Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical methods: formal 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: 0.21
Units of selection: genes
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 190 146
Reject 101 136
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Wittgenstein: early
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 167 337
Reject 61 266
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 49 314
Reject 37 109
n: 509
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 253 201
Reject 96 141
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 152 204
Reject 119 72
n: 547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Law: legal positivism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 154 180
Reject 74 145
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical progress: none
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 17 894
Reject 44 570
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 196 220
Reject 82 128
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 457 408
Reject 246 377
n: 1488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 105 354
Reject 83 159
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 262 260
Reject 120 193
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 220 313
Reject 182 154
n: 869
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Politics: capitalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 212 326
Reject 95 246
n: 879
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 127 385
Reject 41 242
n: 795
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Material composition: universalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 113 200
Reject 38 107
n: 458
p: 0.0045
r: -0.13
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 166 429
Reject 132 218
n: 945
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Practical reason: Humean
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 176 278
Reject 86 231
n: 771
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Philosophical progress: a lot
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 447 464
Reject 233 382
n: 1526
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 348 491
Reject 159 410
n: 1408
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 105 408
Reject 99 194
n: 806
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 380 220
Reject 204 171
n: 975
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Mind: physicalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 552 320
Reject 301 279
n: 1452
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 735 178
Reject 446 174
n: 1533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 339 148
Reject 205 136
n: 828
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 170 292
Reject 59 161
n: 682
p: 0.0017
r: 0.12
True contradictions: impossible
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 409 118
Reject 202 86
n: 815
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 310 530
Reject 288 282
n: 1410
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 169 285
Reject 151 166
n: 771
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 264 346
Reject 143 235
n: 988
p: 0.0003
r: -0.11
Belief or credence: belief
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 140 322
Reject 85 135
n: 682
p: 0.0028
r: 0.11
Consciousness: functionalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 219 305
Reject 104 216
n: 844
p: 0.0009
r: 0.11
Possible worlds: abstract
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 374 221
Reject 183 167
n: 945
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Propositions: structured entities
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 221 257
Reject 71 130
n: 679
p: 0.0036
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: moral
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 52 444
Reject 41 260
n: 797
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 214 295
Reject 103 167
n: 779
p: 0.002
r: -0.11
Propositions: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 73 403
Reject 46 155
n: 677
p: 0.0041
r: -0.11
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 102 452
Reject 102 245
n: 901
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 112 383
Reject 64 261
n: 820
p: 0.0023
r: 0.11
Moral principles: moral generalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 327 203
Reject 176 163
n: 869
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 70 423
Reject 69 230
n: 792
p: 0.0031
r: -0.1
Philosophical knowledge: none
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 18 580
Reject 21 354
n: 973
p: 0.0018
r: -0.1
Temporal ontology: growing block
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 69 347
Reject 46 162
n: 624
p: 0.0143
r: -0.1
True contradictions: actual
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 63 464
Reject 45 243
n: 815
p: 0.0056
r: 0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 389 165
Reject 255 109
n: 918
p: 0.0035
r: -0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 25 502
Reject 19 269
n: 815
p: 0.0065
r: 0.1
Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 404 426
Reject 183 339
n: 1352
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Material composition: restrictivism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 124 189
Reject 64 81
n: 458
p: 0.0428
r: -0.09
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 187 344
Reject 130 178
n: 839
p: 0.006
r: -0.09
Proper names: Fregean
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 267 418
Reject 162 212
n: 1059
p: 0.0025
r: -0.09
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 78 403
Reject 44 200
n: 725
p: 0.0128
r: -0.09
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 11 433
Reject 15 218
n: 677
p: 0.0163
r: 0.09
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 191 207
Reject 72 132
n: 602
p: 0.0239
r: 0.09
Science: scientific realism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 724 152
Reject 417 150
n: 1443
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 108 425
Reject 51 285
n: 869
p: 0.0075
r: -0.09
Truth: epistemic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 76 756
Reject 83 457
n: 1372
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Concepts: nativism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 155 279
Reject 74 198
n: 706
p: 0.018
r: 0.09
Immortality: yes
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 303 284
Reject 162 220
n: 969
p: 0.0058
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 199 401
Reject 145 230
n: 975
p: 0.0064
r: 0.09
Normative concepts: value
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 197 230
