Survey Results

Correlations

Normative concepts: fit

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: 0.2
Belief or credence: neither
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 17 28
Reject 81 341
n: 467
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: relativism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 7 48
Reject 16 533
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 5 25
Reject 16 297
n: 343
p: 0.0036
r: 0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 8 39
Reject 43 444
n: 534
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 10 37
Reject 47 439
n: 533
p: 0.0008
r: -0.14
Moral principles: moral generalism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 21 30
Reject 350 195
n: 596
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Morality: expressivism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 9 45
Reject 63 501
n: 618
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Temporal ontology: presentism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 5 33
Reject 84 296
n: 418
p: 0.0056
r: 0.13
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 33 23
Reject 242 369
n: 667
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Temporal ontology: growing block
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 13 25
Reject 71 308
n: 417
p: 0.0078
r: 0.13
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 7 18
Reject 34 261
n: 320
p: 0.0206
r: -0.13
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 41 18
Reject 501 128
n: 688
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Race categories: revise
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 20 23
Reject 165 314
n: 522
p: 0.0037
r: 0.13
Consciousness: eliminativism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 7 46
Reject 22 488
n: 563
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 40 15
Reject 300 250
n: 605
p: 0.0023
r: 0.12
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 9 31
Reject 56 327
n: 423
p: 0.013
r: 0.12
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 24 25
Reject 155 397
n: 601
p: 0.0034
r: -0.12
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 6 49
Reject 192 356
n: 603
p: 0.0038
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 14 34
Reject 162 337
n: 547
p: 0.0059
r: -0.12
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 9 40
Reject 165 266
n: 480
p: 0.0107
r: 0.12
Truth: deflationary
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 18 36
Reject 151 436
n: 641
p: 0.0034
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 20 29
Reject 106 386
n: 541
p: 0.0089
r: -0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 17 33
Reject 286 257
n: 593
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Mental content: internalism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 12 37
Reject 164 387
n: 600
p: 0.0076
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 30 20
Reject 330 160
n: 540
p: 0.0132
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 43 15
Reject 370 251
n: 679
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 10 27
Reject 84 298
n: 419
p: 0.0326
r: -0.1
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 13 36
Reject 207 308
n: 564
p: 0.0133
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: design
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 10 36
Reject 109 380
n: 535
p: 0.0176
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 11 38
Reject 84 451
n: 584
p: 0.0145
r: 0.1
Propositions: acts
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 7 35
Reject 36 378
n: 456
p: 0.0327
r: 0.1
Personal identity: further-fact view
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 14 35
Reject 104 435
n: 588
p: 0.0169
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 37 21
Reject 505 133
n: 696
p: 0.0094
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 16 21
Reject 136 249
n: 422
p: 0.0438
r: 0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 19 31
Reject 133 410
n: 593
p: 0.0171
r: 0.09
Properties: nonexistent
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 5 32
Reject 38 365
n: 440
p: 0.0467
r: -0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 17 26
Reject 221 258
n: 522
p: 0.0332
r: -0.09
Practical reason: Kantian
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 7 40
Reject 105 391
n: 543
p: 0.0348
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 10 33
Reject 85 392
n: 520
p: 0.0434
r: 0.09
Knowledge: empiricism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 32 17
Reject 293 238
n: 580
p: 0.0333
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 28 23
Reject 366 209
n: 626
p: 0.0312
r: 0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 20 31
Reject 190 385
n: 626
p: 0.0314
r: 0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 23 27
Reject 166 369
n: 585
p: 0.0399
r: -0.08
A priori knowledge: yes
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 42 17
Reject 522 127
n: 708
p: 0.0332
r: -0.08
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 40 18
Reject 460 165
n: 683
p: 0.0368
r: -0.08
Truth: correspondence
Normative concepts: fit Accept Reject
Accept 29 26
Reject 353 234
n: 642
p: 0.0441

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 6 57
Reject 23 640
n: 726
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Dewey
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 6 42
Reject 11 512
n: 571
p: 0.0066
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Davidson
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 5 43
Reject 16 507
n: 571
p: 0.0154
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Quine
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 6 42
Reject 35 488
n: 571
p: 0.0188
r: 0.1
Other demographics: YOB
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 26 32
Reject 289 335
n: 682
p: 0.0122
r: -0.09
AOS: Normative Ethics
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 14 49
Reject 175 488
n: 726
p: 0.0115
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 10 53
Reject 52 611
n: 726
p: 0.014
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Kant
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 7 41
Reject 80 443
n: 571
p: 0.0336
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 13 50
Reject 47 616
n: 726
p: 0.0177
r: 0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Normative concepts: fit Yes No
Accept 7 56
Reject 59 604
n: 726
p: 0.0266