarianism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 268 812
Reject 40 331
n: 1451
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Law: legal positivism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 153 251
Reject 71 64
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: transcendent universals
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 126 355
Reject 18 128
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 118 457
Reject 67 134
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 449 194
Reject 120 100
n: 863
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Justification: coherentism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 136 456
Reject 67 118
n: 777
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Time: A-theory
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 239 422
Reject 45 173
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 61 277
Reject 36 84
n: 458
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
True contradictions: actual
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 60 532
Reject 38 157
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Theory of reference: deflationary
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 58 458
Reject 46 125
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 23 569
Reject 16 179
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Meaning of life: subjective
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 338 570
Reject 158 162
n: 1228
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 166 424
Reject 32 149
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Material composition: nihilism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 27 328
Reject 16 73
n: 444
p: 0.001
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 109 415
Reject 47 114
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Logic: classical
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 532 253
Reject 143 129
n: 1057
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
External world: idealism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 70 1010
Reject 31 339
n: 1450
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Spacetime: relationism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 170 211
Reject 80 61
n: 522
p: 0.0007
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 249 290
Reject 66 133
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Morality: naturalist realism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 266 409
Reject 39 172
n: 886
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Kantian
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 131 406
Reject 24 174
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 114 492
Reject 49 140
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Consciousness: functionalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 213 406
Reject 91 113
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 327 674
Reject 147 197
n: 1345
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 200 296
Reject 37 116
n: 649
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 20 598
Reject 19 183
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 72 454
Reject 42 121
n: 689
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Properties: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 34 445
Reject 24 122
n: 625
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Possible worlds: abstract
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 412 239
Reject 120 120
n: 891
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Other minds: newborn babies
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 626 78
Reject 198 39
n: 941
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Causation: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 12 537
Reject 18 179
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Causation: primitive
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 144 404
Reject 28 170
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Footbridge: push
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 224 786
Reject 115 227
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 9 475
Reject 15 148
n: 647
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 323 715
Reject 162 229
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Moral motivation: internalism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 388 503
Reject 158 144
n: 1193
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 728 307
Reject 227 152
n: 1414
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Extended mind: yes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 300 297
Reject 129 82
n: 808
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 527 507
Reject 139 222
n: 1395
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Knowledge claims: relativism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 28 862
Reject 39 290
n: 1219
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Normative ethics: deontology
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 420 582
Reject 92 252
n: 1346
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 184 467
Reject 93 147
n: 891
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosophical knowledge: none
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 18 682
Reject 14 211
n: 925
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Normative concepts: fit
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 41 501
Reject 18 128
n: 688
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Statue and lump: one thing
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 187 361
Reject 80 88
n: 716
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 89 181
Reject 23 59
n: 352
p: 0.0179
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 631 407
Reject 269 122
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 107 371
Reject 62 120
n: 660
p: 0.0016
r: 0.12
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 78 368
Reject 13 136
n: 595
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 242 369
Reject 60 135
n: 806
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: representational
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 268 225
Reject 66 101
n: 660
p: 0.002
r: -0.12
Properties: classes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 48 433
Reject 31 115
n: 627
p: 0.0027
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 491 401
Reject 213 116
n: 1221
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 61 503
Reject 24 176
n: 764
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 87 494
Reject 46 134
n: 761
p: 0.0025
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 377 628
Reject 107 251
n: 1363
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 181 439
Reject 66 132
n: 818
p: 0.0019
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Moral judgment: cognitivism Accept Reject
Accept 284 719
Reject 71 281
n: 1355
p < 0.0001

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.21
Philosopher: Hume
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 113 680
Reject 89 220
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Plato
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 63 730
Reject 2 307
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Region of nationality: Europe
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 177 867
Reject 110 266
n: 1420
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Aquinas
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 48 745
Reject 2 307
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Normative Ethics
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 286 812
Reject 56 346
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 119 979
Reject 15 387
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 27 1071
Reject 31 371
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Region of nationality: United States
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 579 465
Reject 166 210
n: 1420
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Moore
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 35 758
Reject 2 307
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Reid
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 32 761
Reject 0 309
n: 1102
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Region of affiliation: Europe
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 151 975
Reject 90 314
n: 1530
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Region of PhD: United States
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 556 233
Reject 173 109
n: 1071
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 97 1001
Reject 65 337
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Region of PhD: Europe
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 58 731
Reject 40 242
n: 1071
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Region of affiliation: United States
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 662 464
Reject 199 205
n: 1530
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Metaphysics
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 259 839
Reject 62 340
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Carnap
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 37 756
Reject 31 278
n: 1102
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 27 1071
Reject 25 377
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 35 1063
Reject 32 370
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 25 1073
Reject 19 383
n: 1500
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Aristotle
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 170 623
Reject 41 268
n: 1102
p: 0.0014
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Quine
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 56 737
Reject 37 272
n: 1102
p: 0.0023
r: 0.09
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 176 922
Reject 41 361
n: 1500
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 14 779
Reject 16 293
n: 1102
p: 0.0026
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Parfit
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 40 753
Reject 5 304
n: 1102
p: 0.0042
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Kant
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 139 654
Reject 31 278
n: 1102
p: 0.0043
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 10 783
Reject 12 297
n: 1102
p: 0.0058
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Locke
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 28 765
Reject 3 306
n: 1102
p: 0.006
r: 0.08
Tradition: Analytic
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 950 133
Reject 324 76
n: 1483
p: 0.0018
r: -0.08
Tradition: Continental
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 44 1039
Reject 33 367
n: 1483
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 64 729
Reject 36 273
n: 1102
p: 0.0083
r: 0.08
AOS: Epistemology
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 288 810
Reject 80 322
n: 1500
p: 0.0026
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 43 1055
Reject 6 396
n: 1500
p: 0.0042
r: -0.07
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 69 1029
Reject 40 362
n: 1500
p: 0.0057
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Descartes
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 36 757
Reject 7 302
n: 1102
p: 0.02
r: 0.07
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 75 1023
Reject 15 387
n: 1500
p: 0.0077
r: -0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 80 1018
Reject 43 359
n: 1500
p: 0.01
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Leibniz
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 30 763
Reject 4 305
n: 1102
p: 0.0295
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 93 1005
Reject 45 357
n: 1500
p: 0.0135
r: -0.06
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 17 1081
Reject 13 389
n: 1500
p: 0.0145
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Canada
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 29 760
Reject 13 269
n: 1071
p: 0.0391
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Rorty
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 6 787
Reject 5 304
n: 1102
p: 0.0405
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 17 776
Reject 2 307
n: 1102
p: 0.0454
r: 0.05
AOS: Applied Ethics
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 173 925
Reject 46 356
n: 1500
p: 0.034
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Moral judgment: cognitivism Yes No
Accept 168 930
Reject 77 325
n: 1500
p: 0.0399