Survey Results

Correlations

Practical reason: Aristotelian

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: 0.5
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 225 84
Reject 91 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Meaning of life: objective
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 174 112
Reject 110 266
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 131
Reject 25 265
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Well-being: objective list
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 183 58
Reject 170 181
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 135 142
Reject 77 301
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Mind uploading: survival
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 46 211
Reject 135 203
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Aesthetic value: objective
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 199 95
Reject 181 233
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
God: theism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 114 199
Reject 57 382
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Laws of nature: Humean
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 229
Reject 176 222
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 230
Reject 188 218
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Abortion: permissible
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 208 78
Reject 353 39
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Units of selection: genes
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 112
Reject 132 102
n: 413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Mind: physicalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 123 173
Reject 290 144
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Time: A-theory
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 91 102
Reject 63 212
n: 468
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 248 68
Reject 260 168
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Other minds: future AI systems
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 82 198
Reject 180 198
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 105 172
Reject 228 151
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 33 208
Reject 91 262
n: 594
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 169 152
Reject 102 300
n: 723
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Moral principles: moral generalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 119 132
Reject 240 126
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Law: legal positivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 52 118
Reject 126 131
n: 427
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 56 132
Reject 110 134
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 157 103
Reject 276 87
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Material composition: restrictivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 66 70
Reject 61 112
n: 309
p: 0.0002
r: 0.21
Free will: libertarianism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 105 212
Reject 65 375
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 133 149
Reject 244 130
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 38 246
Reject 96 275
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 126 125
Reject 113 225
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Personal identity: psychological view
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 124 146
Reject 221 156
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Abstract objects: Platonism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 144 124
Reject 139 266
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Material composition: universalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 32 104
Reject 70 103
n: 309
p: 0.0004
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 124
Reject 164 125
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 20 219
Reject 66 287
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Belief or credence: credence
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 46 150
Reject 114 172
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 87 157
Reject 160 169
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Experience machine: yes
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 30 273
Reject 87 344
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 61 150
Reject 141 168
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Belief or credence: belief
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 82 114
Reject 81 205
n: 482
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Consciousness: dualism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 76 157
Reject 75 276
n: 584
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Chinese room: understands
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 46 216
Reject 82 263
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Temporal ontology: presentism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 61 127
Reject 38 206
n: 432
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
Consciousness: functionalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 69 166
Reject 145 206
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: immanent universals
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 63 130
Reject 45 204
n: 442
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 104 94
Reject 90 147
n: 435
p: 0.0004
r: 0.17
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 82 156
Reject 66 248
n: 552
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 116 202
Reject 83 319
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Meaning of life: subjective
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 92 193
Reject 168 208
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Teletransporter: survival
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 91 174
Reject 175 202
n: 642
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 74 237
Reject 41 354
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Morality: non-naturalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 90 172
Reject 80 301
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: deontology
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 93 210
Reject 174 235
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Gender: biological
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 130 179
Reject 115 280
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Morality: constructivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 55 211
Reject 111 269
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 249 66
Reject 290 133
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 22 118
Reject 48 154
n: 342
p: 0.0062
r: -0.15
Footbridge: push
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 58 228
Reject 132 284
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 138 121
Reject 148 208
n: 615
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Free will: no free will
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 23 294
Reject 65 377
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Other minds: worms
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 81 199
Reject 84 294
n: 658
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Personal identity: further-fact view
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 68 200
Reject 51 322
n: 641
p: 0.0004
r: -0.14
Properties: classes
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 20 173
Reject 35 213
n: 441
p: 0.0035
r: -0.14
Morality: error theory
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 5 257
Reject 34 346
n: 642
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 51 147
Reject 108 181
n: 487
p: 0.0024
r: -0.14
Propositions: sets
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 11 183
Reject 38 228
n: 460
p: 0.0036
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 26 173
Reject 54 236
n: 489
p: 0.0034
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 86 113
Reject 93 196
n: 488
p: 0.0043
r: 0.13
Other minds: flies
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 107 173
Reject 119 259
n: 658
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 61 173
Reject 42 288
n: 564
p: 0.0029
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 39 158
Reject 78 212
n: 487
p: 0.0057
r: 0.12
Causation: process/production
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 65 146
Reject 70 238
n: 519
p: 0.0052
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 116 204
Reject 197 254
n: 771
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Causation: primitive
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 63 147
Reject 58 247
n: 515
p: 0.0058
r: -0.12
Truth: deflationary
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 70 219
Reject 120 282
n: 691
p: 0.0014
r: -0.12
Free will: compatibilism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 185 132
Reject 295 147
n: 759
p: 0.001
r: -0.12
Morality: expressivism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 23 241
Reject 59 322
n: 645
p: 0.0025
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: moral
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 45 193
Reject 23 289
n: 550
p: 0.0056
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 169 151
Reject 285 166
n: 771
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Morality: naturalist realism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 106 161
Reject 111 271
n: 649
p: 0.0028
r: -0.12
Mental content: internalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 67 203
Reject 129 252
n: 651
p: 0.003
r: -0.11
Gender categories: eliminate
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 35 220
Reject 66 270
n: 591
p: 0.0055
r: 0.11
Normative concepts: value
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 120 112
Reject 120 196
n: 548
p: 0.0079
r: 0.11
Hume: skeptic
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 108 136
Reject 114 213
n: 571
p: 0.0096
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 24 162
Reject 46 209
n: 441
p: 0.0244
r: -0.11
Aesthetic experience: perception
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 60 138
Reject 81 159
n: 438
p: 0.025
r: 0.11
Consciousness: panpsychism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 27 207
Reject 22 329
n: 585
p: 0.0104
r: 0.11
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 194 134
Reject 207 225
n: 760
p: 0.0035
r: -0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 37 134
Reject 72 182
n: 425
p: 0.0299
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 68 104
Reject 78 177
n: 427
p: 0.0381
r: 0.1
Gender categories: preserve
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 64 191
Reject 63 272
n: 590
p: 0.0153
r: 0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 80 190
Reject 80 297
n: 647
p: 0.0113
r: 0.1
Other minds: newborn babies
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 253 27
Reject 324 54
n: 658
p: 0.011
r: -0.1
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 31 228
Reject 76 280
n: 615
p: 0.0158
r: 0.1
Propositions: acts
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 32 162
Reject 21 245
n: 460
p: 0.0402
r: -0.09
Plato: knowledge only of forms
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 121 88
Reject 142 91
n: 442
p: 0.0467
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 102 134
Reject 162 170
n: 568
p: 0.0253
r: -0.09
Theory of reference: descriptive
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 48 162
Reject 84 214
n: 508
p: 0.0351
r: 0.09
Vagueness: metaphysical
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 70 190
Reject 74 299
n: 633
p: 0.0223
r: -0.09
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 65 142
Reject 112 178
n: 497
p: 0.05
r: -0.09
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 85 244
Reject 136 296
n: 761
p: 0.0156
r: -0.08
External world: skepticism
Practical reason: Aristotelian Accept Reject
Accept 16 303
Reject 33 405
n: 757
p: 0.0197