Reject 105 169
n: 701
p: 0.0212
r: -0.09
Gender categories: revise
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 278 242
Reject 199 136
n: 855
p: 0.0114
r: 0.08
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 459 292
Reject 286 230
n: 1267
p: 0.0025
r: 0.08
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 797 110
Reject 500 103
n: 1510
p: 0.002
r: 0.08
Justification: reliabilism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 194 295
Reject 108 197
n: 794
p: 0.026
r: 0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 466 334
Reject 226 230
n: 1256
p: 0.0066
r: 0.08
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 611 287
Reject 377 220
n: 1495
p: 0.0031
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 83 426
Reject 34 253
n: 796
p: 0.0343
r: 0.07
Truth: correspondence
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 503 332
Reject 291 250
n: 1376
p: 0.0061
r: 0.07
Values in science: can be either
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 189 346
Reject 94 242
n: 871
p: 0.0308
r: -0.07
External world: skepticism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 44 865
Reject 44 557
n: 1510
p: 0.005
r: -0.07
Justification: coherentism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 118 372
Reject 96 208
n: 794
p: 0.0462
r: 0.07
Race: biological
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 185 617
Reject 107 475
n: 1384
p: 0.014
r: -0.07
Philosophical progress: a little
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 440 471
Reject 333 282
n: 1526
p: 0.0106
r: -0.06
External world: idealism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 56 853
Reject 51 552
n: 1512
p: 0.0185
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 184 708
Reject 111 518
n: 1521
p: 0.0186
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 197 634
Reject 178 435
n: 1444
p: 0.0231
r: 0.06
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 236 546
Reject 119 382
n: 1283
p: 0.0347
r: -0.06
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Accept Reject
Accept 445 339
Reject 320 182
n: 1286
p: 0.0348

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.23
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 839 91
Reject 485 163
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 132 808
Reject 17 642
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Carnap
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 67 620
Reject 10 495
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Lewis
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 91 596
Reject 20 485
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Tradition: Other tradition
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 56 874
Reject 95 553
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Frege
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 79 608
Reject 13 492
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Tradition: Continental
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 35 895
Reject 68 580
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 29 911
Reject 60 599
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 197 743
Reject 68 591
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Decision Theory
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 44 896
Reject 3 656
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 125 815
Reject 135 524
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other demographics: YOB
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 441 432
Reject 263 360
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Heidegger
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 11 676
Reject 21 484
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Russell
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 57 630
Reject 17 488
n: 1192
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Marx
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 22 665
Reject 26 479
n: 1192
p: 0.001
r: -0.09
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 30 910
Reject 50 609
n: 1599
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
Gender: male
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 778 160
Reject 481 171
n: 1590
p: 0.0005
r: -0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 27 913
Reject 47 612
n: 1599
p: 0.0008
r: -0.08
Gender: female
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 156 782
Reject 168 484
n: 1590
p: 0.001
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 109 578
Reject 114 391
n: 1192
p: 0.0062
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 40 900
Reject 10 649
n: 1599
p: 0.0017
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Leibniz
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 30 657
Reject 7 498
n: 1192
p: 0.0072
r: 0.07
AOS: Metaphysics
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 226 714
Reject 117 542
n: 1599
p: 0.003
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 16 671
Reject 20 485
n: 1192
p: 0.0113
r: 0.07
AOS: Epistemology
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 245 695
Reject 127 532
n: 1599
p: 0.0041
r: -0.07
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 12 928
Reject 23 636
n: 1599
p: 0.0042
r: 0.07
Philosopher: ramsey
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 6 681
Reject 0 505
n: 1192
p: 0.0139
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Spinoza
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 11 676
Reject 18 487
n: 1192
p: 0.0193
r: -0.06
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 75 865
Reject 76 583
n: 1599
p: 0.0096
r: -0.06
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 62 878
Reject 63 596
n: 1599
p: 0.0104
r: -0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 99 841
Reject 105 554
n: 1599
p: 0.0114
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Hegel
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 14 673
Reject 21 484
n: 1192
p: 0.0308
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 45 895
Reject 17 642
n: 1599
p: 0.0125
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 59 628
Reject 54 451
n: 1192
p: 0.0332
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Davidson
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 30 657
Reject 11 494
n: 1192
p: 0.0424
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Anscombe
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 16 671
Reject 19 486
n: 1192
p: 0.0446
r: -0.06
AOS: Aesthetics
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 43 897
Reject 50 609
n: 1599
p: 0.0261
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy Yes No
Accept 21 919
Reject 28 631
n: 1599
p: 0.0381