Survey Results

Correlations

Other minds: newborn babies

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: -0.22
Material composition: nihilism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 30 339
Reject 7 39
n: 415
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 141 177
Reject 12 37
n: 367
p: 0.0003
r: 0.18
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 214 243
Reject 23 49
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Metaontology: anti-realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 53 402
Reject 16 56
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: impossible
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 506 146
Reject 61 31
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Laws of nature: Humean
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 229 549
Reject 41 68
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Theory of reference: deflationary
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 87 474
Reject 18 64
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
True contradictions: actual
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 81 571
Reject 19 73
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Concepts: nativism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 197 339
Reject 14 67
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositions: structured entities
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 241 286
Reject 17 56
n: 600
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
External world: skepticism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 54 809
Reject 10 110
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
External world: non-skeptical realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 756 105
Reject 91 29
n: 981
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Meaning of life: objective
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 310 416
Reject 36 71
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 78 398
Reject 10 49
n: 535
p: 0.0005
r: -0.15
Propositions: nonexistent
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 83 443
Reject 19 54
n: 599
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 93 517
Reject 21 58
n: 689
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Properties: classes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 60 448
Reject 12 51
n: 571
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 142 313
Reject 20 52
n: 527
p: 0.001
r: -0.14
External world: idealism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 52 811
Reject 11 109
n: 983
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aesthetic value: objective
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 397 383
Reject 50 63
n: 893
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Science: scientific realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 670 158
Reject 79 31
n: 938
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Theory of reference: causal
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 311 258
Reject 33 50
n: 652
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 626 198
Reject 78 39
n: 941
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 143 477
Reject 29 67
n: 716
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Temporal ontology: growing block
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 95 415
Reject 16 48
n: 574
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Morality: non-naturalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 215 478
Reject 17 85
n: 795
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Material composition: restrictivism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 163 206
Reject 14 32
n: 415
p: 0.0069
r: -0.13
Experience machine: yes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 101 715
Reject 22 89
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 133 351
Reject 23 37
n: 544
p: 0.0035
r: 0.12
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 577 274
Reject 74 45
n: 970
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 468 228
Reject 54 42
n: 792
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 114 449
Reject 6 66
n: 635
p: 0.0026
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 417 201
Reject 55 33
n: 706
p: 0.0018
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 31 585
Reject 7 73
n: 696
p: 0.0023
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 174 312
Reject 14 47
n: 547
p: 0.0071
r: -0.11
Consciousness: eliminativism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 31 623
Reject 7 84
n: 745
p: 0.002
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 168 447
Reject 9 72
n: 696
p: 0.0031
r: -0.11
Footbridge: push
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 197 599
Reject 39 73
n: 908
p: 0.0009
r: -0.11
Morality: constructivism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 151 546
Reject 25 77
n: 799
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 146 573
Reject 30 77
n: 826
p: 0.0015
r: 0.11
Consciousness: dualism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 177 479
Reject 16 75
n: 747
p: 0.0027
r: -0.11
Justification: infinitism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 12 588
Reject 3 80
n: 683
p: 0.0042
r: -0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 351 362
Reject 56 36
n: 805
p: 0.0019
r: 0.11
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 594 253
Reject 79 45
n: 971
p: 0.0007
r: 0.11
Truth: correspondence
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 474 298
Reject 61 49
n: 882
p: 0.0013
r: 0.11
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 186 418
Reject 16 68
n: 688
p: 0.0047
r: -0.1
Knowledge: empiricism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 405 307
Reject 56 41
n: 809
p: 0.0035
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 471 391
Reject 60 66
n: 988
p: 0.0016
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 253 324
Reject 27 54
n: 658
p: 0.011
r: -0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 26 626