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.43
Philosopher: Aristotle
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 124 164
Reject 25 328
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Philosopher: Hume
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 19 269
Reject 101 252
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Philosopher: Aquinas
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 37 251
Reject 1 352
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 32 306
Reject 0 460
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 49 289
Reject 7 453
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Philosopher: Kant
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 25 263
Reject 79 274
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Anscombe
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 19 269
Reject 4 349
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Plato
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 31 257
Reject 10 343
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Tradition: Analytic
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 259 72
Reject 407 46
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 47 291
Reject 24 436
n: 798
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Tradition: Other tradition
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 49 282
Reject 27 426
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Lewis
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 13 275
Reject 45 308
n: 641
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Carnap
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 280
Reject 32 321
n: 641
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
AOS: Metaphysics
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 86 252
Reject 74 386
n: 798
p: 0.0015
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 330
Reject 25 435
n: 798
p: 0.0021
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Rawls
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 8 280
Reject 30 323
n: 641
p: 0.0092
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Mill
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 7 281
Reject 28 325
n: 641
p: 0.0095
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Oceania
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 7 235
Reject 24 328
n: 594
p: 0.0155
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Husserl
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 12 276
Reject 3 350
n: 641
p: 0.014
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 9 279
Reject 2 351
n: 641
p: 0.0159
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Heidegger
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 11 277
Reject 3 350
n: 641
p: 0.019
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 43 245
Reject 25 328
n: 641
p: 0.0208
r: -0.09
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 30 308
Reject 58 402
n: 798
p: 0.0115
r: -0.09
AOS: Epistemology
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 72 266
Reject 128 332
n: 798
p: 0.0136
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 39 299
Reject 29 431
n: 798
p: 0.0155
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Socrates
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 15 273
Reject 8 345
n: 641
p: 0.043
r: -0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 24 314
Reject 56 404
n: 798
p: 0.0242
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Oceania
Practical reason: Aristotelian Yes No
Accept 14 310
Reject 30 416
n: 770
p: 0.0274