Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical knowledge: none

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: 0.42
Philosophical progress: none
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 17
Reject 23 929
n: 984
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Science: scientific realism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 18
Reject 734 167
n: 934
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Metaontology: anti-realism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 15
Reject 64 438
n: 525
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 20
Reject 458 215
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 11
Reject 155 525
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 18
Reject 753 193
n: 982
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Zombies: inconceivable
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 14
Reject 140 684
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
External world: skepticism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 27
Reject 56 878
n: 967
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 19
Reject 629 291
n: 957
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Propositions: nonexistent
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 9
Reject 97 479
n: 593
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Morality: error theory
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 24
Reject 40 715
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
True contradictions: actual
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 19
Reject 83 611
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Justification: coherentism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 11
Reject 166 493
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 18
Reject 645 264
n: 941
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Truth: correspondence
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 24
Reject 510 334
n: 876
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 26
Reject 381 455
n: 867
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 21 10
Reject 321 409
n: 761
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Chinese room: understands
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 15
Reject 136 587
n: 745
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 14
Reject 682 211
n: 925
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 12
Reject 129 469
n: 619
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Belief or credence: neither
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 7
Reject 117 460
n: 594
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 13
Reject 68 346
n: 435
p: 0.0076
r: -0.13
True contradictions: impossible
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 9
Reject 540 154
n: 719
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 16
Reject 92 517
n: 634
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 25
Reject 513 421
n: 973
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Meaning of life: objective
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 24
Reject 334 461
n: 825
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 9
Reject 147 427
n: 598
p: 0.0029
r: -0.12
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 24 9
Reject 808 126
n: 967
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Theory of reference: causal
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 19
Reject 338 279
n: 642
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 16
Reject 426 298
n: 746
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 9
Reject 101 445
n: 561
p: 0.0047
r: 0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 4
Reject 218 245
n: 482
p: 0.0089
r: 0.12
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 19 4
Reject 251 519
n: 793
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 12
Reject 490 256
n: 770
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Newcomb's problem: one box
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 6
Reject 204 401
n: 623
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
Gender categories: eliminate
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 20
Reject 120 580
n: 730
p: 0.0031
r: -0.11
Other minds: fish
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 11
Reject 554 251
n: 836
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 21 7
Reject 338 520
n: 886
p: 0.0013
r: 0.11
Truth: deflationary
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 14
Reject 226 618
n: 876
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 14
Reject 147 356
n: 526
p: 0.0134
r: 0.11
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 18
Reject 167 593
n: 789
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Knowledge: empiricism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 10
Reject 421 340
n: 789
p: 0.0031
r: -0.1
Politics: capitalism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 21
Reject 263 452
n: 741
p: 0.0043
r: -0.1
Immortality: yes
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 19
Reject 411 395
n: 832
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 19
Reject 154 633
n: 817
p: 0.0033
r: 0.1
Truth: epistemic
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 27
Reject 88 753
n: 873
p: 0.0025
r: 0.1
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 15
Reject 242 527
n: 798
p: 0.0044
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 21
Reject 580 354
n: 973
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Aesthetic value: objective
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 20
Reject 438 411
n: 879
p: 0.0044
r: -0.09
Other minds: adult humans
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 30 1
Reject 798 7
n: 836
p: 0.0093
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 10
Reject 541 214
n: 779
p: 0.0123
r: -0.09
Well-being: objective list
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 12
Reject 420 262
n: 704
p: 0.0183
r: 0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 10
Reject 354 405
n: 781
p: 0.0132
r: -0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 12
Reject 315 275
n: 610
p: 0.0304
r: -0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 28 3
Reject 710 95
n: 836
p: 0.0118
r: 0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 17 11
Reject 286 354
n: 668
p: 0.0274
r: 0.08
Other minds: plants
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 23
Reject 52 753
n: 836
p: 0.0142
r: -0.08
Capital punishment: permissible
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 24
Reject 161 656
n: 847
p: 0.0182
r: -0.08
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 18
Reject 328 246
n: 598
p: 0.049
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 18
Reject 253 590
n: 874
p: 0.02
r: 0.08
Gender: psychological
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 20
Reject 179 645
n: 855
p: 0.025
r: -0.08
Other minds: cats
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 27 4
Reject 749 56
n: 836
p: 0.0277
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: abstract
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 16
Reject 455 314
n: 798
p: 0.0333
r: 0.08
Footbridge: push
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 20
Reject 217 659
n: 902
p: 0.0237
r: -0.07
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 20
Reject 483 440
n: 958
p: 0.0206
r: 0.07
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 19
Reject 225 519
n: 775
p: 0.0381
r: -0.07
Other minds: flies
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 17
Reject 291 514
n: 836
p: 0.0372
r: 0.07
Free will: no free will
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 23
Reject 113 816
n: 960
p: 0.026
r: 0.07
Gender: social
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 27 5
Reject 572 254
n: 858
p: 0.0357
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 8
Reject 652 198
n: 872
p: 0.0429
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Philosophical knowledge: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 21
Reject 255 669
n: 959
p: 0.0449

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.14
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 10 26
Reject 56 678
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Metaphysics
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 5 34
Reject 247 727
n: 1013
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 5 31
Reject 18 716
n: 770
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Marx
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 5 31
Reject 26 708
n: 770
p: 0.0114
r: 0.09
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 5 34
Reject 40 934
n: 1013
p: 0.0046
r: 0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 6 33
Reject 57 917
n: 1013
p: 0.0112
r: -0.08
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 24 14
Reject 844 119
n: 1001
p: 0.0145
r: -0.07
Gender: male
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 29 10
Reject 804 161
n: 1004
p: 0.022
r: 0.07
Gender: female
Philosophical knowledge: none Yes No
Accept 9 30
Reject 159 806
n: 1004
p: 0.0304