Survey Results

Correlations

Philosophical progress: 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 knowledge: none
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 23
Reject 17 929
n: 984
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
True contradictions: impossible
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 17
Reject 616 177
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
True contradictions: actual
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 19
Reject 89 704
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 12
Reject 77 399
n: 494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Metaontology: anti-realism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 13
Reject 68 499
n: 588
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 30
Reject 590 358
n: 986
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Science: scientific realism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 27 28
Reject 1141 268
n: 1464
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 19 17
Reject 631 245
n: 912
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 17 44
Reject 894 570
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 21
Reject 528 258
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
External world: idealism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 44
Reject 96 1397
n: 1550
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
External world: non-skeptical realism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 37 20
Reject 1295 195
n: 1547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 24 6
Reject 360 474
n: 864
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 17 13
Reject 293 523
n: 846
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
External world: skepticism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 49
Reject 82 1409
n: 1548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Politics: capitalism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 29
Reject 309 531
n: 876
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Other minds: future AI systems
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 26
Reject 397 557
n: 988
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Other minds: plants
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 28
Reject 62 892
n: 988
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Belief or credence: neither
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 11
Reject 137 526
n: 681
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 45
Reject 637 827
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Gender: psychological
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 22 33
Reject 301 1005
n: 1361
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Other minds: worms
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 17 17
Reject 233 721
n: 988
p: 0.0006
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 28 33
Reject 947 517
n: 1525
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Theory of reference: causal
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 16
Reject 390 325
n: 737
p: 0.0048
r: 0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 38 19
Reject 546 816
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Theory of reference: deflationary
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 14
Reject 108 596
n: 726
p: 0.0052
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 26 27
Reject 363 831
n: 1247
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 31
Reject 179 860
n: 1081
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Free will: libertarianism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 15 37
Reject 290 1187
n: 1529
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 19
Reject 378 439
n: 845
p: 0.0057
r: 0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 10
Reject 165 500
n: 686
p: 0.015
r: -0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 28 24
Reject 945 535
n: 1532
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 43
Reject 793 671
n: 1525
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: moral
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 22
Reject 83 683
n: 794
p: 0.0102
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 12
Reject 95 505
n: 618
p: 0.0237
r: 0.09
Justification: coherentism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 13
Reject 202 567
n: 791
p: 0.0122
r: 0.09
Consciousness: panpsychism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 21
Reject 64 767
n: 857
p: 0.0095
r: -0.09
Immortality: yes
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 9 22
Reject 471 478
n: 980
p: 0.0056
r: 0.09
Truth: deflationary
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 24 24
Reject 348 985
n: 1381
p: 0.001
r: 0.09
Spacetime: relationism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 7
Reject 248 277
n: 548
p: 0.0428
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 39
Reject 681 749
n: 1489
p: 0.0008
r: -0.09
Units of selection: genes
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 13
Reject 271 260
n: 556
p: 0.0432
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 5 17
Reject 69 701
n: 792
p: 0.016
r: 0.09
Kant: one world
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 12
Reject 279 294
n: 605
p: 0.0362
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 10 12
Reject 185 597
n: 804
p: 0.0182
r: -0.08
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 21
Reject 236 409
n: 673
p: 0.032
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 17 39
Reject 242 987
n: 1285
p: 0.0031
r: -0.08
Trolley problem: switch
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 25 16
Reject 1035 314
n: 1390
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 49
Reject 521 943
n: 1525
p: 0.0016
r: 0.08
Knowledge claims: relativism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 45
Reject 64 1156
n: 1273
p: 0.0039
r: -0.08
Well-being: objective list
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 9
Reject 472 320
n: 814
p: 0.0234
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 33
Reject 619 578
n: 1250
p: 0.0053
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: ontological
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 21
Reject 80 681
n: 790
p: 0.028
r: -0.08
Propositions: structured entities
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 6 14
Reject 291 370
n: 681
p: 0.0439
r: 0.08
Zombies: inconceivable
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 33
Reject 224 1071
n: 1342
p: 0.0055
r: -0.08
Other minds: cats
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 28 6
Reject 880 74
n: 988
p: 0.0174
r: -0.07
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 29
Reject 713 505
n: 1267
p: 0.0093
r: 0.07
Vagueness: metaphysical
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 12 27
Reject 264 952
n: 1255
p: 0.0108
r: 0.07
Hume: skeptic
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 12
Reject 279 453
n: 760
p: 0.0484
r: 0.07
Personal identity: biological view
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 33
Reject 271 954
n: 1272
p: 0.0107
r: -0.07
Mind: physicalism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 21 30
Reject 842 580
n: 1473
p: 0.0061
r: -0.07
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 14 28
Reject 487 558
n: 1087
p: 0.019
r: 0.07
Morality: constructivism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 18
Reject 189 689
n: 907
p: 0.0332
r: -0.07
Normative ethics: deontology
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 44
Reject 515 846
n: 1418
p: 0.0081
r: -0.07
Truth: correspondence
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 30
Reject 789 546
n: 1383
p: 0.0103
r: 0.07
Other minds: flies
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 19 15
Reject 340 614
n: 988
p: 0.0324
r: -0.07
Vagueness: semantic
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 18 23
Reject 682 541
n: 1264
p: 0.0155
r: 0.07
Free will: no free will
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 8 44
Reject 178 1301
n: 1531
p: 0.0086
r: 0.07
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 13 25
Reject 339 609
n: 986
p: 0.0387
r: 0.07
God: theism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 20 39
Reject 287 1195
n: 1541
p: 0.0097
r: 0.07
Race: unreal
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 42
Reject 208 1089
n: 1355
p: 0.0165
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 42 20
Reject 1165 318
n: 1545
p: 0.0145
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 26 35
Reject 709 755
n: 1525
p: 0.0169
r: 0.06
Proper names: Fregean
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 16 16
Reject 413 620
n: 1065
p: 0.0488
r: -0.06
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 32 21
Reject 1042 352
n: 1447
p: 0.0232
r: 0.06
Truth: epistemic
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 7 41
Reject 143 1188
n: 1379
p: 0.0282
r: 0.06
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 11 48
Reject 184 1177
n: 1420
p: 0.0318
r: -0.06
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Philosophical progress: none Accept Reject
Accept 28 23
Reject 976 463
n: 1490
p: 0.0337

