Survey Results

Correlations

Possible worlds: concrete

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: 0.35
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 11
Reject 68 328
n: 430
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Propositions: sets
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 13 27
Reject 48 527
n: 615
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 22 13
Reject 79 498
n: 612
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Chinese room: understands
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 20
Reject 135 582
n: 756
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Mind uploading: survival
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 24 18
Reject 203 491
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Other minds: current AI systems
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 5 41
Reject 17 748
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Laws of nature: Humean
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 21
Reject 256 553
n: 853
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
True contradictions: actual
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 10 31
Reject 74 599
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Other minds: plants
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 39
Reject 48 717
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Truth: epistemic
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 8 39
Reject 78 744
n: 869
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 14
Reject 233 397
n: 667
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Extended mind: yes
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 27 11
Reject 345 333
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Other minds: future AI systems
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 32 14
Reject 306 459
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Time: A-theory
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 6 32
Reject 190 406
n: 634
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 27 20
Reject 278 523
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 28
Reject 72 570
n: 677
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Arguments for theism: ontological
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 30
Reject 71 553
n: 661
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 16 31
Reject 176 703
n: 926
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
True contradictions: impossible
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 28 13
Reject 526 147
n: 714
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Properties: classes
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 25
Reject 64 482
n: 578
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Teletransporter: survival
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 19
Reject 305 464
n: 811
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 17
Reject 296 402
n: 738
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 10 31
Reject 86 533
n: 660
p: 0.0019
r: -0.12
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 10 30
Reject 195 424
n: 659
p: 0.0019
r: -0.12
Vagueness: semantic
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 26
Reject 453 328
n: 826
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Well-being: objective list
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 22
Reject 370 251
n: 662
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 21 12
Reject 230 310
n: 573
p: 0.0061
r: -0.11
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 18 29
Reject 474 406
n: 927
p: 0.0005
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 6 29
Reject 53 590
n: 678
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Consciousness: identity theory
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 10 32
Reject 95 588
n: 725
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Consciousness: functionalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 20 22
Reject 255 430
n: 727
p: 0.0043
r: -0.1
Logic: classical
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 24 16
Reject 446 239
n: 725
p: 0.005
r: 0.1
Abortion: permissible
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 40 4
Reject 654 135
n: 833
p: 0.0027
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 29
Reject 295 602
n: 945
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 24 16
Reject 309 373
n: 722
p: 0.0058
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 5 27
Reject 50 442
n: 524
p: 0.0208
r: -0.1
Material composition: restrictivism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 9 18
Reject 164 224
n: 415
p: 0.0414
r: 0.1
Material composition: universalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 13 14
Reject 124 264
n: 415
p: 0.0476
r: 0.1
Mind: physicalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 34 11
Reject 494 372
n: 911
p: 0.0038
r: -0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 6 35
Reject 183 501
n: 725
p: 0.0106
r: 0.09
Footbridge: push
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 26
Reject 205 619
n: 869
p: 0.0061
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 27 21
Reject 380 517
n: 945
p: 0.0044
r: -0.09
Politics: capitalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 13 28
Reject 260 432
n: 733
p: 0.0147
r: -0.09
Epistemic justification: internalism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 13 33
Reject 330 485
n: 861
p: 0.0091
r: 0.09
Wittgenstein: early
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 22 19
Reject 173 484
n: 698
p: 0.0197
r: 0.08
Free will: no free will
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 11 35
Reject 110 785
n: 941
p: 0.0094
r: 0.08
Belief or credence: credence
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 17 19
Reject 176 369
n: 581
p: 0.0419
r: -0.08
Gender categories: preserve
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 28
Reject 156 518
n: 709
p: 0.0251
r: 0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 13 28
Reject 136 560
n: 737
p: 0.0248
r: -0.08
God: theism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 7 41
Reject 191 700
n: 939
p: 0.0127
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 11 31
Reject 146 564
n: 752
p: 0.0265
r: 0.08
Consciousness: panpsychism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 5 36
Reject 54 631
n: 726
p: 0.0341
r: -0.08
Values in science: can be either
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 8 32
Reject 246 453
n: 739
p: 0.0344
r: 0.08
Zombies: inconceivable
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 12 32
Reject 139 661
n: 844
p: 0.0276
r: 0.07
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 15 26
Reject 261 499
n: 801
p: 0.0444
r: 0.07
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 27 17
Reject 416 349
n: 809
p: 0.0446
r: -0.07
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 32 13
Reject 620 227
n: 892
p: 0.036
r: -0.07
Truth: correspondence
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 23 24
Reject 506 317
n: 870
p: 0.0396
r: 0.07
Vagueness: epistemic
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 16 28
Reject 193 585
n: 822
p: 0.0462
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 34 14
Reject 573 324
n: 945
p: 0.0325
r: -0.07
Other minds: newborn babies
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 38 8
Reject 671 94
n: 811
p: 0.0485
r: -0.07
Science: scientific realism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 39 6
Reject 703 160
n: 908
p: 0.0404
r: 0.06
Free will: compatibilism
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 30 16
Reject 556 339
n: 941
p: 0.0471
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Possible worlds: concrete Accept Reject
Accept 19 29
Reject 485 412
n: 945
p: 0.049

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.25
Philosopher: Lewis
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 21 23
Reject 69 632
n: 745
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Other demographics: YOB
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 24 20
Reject 432 446
n: 922
p: 0.0011
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 5 43
Reject 34 899
n: 981
p: 0.0091
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 5 43
Reject 23 910
n: 981
p: 0.0106
r: -0.08
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 5 43
Reject 96 837
n: 981
p: 0.0142
r: -0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Possible worlds: concrete Yes No
Accept 40 8
Reject 819 101
n: 968
p: 0.0251