Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy

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: 0.43
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 592 238
Reject 153 284
n: 1267
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Knowledge: empiricism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 546 255
Reject 177 263
n: 1241
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Mind: physicalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 624 308
Reject 229 291
n: 1452
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 198 290
Reject 64 219
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Morality: non-naturalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 126 453
Reject 125 192
n: 896
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 293 345
Reject 114 236
n: 988
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Consciousness: dualism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 113 445
Reject 93 191
n: 842
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 134 304
Reject 107 132
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: reliabilism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 227 292
Reject 75 200
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 231 274
Reject 86 188
n: 779
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meaning of life: objective
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 278 542
Reject 234 231
n: 1285
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 185 233
Reject 51 152
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 371 520
Reject 136 381
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 334 530
Reject 253 235
n: 1352
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 193 211
Reject 85 137
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 264 275
Reject 118 178
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 121 395
Reject 101 175
n: 792
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Chinese room: understands
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 128 426
Reject 44 285
n: 883
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Morality: naturalist realism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 225 358
Reject 85 234
n: 902
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Properties: transcendent universals
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 76 338
Reject 70 167
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: tropes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 82 333
Reject 33 204
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Practical reason: Kantian
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 78 408
Reject 82 201
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 110 281
Reject 36 175
n: 602
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 349 352
Reject 143 225
n: 1069
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Units of selection: genes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 212 176
Reject 79 106
n: 573
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Free will: libertarianism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 170 808
Reject 135 401
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 137 395
Reject 39 249
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 54 362
Reject 40 164
n: 620
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Law: legal positivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 159 195
Reject 69 130
n: 553
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 437 161
Reject 207 113
n: 918
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Consciousness: functionalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 242 316
Reject 81 205
n: 844
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 706 266
Reject 475 86
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Abortion: permissible
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 577 83
Reject 289 75
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Concepts: nativism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 132 339
Reject 97 138
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Aesthetic value: objective
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 412 479
Reject 281 211
n: 1383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Laws of nature: Humean
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 326 544
Reject 137 358
n: 1365
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 580 371
Reject 408 136
n: 1495
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
God: theism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 156 807
Reject 150 410
n: 1523
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Meaning of life: subjective
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 365 457
Reject 165 300
n: 1287
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 37 425
Reject 32 207
n: 701
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Hume: skeptic
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 179 318
Reject 120 147
n: 764
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Gender: social
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 659 225
Reject 314 174
n: 1372
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 102 168
Reject 70 84
n: 424
p: 0.0075
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 72 389
Reject 57 191
n: 709
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Gender categories: preserve
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 105 462
Reject 86 199
n: 852
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Belief or credence: belief
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 128 305
Reject 97 152
n: 682
p: 0.0009
r: 0.13
Propositions: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 85 343
Reject 34 215
n: 677
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
Time: A-theory
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 162 414
Reject 120 208
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 72 169
Reject 45 65
n: 351
p: 0.0192
r: -0.12
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 631 269
Reject 407 122
n: 1429
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 31 482
Reject 13 289
n: 815
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Race: social
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 659 238
Reject 310 177
n: 1384
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Gender categories: revise
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 333 235
Reject 144 143
n: 855
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Other minds: current AI systems
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 25 613
Reject 11 339
n: 988
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Personal identity: further-fact view
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 126 662
Reject 96 354
n: 1238
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 358 230
Reject 225 87
n: 900
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Temporal ontology: presentism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 70 335
Reject 57 164
n: 626
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 154 279
Reject 75 174
n: 682
p: 0.0019
r: -0.12
Causation: primitive
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 97 401
Reject 76 197
n: 771
p: 0.001
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 113 585
Reject 77 288
n: 1063
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: deontology
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 283 608
Reject 228 290
n: 1409
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Extended mind: yes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 328 224
Reject 134 150
n: 836
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 98 411
Reject 41 242
n: 792
p: 0.0013
r: -0.11
Epistemic justification: internalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 309 563
Reject 216 261
n: 1349
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 613 339
Reject 365 157
n: 1474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Race categories: revise
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 207 327
Reject 81 191
n: 806
p: 0.0019
r: 0.11
