Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering

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: -0.25
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 60 130
Reject 112 122
n: 424
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 208 222
Reject 199 359
n: 988
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender: social
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 453 126
Reject 520 273
n: 1372
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender categories: preserve
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 64 314
Reject 127 347
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: revise
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 236 144
Reject 241 234
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender: biological
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 154 419
Reject 297 487
n: 1357
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Mind: physicalism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 407 207
Reject 446 392
n: 1452
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Race: social
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 444 146
Reject 525 269
n: 1384
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 189 174
Reject 193 279
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 348 198
Reject 397 324
n: 1267
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Abortion: permissible
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 395 44
Reject 471 114
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Other minds: current AI systems
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 22 408
Reject 14 544
n: 988
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Free will: libertarianism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 95 547
Reject 210 662
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 254 339
Reject 253 562
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
God: theism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 91 544
Reject 215 673
n: 1523
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 136 210
Reject 223 238
n: 807
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Extended mind: yes
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 219 146
Reject 243 228
n: 836
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Race categories: revise
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 147 214
Reject 141 304
n: 806
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Chinese room: understands
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 88 281
Reject 84 430
n: 883
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Justification: reliabilism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 152 208
Reject 150 284
n: 794
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Teletransporter: survival
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 255 280
Reject 273 445
n: 1253
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 120 194
Reject 142 315
n: 771
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 175 136
Reject 174 206
n: 691
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 116 197
Reject 204 254
n: 771
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Personal identity: psychological view
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 303 232
Reject 355 358
n: 1248
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosophical progress: none
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 16 637
Reject 45 827
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Belief or credence: credence
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 112 189
Reject 117 264
n: 682
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Propositions: sets
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 38 263
Reject 29 348
n: 678
p: 0.004
r: 0.11
Knowledge: empiricism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 342 194
Reject 381 324
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 29 284
Reject 40 348
n: 701
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Free will: compatibilism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 442 201
Reject 515 359
n: 1517
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 106 282
Reject 98 415
n: 901
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 126 240
Reject 139 351
n: 856
p: 0.0021
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 81 199
Reject 65 257
n: 602
p: 0.0112
r: 0.1
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 48 181
Reject 43 207
n: 479
p: 0.0238
r: -0.1
Properties: transcendent universals
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 46 229
Reject 100 276
n: 651
p: 0.0101
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 142 497
Reject 153 729
n: 1521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Units of selection: genes
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 139 115
Reject 152 167
n: 573
p: 0.0164
r: -0.1
Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 56 230
Reject 71 269
n: 626
p: 0.0128
r: -0.1
Capital punishment: permissible
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 66 358
Reject 119 450
n: 993
p: 0.0019
r: -0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 85 272
Reject 137 298
n: 792
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
Other minds: plants
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 39 391
Reject 34 524
n: 988
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
Propositions: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 59 241
Reject 60 317
n: 677
p: 0.0115
r: -0.09
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 106 126
Reject 165 150
n: 547
p: 0.0266
r: -0.09
Time: A-theory
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 117 289
Reject 165 333
n: 904
p: 0.0047
r: 0.09
Possible worlds: concrete
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 27 380
Reject 21 517
n: 945
p: 0.0044
r: -0.09
Meaning of life: objective
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 193 335
Reject 319 438
n: 1285
p: 0.001
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 64 322
Reject 95 388
n: 869
p: 0.0068
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 297 113
Reject 347 161
n: 918
p: 0.0057
r: 0.09
Properties: immanent universals
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 72 202
Reject 78 298
n: 650
p: 0.0245
r: 0.09
