Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.48	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	138
Reject	25	451

n: 720

p < 0.0001

r: 0.38	Gender categories: preserve
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	133
Reject	56	389

n: 674

p < 0.0001

r: 0.37	Race: biological
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	170
Reject	58	470

n: 808

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Capital punishment: permissible
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	185
Reject	61	450

n: 784

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Gender: social
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	140	127
Reject	416	110

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: 0.32	Gender: biological
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	130
Reject	127	394

n: 790

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Abortion: permissible
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	197	80
Reject	466	47

n: 790

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	157
Reject	36	298

n: 564

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	159
Reject	281	198

n: 723

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Race: social
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	151	128
Reject	415	115

n: 809

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Gender categories: revise
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	88	142
Reject	267	179

n: 676

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	111
Reject	243	316

n: 870

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Immortality: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	96
Reject	201	289

n: 766

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	259
Reject	192	369

n: 872

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Race categories: preserve
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	184
Reject	24	393

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	106
Reject	144	258

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Consciousness: dualism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	153
Reject	81	340

n: 663

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Other minds: plants
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	261
Reject	47	445

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	159
Reject	227	220

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	God: theism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	216
Reject	89	483

n: 883

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Truth: epistemic
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	273
Reject	71	427

n: 784

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	True contradictions: impossible
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	212	39
Reject	287	108

n: 646

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Logic: classical
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	196	60
Reject	235	171

n: 662

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	True contradictions: actual
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	233
Reject	65	330

n: 646

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	183
Reject	69	378

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	138
Reject	287	180

n: 733

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	63	167
Reject	127	206

n: 563

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Kant: one world
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	97
Reject	155	135

n: 458

p: 0.0003

r: 0.16	Truth: correspondence
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	193	93
Reject	268	232

n: 786

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	224	79
Reject	349	205

n: 857

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Free will: libertarianism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	223
Reject	88	460

n: 860

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Morality: constructivism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	215
Reject	112	331

n: 705

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Other minds: current AI systems
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	262
Reject	21	471

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	171	59
Reject	249	150

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Gender categories: eliminate
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	202
Reject	100	346

n: 676

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Other minds: worms
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	215
Reject	132	360

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	201
Reject	66	268

n: 565

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	185	122
Reject	284	288

n: 879

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	189	73
Reject	263	177

n: 702

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	212	95
Reject	326	246

n: 879

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Mind: physicalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	150	156
Reject	336	201

n: 843

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Concepts: nativism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	112
Reject	109	250

n: 550

p: 0.0015

r: 0.13	Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	110
Reject	34	223

n: 402

p: 0.0078

r: 0.13	Meaning of life: objective
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	137	144
Reject	156	304

n: 741

p: 0.0003

r: 0.13	Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	155
Reject	33	328

n: 538

p: 0.0028

r: 0.13	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	143
Reject	100	282

n: 607

p: 0.0017

r: 0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	86	75
Reject	121	191

n: 473

p: 0.0059

r: -0.13	Free will: compatibilism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	133
Reject	369	181

n: 863

p: 0.0002

r: -0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	197
Reject	109	286

n: 632

p: 0.0017

r: -0.12	Philosophical progress: none
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	309
Reject	29	531

n: 876

p: 0.0003

r: -0.12	Other minds: flies
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	186
Reject	182	310

n: 761

p: 0.0009

r: 0.12	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	172
Reject	17	342

n: 551

p: 0.0048

r: -0.11	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	261
Reject	133	426

n: 870

p: 0.0012

r: -0.11	Personal identity: psychological view
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	122	137
Reject	246	213

n: 718

p: 0.0032

r: 0.11	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	156
Reject	130	361

n: 736

p: 0.0035

r: -0.1	Philosophical knowledge: none
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	263
Reject	21	452

n: 741

p: 0.0043

r: -0.1	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	189
Reject	158	320

n: 722

p: 0.005

r: 0.1	Values in science: can be either
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	151
Reject	143	305

n: 688

p: 0.0067

r: 0.1	Theory of reference: descriptive
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	142
Reject	84	287

n: 574

p: 0.0141

r: -0.1	Consciousness: identity theory
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	212
Reject	72	349

n: 663

p: 0.0092

r: -0.1	Extended mind: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	112
Reject	258	167

n: 651

p: 0.0107

r: -0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	187
Reject	186	275

n: 741

p: 0.0072

r: 0.1	A priori knowledge: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	258	56
Reject	425	133

n: 872

p: 0.0036

r: -0.1	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	142
Reject	115	246

n: 538

p: 0.0224

r: 0.1	Morality: non-naturalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	175
Reject	108	335

n: 703

p: 0.0094

r: 0.1	Ought implies can: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	198	75
Reject	307	182

n: 762

p: 0.0077

r: 0.1	Arguments for theism: design
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	182
Reject	68	319

n: 636

p: 0.0162

r: -0.09	Knowledge: empiricism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	123
Reject	270	189

n: 718

p: 0.0117

r: -0.09	Chinese room: understands
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	209
Reject	101	335