Reject 8 84
n: 744
p: 0.0073
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Humean
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 189 389
Reject 32 49
n: 659
p: 0.0116
r: -0.1
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 87 532
Reject 19 68
n: 706
p: 0.0093
r: -0.1
Consciousness: functionalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 245 411
Reject 41 51
n: 748
p: 0.0076
r: -0.09
Causation: nonexistent
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 22 562
Reject 7 86
n: 677
p: 0.0137
r: 0.09
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 232 280
Reject 16 48
n: 576
p: 0.0238
r: 0.09
Well-being: objective list
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 379 243
Reject 45 41
n: 708
p: 0.0145
r: -0.09
Mind uploading: survival
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 201 482
Reject 31 54
n: 768
p: 0.0119
r: -0.09
Properties: nonexistent
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 49 457
Reject 7 57
n: 570
p: 0.0337
r: -0.09
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 38 503
Reject 9 64
n: 614
p: 0.0286
r: -0.09
Propositions: sets
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 49 477
Reject 13 60
n: 599
p: 0.0315
r: -0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 313 387
Reject 46 47
n: 793
p: 0.0134
r: 0.09
God: theism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 192 671
Reject 19 105
n: 987
p: 0.0058
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: none
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 28 710
Reject 3 95
n: 836
p: 0.0118
r: 0.09
Race: biological
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 182 609
Reject 16 93
n: 900
p: 0.0091
r: -0.09
Vagueness: epistemic
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 185 552
Reject 36 71
n: 844
p: 0.0117
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 138 423
Reject 20 52
n: 633
p: 0.031
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 297 503
Reject 45 62
n: 907
p: 0.0101
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 145 499
Reject 13 80
n: 737
p: 0.0206
r: -0.08
Mind: physicalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 465 356
Reject 73 41
n: 935
p: 0.0121
r: 0.08
Abstract objects: Platonism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 345 417
Reject 43 62
n: 867
p: 0.0159
r: 0.08
A priori knowledge: yes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 690 176
Reject 96 26
n: 988
p: 0.0107
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 112 583
Reject 24 75
n: 794
p: 0.0224
r: 0.08
Immortality: yes
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 371 365
Reject 45 60
n: 841
p: 0.0212
r: -0.08
Justification: coherentism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 155 451
Reject 24 60
n: 690
p: 0.039
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 407 429
Reject 51 64
n: 951
p: 0.0165
r: -0.08
Truth: epistemic
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 70 701
Reject 15 94
n: 880
p: 0.0216
r: -0.08
Abortion: permissible
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 630 128
Reject 96 15
n: 869
p: 0.0226
r: -0.08
Chinese room: understands
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 133 546
Reject 17 75
n: 771
p: 0.0328
r: -0.08
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 406 319
Reject 60 41
n: 826
p: 0.0294
r: -0.07
Morality: expressivism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 76 620
Reject 14 88
n: 798
p: 0.0363
r: 0.07
Values in science: can be either
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 219 439
Reject 27 72
n: 757
p: 0.0451
r: -0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 293 365
Reject 48 51
n: 757
p: 0.0455
r: -0.07
Truth: deflationary
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 210 562
Reject 31 78
n: 881
p: 0.031
r: -0.07
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 166 533
Reject 30 70
n: 799
p: 0.0473
r: -0.07
Mental content: internalism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 212 524
Reject 28 58
n: 822
p: 0.0457
r: -0.07
Possible worlds: concrete
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 38 671
Reject 8 94
n: 811
p: 0.0485
r: -0.07
Free will: compatibilism
Other minds: newborn babies Accept Reject
Accept 542 317
Reject 77 43
n: 979
p: 0.0311

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 208 694
Reject 14 115
n: 1031
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Metaphysics
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 237 665
Reject 22 107
n: 1031
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 33 869
Reject 12 117
n: 1031
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Decision Theory
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 23 879
Reject 11 118
n: 1031
p: 0.0003
r: -0.11
Region of PhD: Canada
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 23 645
Reject 6 85
n: 759
p: 0.003
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hobbes
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 8 683
Reject 4 93
n: 788
p: 0.015
r: -0.08
Region of affiliation: Europe
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 126 785
Reject 24 103
n: 1038
p: 0.0062
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 74 828
Reject 4 125
n: 1031
p: 0.0064
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aquinas
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 35 656
Reject 1 96
n: 788
p: 0.0209
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 91 769
Reject 6 112
n: 978
p: 0.011
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Reid
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 24 667
Reject 0 97
n: 788
p: 0.0289
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Leibniz
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 28 663
Reject 1 96
n: 788
p: 0.0309
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 107 804
Reject 9 118
n: 1038
p: 0.0171
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: Europe
Other minds: newborn babies Yes No
Accept 156 704
Reject 28 90
n: 978
p: 0.0354