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.21
Tradition: Analytic
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 28 36
Reject 1319 197
n: 1580
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Tradition: Continental
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 18 46
Reject 72 1444
n: 1580
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 14 53
Reject 67 1466
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 13 54
Reject 61 1472
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 18 49
Reject 102 1431
n: 1600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 6 49
Reject 29 1093
n: 1177
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Tradition: Other tradition
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 18 46
Reject 125 1391
n: 1580
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Heidegger
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 6 49
Reject 26 1096
n: 1177
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Foucault
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 5 50
Reject 19 1103
n: 1177
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Arendt
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 5 50
Reject 10 1112
n: 1177
p: 0.0002
r: 0.09
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 11 56
Reject 75 1458
n: 1600
p: 0.0006
r: 0.08
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 9 58
Reject 38 1495
n: 1600
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
Gender: male
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 48 17
Reject 1220 314
n: 1599
p: 0.0016
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Marx
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 7 48
Reject 39 1083
n: 1177
p: 0.0076
r: 0.08
Gender: female
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 16 49
Reject 309 1225
n: 1599
p: 0.0023
r: -0.07
AOS: Normative Ethics
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 6 61
Reject 333 1200
n: 1600
p: 0.0082
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 6 61
Reject 322 1211
n: 1600
p: 0.0094
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 9 58
Reject 377 1156
n: 1600
p: 0.0267
r: 0.05
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Philosophical progress: none Yes No
Accept 11 56
Reject 141 1392
n: 1600
p: 0.0482