n: 688

p: 0.0148

r: -0.09	Consciousness: functionalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	159
Reject	171	252

n: 665

p: 0.0175

r: -0.09	Temporal ontology: growing block
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	167
Reject	71	243

n: 506

p: 0.0383

r: -0.09	Justification: coherentism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	176
Reject	111	273

n: 610

p: 0.0232

r: -0.09	Laws of nature: Humean
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	204
Reject	178	327

n: 787

p: 0.011

r: -0.09	Practical reason: Kantian
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	169
Reject	84	306

n: 597

p: 0.0277

r: -0.09	Possible worlds: concrete
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	260
Reject	28	432

n: 733

p: 0.0147

r: 0.09	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	167
Reject	86	302

n: 637

p: 0.0234

r: 0.09	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	232	66
Reject	385	144

n: 827

p: 0.0107

r: -0.09	Other minds: future AI systems
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	169
Reject	216	276

n: 761

p: 0.0163

r: 0.09	Mental content: internalism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	160
Reject	135	349

n: 735

p: 0.0211

r: 0.08	Aesthetic value: objective
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	160	125
Reject	255	265

n: 805

p: 0.0174

r: 0.08	Abstract objects: Platonism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	135
Reject	203	289

n: 768

p: 0.0224

r: -0.08	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	122
Reject	296	196

n: 738

p: 0.0256

r: -0.08	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	222
Reject	148	389

n: 816

p: 0.0189

r: -0.08	Experience machine: yes
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	254
Reject	82	443

n: 817

p: 0.0192

r: -0.08	True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	241
Reject	20	375

n: 646

p: 0.0383

r: -0.08	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	193
Reject	173	275

n: 711

p: 0.0299

r: -0.08	Truth: deflationary
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	209
Reject	141	358

n: 785

p: 0.0231

r: -0.08	Teletransporter: survival
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	166
Reject	192	260

n: 719

p: 0.0326

r: -0.08	External world: idealism
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	295
Reject	45	516

n: 870

p: 0.0215

r: -0.08	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	223
Reject	119	340

n: 736

p: 0.0357

r: -0.08	Vagueness: metaphysical
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	208
Reject	103	371

n: 728

p: 0.0382

r: 0.08	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	186
Reject	135	367

n: 773

p: 0.033

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Politics: capitalism	Accept	Reject
Accept	237	70
Reject	424	148

n: 879

p: 0.0457

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	53	265
Reject	30	565

n: 913

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Gender: male
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	285	24
Reject	443	144

n: 896

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Gender: female
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	24	285
Reject	141	446

n: 896

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Tradition: Analytic
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	294	21
Reject	486	99

n: 900

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Aquinas
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	24	231
Reject	12	459

n: 726

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	AOS: Decision Theory
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	19	299
Reject	6	589

n: 913

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Region of nationality: United States
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	181	110
Reject	284	285

n: 860

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Hobbes
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	8	247
Reject	2	469

n: 726

p: 0.0009

r: 0.12	Region of affiliation: United States
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	209	111
Reject	318	279

n: 917

p: 0.0003

r: -0.11	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	6	312
Reject	40	555

n: 913

p: 0.0007

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Locke
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	12	243
Reject	7	464

n: 726

p: 0.0027

r: -0.11	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	14	304
Reject	52	543

n: 913

p: 0.0012

r: -0.11	Tradition: Other tradition
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	17	298
Reject	62	523

n: 900

p: 0.0015

r: 0.1	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	18	300
Reject	12	583

n: 913

p: 0.0023

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Leibniz
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	13	242
Reject	11	460

n: 726

p: 0.0074

r: -0.09	Region of nationality: Canada
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	12	279
Reject	55	514

n: 860

p: 0.0057

r: 0.09	Region of PhD: United States
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	180	66
Reject	291	156

n: 693

p: 0.0204

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	15	240
Reject	59	412

n: 726

p: 0.0196

r: -0.09	Region of affiliation: Canada
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	10	310
Reject	43	554

n: 917

p: 0.0089

r: -0.09	Region of nationality: Oceania
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	9	282
Reject	37	532

n: 860

p: 0.0115

r: -0.09	Region of affiliation: Oceania
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	9	311
Reject	41	556

n: 917

p: 0.0092

r: -0.08	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	8	310
Reject	33	562

n: 913

p: 0.0102

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Berkeley
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	5	250
Reject	3	468

n: 726

p: 0.0234

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Reid
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	7	248
Reject	9	462

n: 726

p: 0.0299

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Mill
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	20	235
Reject	22	449

n: 726

p: 0.0385

r: -0.08	Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	21	225
Reject	62	385

n: 693

p: 0.0433

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	22	296
Reject	62	533

n: 913

p: 0.0287

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Computing and Information
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	9	309
Reject	7	588

n: 913

p: 0.0329

r: 0.07	AOS: Normative Ethics
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	80	238
Reject	114	481

n: 913

p: 0.0432

r: 0.07	Region of affiliation: Asia
Politics: capitalism	Yes	No
Accept	15	305
Reject	14	583

n: 917

p: 0.0468