Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.44	Philosophical progress: a little
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	269	83
Reject	204	430

n: 986

p < 0.0001

r: -0.43	Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	283
Reject	401	233

n: 986

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Race categories: eliminate
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	142
Reject	212	224

n: 670

p: 0.0004

r: 0.13	Metaontology: anti-realism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	149
Reject	38	305

n: 526

p: 0.0021

r: 0.13	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	233
Reject	18	452

n: 721

p: 0.0005

r: 0.12	Race categories: preserve
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	206
Reject	31	405

n: 669

p: 0.0012

r: 0.12	Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	175
Reject	61	358

n: 635

p: 0.0024

r: -0.12	Wittgenstein: early
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	210
Reject	143	311

n: 713

p: 0.0015

r: 0.12	Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	123
Reject	21	280

n: 434

p: 0.0139

r: 0.11	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	193
Reject	12	383

n: 598

p: 0.0052

r: 0.11	Race: biological
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	225
Reject	99	466

n: 872

p: 0.0008

r: 0.11	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	108
Reject	51	252

n: 436

p: 0.0196

r: 0.11	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	162
Reject	30	313

n: 531

p: 0.0124

r: -0.1	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	255	85
Reject	517	127

n: 984

p: 0.001

r: -0.1	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	108
Reject	169	175

n: 529

p: 0.0182

r: 0.1	Material composition: universalism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	91
Reject	87	184

n: 415

p: 0.0497

r: 0.09	Race categories: revise
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	143
Reject	155	280

n: 669

p: 0.0144

r: 0.09	Morality: constructivism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	206
Reject	104	407

n: 791

p: 0.0106

r: -0.09	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	89
Reject	376	136

n: 781

p: 0.0138

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	199	145
Reject	401	230

n: 975

p: 0.0064

r: 0.09	Normative concepts: fit
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	190
Reject	31	385

n: 626

p: 0.0314

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	205
Reject	70	379

n: 703

p: 0.0237

r: 0.08	Laws of nature: Humean
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	209
Reject	154	400

n: 876

p: 0.0126

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	171
Reject	76	324

n: 623

p: 0.0357

r: 0.08	Arguments for theism: ontological
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	208
Reject	46	405

n: 693

p: 0.0293

r: -0.08	Aesthetic value: objective
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	151	160
Reject	298	272

n: 881

p: 0.0173

r: -0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	242	102
Reject	488	143

n: 975

p: 0.0144

r: -0.08	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	153	91
Reject	314	144

n: 702

p: 0.0455

r: 0.08	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	193
Reject	69	380

n: 691

p: 0.0473

r: 0.08	External world: skepticism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	321
Reject	38	586

n: 969

p: 0.0194

r: 0.07	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	186
Reject	86	383

n: 707

p: 0.0485

r: -0.07	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	214	121
Reject	434	190

n: 959

p: 0.0233

r: 0.07	Possible worlds: concrete
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	261
Reject	26	499

n: 801

p: 0.0444

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	181	163
Reject	347	284

n: 975

p: 0.0314

r: -0.07	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	218	112
Reject	441	172

n: 943

p: 0.0415

r: 0.07	Philosophical progress: none
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	339
Reject	25	609

n: 986

p: 0.0387

r: -0.06	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	155	189
Reject	313	318

n: 975

p: 0.0483

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Quine
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	35	238
Reject	31	468

n: 772

p: 0.0006

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Foucault
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	9	264
Reject	7	492

n: 772

p: 0.007

r: -0.08	Region of nationality: Europe
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	49	295
Reject	136	491

n: 971

p: 0.0111

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	44	313
Reject	49	609

n: 1015

p: 0.0202

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Rorty
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	6	267
Reject	3	496

n: 772

p: 0.0456

r: -0.06	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Philosophical knowledge: a little	Yes	No
Accept	11	346
Reject	38	620

n: 1015

p: 0.0496