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 159 395
Reject 205 566
n: 1325
p: 0.0015
r: 0.09
Law: legal positivism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 109 134
Reject 119 191
n: 553
p: 0.0444
r: -0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 77 289
Reject 129 347
n: 842
p: 0.0131
r: 0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 327 225
Reject 365 339
n: 1256
p: 0.0029
r: 0.08
Other minds: cats
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 407 23
Reject 502 56
n: 988
p: 0.0086
r: -0.08
Race: biological
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 112 480
Reject 180 612
n: 1384
p: 0.0019
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 59 254
Reject 57 339
n: 709
p: 0.027
r: -0.08
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 68 275
Reject 129 329
n: 801
p: 0.0198
r: -0.08
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 125 233
Reject 192 289
n: 839
p: 0.02
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 171 419
Reject 204 650
n: 1444
p: 0.0032
r: 0.08
Propositions: acts
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 32 269
Reject 31 346
n: 678
p: 0.0442
r: 0.08
Other minds: worms
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 119 311
Reject 126 432
n: 988
p: 0.0164
r: -0.08
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 241 326
Reject 346 439
n: 1352
p: 0.0056
r: -0.07
Logic: classical
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 271 191
Reject 436 223
n: 1121
p: 0.012
r: -0.07
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 402 219
Reject 576 277
n: 1474
p: 0.0047
r: 0.07
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 205 379
Reject 258 523
n: 1365
p: 0.0066
r: 0.07
Truth: deflationary
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 170 416
Reject 205 582
n: 1373
p: 0.0065
r: -0.07
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 132 409
Reject 223 519
n: 1283
p: 0.0086
r: -0.07
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 424 174
Reject 614 217
n: 1429
p: 0.0056
r: 0.07
Other minds: flies
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 171 259
Reject 185 373
n: 988
p: 0.0225
r: 0.07
Other minds: fish
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 300 130
Reject 370 188
n: 988
p: 0.0229
r: 0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 187 199
Reject 215 268
n: 869
p: 0.0344
r: 0.07
Consciousness: functionalism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 147 220
Reject 176 301
n: 844
p: 0.0412
r: 0.07
True contradictions: actual
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 50 296
Reject 58 411
n: 815
p: 0.0481
r: 0.07
Footbridge: push
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 183 421
Reject 176 622
n: 1402
p: 0.0095
r: 0.07
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 339 205
Reject 426 316
n: 1286
p: 0.0134
r: -0.07
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 232 361
Reject 366 451
n: 1410
p: 0.0099
r: -0.07
Race: unreal
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 95 480
Reject 140 641
n: 1356
p: 0.0134
r: 0.07
Meaning of life: subjective
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 226 305
Reject 304 452
n: 1287
p: 0.0163
r: -0.07
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 69 317
Reject 113 394
n: 893
p: 0.0458
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 402 210
Reject 518 361
n: 1491
p: 0.0103
r: 0.07
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 276 245
Reject 351 379
n: 1251
p: 0.019
r: -0.06
Personal identity: biological view
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 105 430
Reject 185 528
n: 1248
p: 0.0227
r: 0.06
Knowledge claims: relativism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 39 503
Reject 34 708
n: 1284
p: 0.0243
r: 0.06
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 227 228
Reject 265 349
n: 1069
p: 0.042
r: -0.06
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 321 319
Reject 466 417
n: 1523
p: 0.0234
r: 0.06
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 85 489
Reject 122 725
n: 1421
p: 0.0324
r: 0.05
Experience machine: yes
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 95 513
Reject 117 701
n: 1426
p: 0.0423
r: -0.05
Aesthetic value: objective
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 273 300
Reject 420 390
n: 1383
p: 0.0491
r: -0.05
Truth: correspondence
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Accept Reject
Accept 333 254
Reject 461 328
n: 1376
p: 0.0499

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 604 65
Reject 720 189
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Carnap
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 54 436
Reject 23 679
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other demographics: YOB
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 342 291
Reject 362 501
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Tradition: Continental
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 21 648
Reject 82 827
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 19 653
Reject 70 857
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Heidegger
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 7 483
Reject 25 677
n: 1192
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 90 582
Reject 64 863
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Tradition: Other tradition
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 44 625
Reject 107 802
n: 1578
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Aquinas
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 11 479
Reject 36 666
n: 1192
p: 0.0022
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Anscombe
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 10 480
Reject 25 677
n: 1192
p: 0.0093
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hume
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 104 386
Reject 108 594
n: 1192
p: 0.0114
r: 0.07
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 96 576
Reject 93 834
n: 1599
p: 0.0048
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 5 485
Reject 21 681
n: 1192
p: 0.0158
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 37 453
Reject 76 626
n: 1192
p: 0.043
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 42 630
Reject 87 840
n: 1599
p: 0.0305
r: -0.05
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering Yes No
Accept 29 643
Reject 59 868
n: 1599
p: 0.0388