Material composition: universalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 102 178
Reject 49 129
n: 458
p: 0.021
r: -0.11
Philosophical progress: none
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 28 947
Reject 33 517
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Trolley problem: switch
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 692 193
Reject 337 142
n: 1364
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 108 172
Reject 80 98
n: 458
p: 0.0231
r: -0.11
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 175 187
Reject 96 89
n: 547
p: 0.0132
r: -0.1
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 196 342
Reject 121 180
n: 839
p: 0.0025
r: 0.1
Mind uploading: survival
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 182 374
Reject 83 217
n: 856
p: 0.0024
r: 0.1
Properties: classes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 60 353
Reject 26 211
n: 650
p: 0.0084
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 142 399
Reject 48 212
n: 801
p: 0.004
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: relativism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 55 770
Reject 18 441
n: 1284
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 217 299
Reject 142 149
n: 807
p: 0.0043
r: -0.1
Race categories: preserve
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 38 496
Reject 39 231
n: 804
p: 0.0049
r: -0.1
Well-being: objective list
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 300 231
Reject 190 98
n: 819
p: 0.0047
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 330 203
Reject 214 81
n: 828
p: 0.0047
r: 0.1
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 25 294
Reject 8 180
n: 507
p: 0.0301
r: -0.09
Gender: biological
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 270 601
Reject 181 305
n: 1357
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Morality: expressivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 74 508
Reject 32 285
n: 899
p: 0.005
r: 0.09
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 77 247
Reject 34 121
n: 479
p: 0.042
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 63 329
Reject 22 186
n: 600
p: 0.0232
r: 0.09
Theory of reference: causal
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 266 216
Reject 120 134
n: 736
p: 0.0125
r: -0.09
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 208 631
Reject 156 330
n: 1325
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
Experience machine: yes
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 155 760
Reject 57 454
n: 1426
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 125 333
Reject 43 204
n: 705
p: 0.0176
r: 0.09
Properties: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 44 368
Reject 16 220
n: 648
p: 0.0233
r: 0.09
True contradictions: actual
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 71 442
Reject 37 265
n: 815
p: 0.0123
r: -0.08
True contradictions: impossible
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 370 143
Reject 241 61
n: 815
p: 0.0162
r: 0.08
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 208 766
Reject 87 460
n: 1521
p: 0.0011
r: -0.08
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 212 611
Reject 143 317
n: 1283
p: 0.0029
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 140 442
Reject 64 255
n: 901
p: 0.0159
r: -0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 70 467
Reject 47 212
n: 796
p: 0.0259
r: 0.08
Free will: compatibilism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 640 339
Reject 317 221
n: 1517
p: 0.0023
r: 0.08
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 240 217
Reject 109 125
n: 691
p: 0.0398
r: -0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 107 460
Reject 75 251
n: 893
p: 0.0216
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 198 291
Reject 122 160
n: 771
p: 0.0346

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.22
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 142 877
Reject 12 568
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Hume
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 167 578
Reject 45 402
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Kant
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 82 663
Reject 93 354
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other demographics: YOB
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 481 464
Reject 223 328
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Plato
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 29 716
Reject 39 408
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 81 664
Reject 22 425
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 148 871
Reject 41 539
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Dewey
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 38 707
Reject 6 441
n: 1192
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 240 779
Reject 89 491
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 860 142
Reject 464 112
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 146 885
Reject 122 470
n: 1623
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Aquinas
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 22 723
Reject 25 422
n: 1192
p: 0.0011
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Heidegger
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 13 732
Reject 19 428
n: 1192
p: 0.0011
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 58 687
Reject 55 392
n: 1192
p: 0.0015
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hegel
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 18 727
Reject 17 430
n: 1192
p: 0.0018
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 55 964
Reject 10 570
n: 1599
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Anscombe
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 17 728
Reject 18 429
n: 1192
p: 0.0029
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 66 953
Reject 63 517
n: 1599
p: 0.0008
r: -0.08
Tradition: Continental
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 53 949
Reject 50 526
n: 1578
p: 0.0009
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 181 774
Reject 137 419
n: 1511
p: 0.0019
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 68 963
Reject 15 577
n: 1623
p: 0.0025
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Oceania
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 41 699
Reject 12 382
n: 1134
p: 0.0119
r: 0.07
Region of PhD: Canada
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 37 703
Reject 8 386
n: 1134
p: 0.0126
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 47 972
Reject 15 565
n: 1599
p: 0.0036
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Husserl
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 13 732
Reject 19 428
n: 1192
p: 0.013
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Putnam
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 34 711
Reject 8 439
n: 1192
p: 0.0175
r: -0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 47 972
Reject 42 538
n: 1599
p: 0.0084
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Europe
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 69 671
Reject 49 345
n: 1134
p: 0.0367
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Frege
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 46 699
Reject 46 401
n: 1192
p: 0.0331
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Fodor
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 5 740
Reject 0 447
n: 1192
p: 0.0352
r: 0.06
Philosopher: James
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 32 713
Reject 9 438
n: 1192
p: 0.0366
r: -0.06
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 87 932
Reject 64 516
n: 1599
p: 0.0204
r: -0.06
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 45 974
Reject 35 545
n: 1599
p: 0.0217
r: -0.06
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 188 831
Reject 135 445
n: 1599
p: 0.0267
r: -0.05
Tradition: Other tradition
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 89 913
Reject 62 514
n: 1578
p: 0.0317
r: 0.05
Region of nationality: Oceania
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 60 895
Reject 19 537
n: 1511
p: 0.0434
r: -0.05
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy Yes No
Accept 23 996
Reject 21 559
n: 1599
p: 0.0458