Survey Results

Correlations

Ought implies can: yes

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: 0.15
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 97 264
Reject 33 136
n: 530
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 59 300
Reject 17 160
n: 536
p: 0.0024
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 55 303
Reject 17 161
n: 536
p: 0.0036
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 222 379
Reject 143 160
n: 904
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Other minds: particles
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 6 557
Reject 11 266
n: 840
p: 0.0008
r: -0.11
Other minds: current AI systems
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 11 552
Reject 15 262
n: 840
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 149 246
Reject 59 136
n: 590
p: 0.0071
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 102 440
Reject 72 194
n: 808
p: 0.0017
r: -0.11
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 154 374
Reject 96 175
n: 799
p: 0.0028
r: 0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 391 102
Reject 162 62
n: 717
p: 0.006
r: 0.1
Logic: classical
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 335 150
Reject 139 95
n: 719
p: 0.0072
r: 0.1
Properties: transcendent universals
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 95 288
Reject 31 152
n: 566
p: 0.0175
r: 0.1
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 490 138
Reject 206 94
n: 928
p: 0.0025
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 495 142
Reject 228 95
n: 960
p: 0.0021
r: -0.1
True contradictions: actual
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 54 439
Reject 40 184
n: 717
p: 0.0085
r: 0.1
Truth: correspondence
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 357 225
Reject 151 129
n: 862
p: 0.0044
r: 0.1
Politics: capitalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 198 307
Reject 75 182
n: 762
p: 0.0077
r: -0.1
Free will: no free will
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 67 578
Reject 49 268
n: 962
p: 0.0028
r: -0.1
Truth: epistemic
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 57 524
Reject 36 244
n: 861
p: 0.0049
r: 0.1
Possible worlds: abstract
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 330 198
Reject 141 129
n: 798
p: 0.007
r: -0.09
Other minds: plants
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 32 531
Reject 26 251
n: 840
p: 0.0068
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 179 348
Reject 70 202
n: 799
p: 0.0097
r: 0.09
Free will: libertarianism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 154 489
Reject 46 271
n: 960
p: 0.0065
r: -0.09
External world: skepticism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 33 614
Reject 27 291
n: 965
p: 0.007
r: 0.09
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 366 171
Reject 155 97
n: 789
p: 0.0155
r: -0.08
Normative concepts: value
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 179 254
Reject 104 106
n: 643
p: 0.0314
r: 0.08
Consciousness: dualism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 139 361
Reject 49 183
n: 732
p: 0.0231
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 330 143
Reject 140 91
n: 704
p: 0.0282
r: 0.08
Morality: non-naturalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 171 354
Reject 60 203
n: 788
p: 0.0202
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 145 381
Reject 91 170
n: 787
p: 0.0222
r: 0.08
Moral principles: moral generalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 319 202
Reject 123 117
n: 761
p: 0.0262
r: -0.08
Knowledge: empiricism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 296 243
Reject 154 101
n: 794
p: 0.0251
r: 0.08
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 92 355
Reject 39 199
n: 685
p: 0.0379
r: 0.08
Epistemic justification: internalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 240 346
Reject 102 183
n: 871
p: 0.0201
r: -0.08
Consciousness: functionalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 176 325
Reject 89 144
n: 734
p: 0.0335
r: 0.08
Moral motivation: internalism
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 256 274
Reject 107 155
n: 792
p: 0.0298
r: -0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 103 366
Reject 65 162
n: 696
p: 0.0472
r: 0.07
Vagueness: semantic
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 310 227
Reject 139 134
n: 810
p: 0.0334
r: 0.07
Meaning of life: objective
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 244 305
Reject 89 180
n: 818
p: 0.0335
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: deontology
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 243 358
Reject 101 199
n: 901
p: 0.0318
r: 0.07
A priori knowledge: yes
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 516 130
Reject 243 81
n: 970
p: 0.0262
r: -0.07
Laws of nature: Humean
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 181 392
Reject 107 191
n: 871
p: 0.046
r: -0.06
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Ought implies can: yes Accept Reject
Accept 163 477
Reject 102 219
n: 961
p: 0.0462

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.12
Tradition: Continental
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 19 638
Reject 29 309
n: 995
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Rawls
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 38 481
Reject 7 257
n: 783
p: 0.0074
r: 0.09
Tradition: Analytic
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 584 73
Reject 276 62
n: 995
p: 0.0037
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Heidegger
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 5 514
Reject 7 257
n: 783
p: 0.0118
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Aquinas
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 35 484
Reject 7 257
n: 783
p: 0.0119
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Kant
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 83 436
Reject 26 238
n: 783
p: 0.0162
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Mill
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 36 483
Reject 10 254
n: 783
p: 0.0178
r: -0.08
Gender: female
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 113 549
Reject 78 257
n: 997
p: 0.0081
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Parfit
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 26 493
Reject 6 258
n: 783
p: 0.0196
r: 0.08
Gender: male
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 548 114
Reject 257 78
n: 997
p: 0.0088
r: -0.08
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 20 650
Reject 24 316
n: 1010
p: 0.0088
r: 0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 103 567
Reject 37 303
n: 1010
p: 0.009
r: 0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 157 513
Reject 65 275
n: 1010
p: 0.0142
r: -0.08
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 10 660
Reject 11 329
n: 1010
p: 0.0158
r: 0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 106 564
Reject 33 307
n: 1010
p: 0.0198
r: 0.07
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 117 553
Reject 47 293
n: 1010
p: 0.0202
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 7 512
Reject 8 256
n: 783
p: 0.0428
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Ought implies can: yes Yes No
Accept 114 556
Reject 71 269
n: 1010
p: 0.0302