Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.23	Consciousness: panpsychism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	147
Reject	21	542

n: 748

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	103
Reject	242	286

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Politics: capitalism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	132
Reject	215	360

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Extended mind: yes
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	73
Reject	278	273

n: 747

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	84
Reject	199	294

n: 658

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	62	75
Reject	126	284

n: 547

p: 0.0028

r: 0.13	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	119
Reject	273	408

n: 906

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	82
Reject	39	297

n: 435

p: 0.0089

r: -0.12	Units of selection: genes
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	48	73
Reject	201	175

n: 497

p: 0.0083

r: 0.11	Gender: social
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	52
Reject	451	213

n: 886

p: 0.0008

r: -0.11	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	130
Reject	390	345

n: 982

p: 0.0005

r: 0.11	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	184
Reject	135	600

n: 982

p: 0.0005

r: -0.11	Practical reason: Humean
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	45	120
Reject	176	318

n: 659

p: 0.005

r: 0.11	Philosophical progress: none
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	233
Reject	17	721

n: 988

p: 0.0006

r: 0.11	Causation: process/production
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	111
Reject	123	398

n: 684

p: 0.0047

r: -0.11	Propositional attitudes: representational
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	89
Reject	250	214

n: 626

p: 0.0071

r: 0.11	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	127
Reject	176	420

n: 796

p: 0.0025

r: -0.1	Normative ethics: deontology
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	146
Reject	260	420

n: 907

p: 0.0016

r: 0.1	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	87
Reject	238	329

n: 757

p: 0.0071

r: -0.09	Capital punishment: permissible
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	193
Reject	140	502

n: 865

p: 0.0052

r: 0.09	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	106
Reject	106	333

n: 598

p: 0.0271

r: 0.09	True contradictions: actual
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	147
Reject	64	497

n: 744

p: 0.0145

r: -0.09	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	174
Reject	112	484

n: 794

p: 0.0127

r: -0.09	Possible worlds: abstract
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	87
Reject	365	245

n: 811

p: 0.0119

r: 0.09	Normative concepts: value
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	74
Reject	206	280

n: 637

p: 0.0265

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	138
Reject	77	442

n: 700

p: 0.0202

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	193
Reject	92	581

n: 907

p: 0.009

r: -0.08	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	151
Reject	36	416

n: 614

p: 0.0355

r: -0.08	Moral principles: moral generalism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	89
Reject	332	231

n: 755

p: 0.0217

r: -0.08	Science: scientific realism
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	56
Reject	579	133

n: 938

p: 0.0106

r: -0.08	Proper names: Fregean
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	106
Reject	229	304

n: 696

p: 0.0305

r: 0.08	Vagueness: metaphysical
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	159
Reject	129	504

n: 843

p: 0.0191

r: -0.08	Gender: biological
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	151
Reject	231	429

n: 877

p: 0.0179

r: -0.08	Philosophical progress: a little
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	135
Reject	378	361

n: 989

p: 0.0123

r: -0.08	True contradictions: impossible
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	57
Reject	441	120

n: 744

p: 0.0306

r: 0.08	Chinese room: understands
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	148
Reject	101	473

n: 771

p: 0.0282

r: 0.08	Truth: epistemic
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	179
Reject	60	616

n: 880

p: 0.0219

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	119	126
Reject	311	432

n: 988

p: 0.0164

r: 0.08	Aesthetic value: objective
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	123	98
Reject	324	348

n: 893

p: 0.023

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Other minds: worms	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	146
Reject	240	450

n: 928

p: 0.0403

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.14	Other demographics: YOB
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	138	103
Reject	319	402

n: 962

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	38	220
Reject	51	711

n: 1020

p: 0.0008

r: -0.1	Tradition: Analytic
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	205	53
Reject	678	84

n: 1020

p: 0.0018

r: -0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	20	239
Reject	79	693

n: 1031

p: 0.0021

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Husserl
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	7	194
Reject	9	578

n: 788

p: 0.0201

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Marx
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	12	189
Reject	17	570

n: 788

p: 0.0224

r: -0.07	Gender: male
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	206	52
Reject	622	144

n: 1024

p: 0.0234

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Anscombe
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	9	192
Reject	11	576

n: 788

p: 0.0474

r: -0.07	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	29	230
Reject	122	650

n: 1031

p: 0.0247

r: 0.07	Gender: female
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	51	207
Reject	143	623

n: 1024

p: 0.0256

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	66	193
Reject	156	616

n: 1031

p: 0.0275

r: 0.07	AOS: Metaphysics
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	79	180
Reject	180	592

n: 1031

p: 0.0303

r: -0.06	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Other minds: worms	Yes	No
Accept	25	234
Reject	97	675

n: 1031

p: 0.0409