Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

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

n: 986

p < 0.0001

r: -0.42	Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	192	281
Reject	406	107

n: 986

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	177
Reject	162	150

n: 592

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	181
Reject	81	231

n: 590

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Morality: constructivism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	120	326
Reject	81	381

n: 908

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	279
Reject	85	331

n: 805

p: 0.0006

r: 0.11	Other minds: adult humans
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	492	1
Reject	486	10

n: 989

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	119
Reject	125	166

n: 549

p: 0.012

r: -0.11	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	257	154
Reject	282	125

n: 818

p: 0.0022

r: -0.11	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	287	141
Reject	364	121

n: 913

p: 0.0013

r: -0.1	Other minds: flies
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	324
Reject	190	306

n: 989

p: 0.0018

r: -0.1	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	280
Reject	101	269

n: 715

p: 0.008

r: 0.1	Aesthetic experience: perception
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	175
Reject	81	207

n: 564

p: 0.0213

r: 0.09	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	170	237
Reject	140	300

n: 847

p: 0.0062

r: 0.09	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	301
Reject	59	351

n: 788

p: 0.0118

r: -0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	200
Reject	124	196

n: 608

p: 0.0301

r: -0.09	Other minds: fish
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	327	166
Reject	348	148

n: 989

p: 0.0063

r: 0.08	Race categories: revise
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	151	239
Reject	135	267

n: 792

p: 0.0173

r: 0.08	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	395	243
Reject	342	296

n: 1276

p: 0.0025

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	271
Reject	60	311

n: 719

p: 0.0248

r: -0.08	A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	581	189
Reject	626	150

n: 1546

p: 0.0011

r: -0.08	Normative concepts: value
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	210
Reject	173	193

n: 705

p: 0.0335

r: -0.08	Other minds: worms
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	378
Reject	135	361

n: 989

p: 0.0123

r: 0.08	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	300
Reject	10	352

n: 676

p: 0.043

r: -0.08	Wittgenstein: early
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	90	310
Reject	135	294

n: 829

p: 0.0275

r: -0.08	Morality: non-naturalism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	334
Reject	152	310

n: 905

p: 0.0216

r: -0.08	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	283
Reject	136	280

n: 791

p: 0.0324

r: 0.07	Normative concepts: reasons
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	104	235
Reject	94	271

n: 704

p: 0.0481

r: -0.07	Abortion: permissible
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	402	94
Reject	460	65

n: 1021

p: 0.0193

r: -0.07	Possible worlds: abstract
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	252	203
Reject	304	184

n: 943

p: 0.0284

r: -0.07	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	304
Reject	170	301

n: 901

p: 0.0434

r: -0.07	Trolley problem: switch
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	520	172
Reject	541	158

n: 1391

p: 0.0143

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	440	333
Reject	471	282

n: 1526

p: 0.0106

r: 0.07	Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	500
Reject	26	515

n: 1078

p: 0.0325

r: -0.06	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	486	266
Reject	520	226

n: 1498

p: 0.0135

r: -0.06	Abstract objects: Platonism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	282	410
Reject	313	366

n: 1371

p: 0.0187

r: 0.06	God: theism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	176	597
Reject	131	638

n: 1542

p: 0.0129

r: -0.06	Race: unreal
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	594
Reject	124	538

n: 1356

p: 0.026

r: -0.06	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	166	472
Reject	197	438

n: 1273

p: 0.0436

r: -0.05	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	325	416
Reject	377	372

n: 1490

p: 0.0346

r: 0.05	External world: idealism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	719
Reject	52	723

n: 1551

p: 0.0474

r: 0.05	External world: skepticism
Philosophical progress: a little	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	727
Reject	43	732

n: 1549

p: 0.0492

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Socrates
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	30	571
Reject	12	565

n: 1178

p: 0.0009

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Lewis
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	42	559
Reject	73	504

n: 1178

p: 0.0027

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Confucius
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	6	595
Reject	0	577

n: 1178

p: 0.017

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	16	585
Reject	6	571

n: 1178

p: 0.0282

r: -0.05	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	60	745
Reject	82	714

n: 1601

p: 0.0423

r: 0.05	AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	37	768
Reject	24	772

n: 1601

p: 0.0439

r: -0.05	Gender: male
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	625	176
Reject	644	155

n: 1600

p: 0.0441

r: 0.05	Gender: female
Philosophical progress: a little	Yes	No
Accept	173	628
Reject	152	647

n: 1600

p: 0.0462