Survey Results

Correlations

Practical reason: Humean

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: 0.49
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 151 78
Reject 114 369
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.47
Meaning of life: objective
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 33 183
Reject 250 195
n: 661
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 114 135
Reject 394 100
n: 743
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Well-being: objective list
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 75 125
Reject 278 115
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.39
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 186 42
Reject 191 237
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Laws of nature: Humean
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 134 101
Reject 110 348
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: -0.37
Aesthetic value: objective
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 75 163
Reject 305 165
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Knowledge: empiricism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 171 54
Reject 197 211
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
God: theism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 19 242
Reject 152 338
n: 751
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Mind: physicalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 198 58
Reject 215 258
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Free will: libertarianism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 17 233
Reject 153 354
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Time: A-theory
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 27 133
Reject 127 182
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Belief or credence: credence
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 90 84
Reject 70 239
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 142 102
Reject 397 97
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 77 67
Reject 90 198
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Belief or credence: belief
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 34 140
Reject 129 180
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Law: legal positivism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 83 61
Reject 96 188
n: 428
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 146
Reject 185 203
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 7 163
Reject 85 234
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 70 132
Reject 54 339
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Other minds: future AI systems
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 124 97
Reject 139 299
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Footbridge: push
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 91 148
Reject 100 364
n: 703
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Consciousness: functionalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 105 102
Reject 110 269
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Morality: non-naturalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 21 201
Reject 149 273
n: 644
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 108 82
Reject 140 244
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Consciousness: dualism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 177
Reject 122 256
n: 584
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Morality: expressivism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 171
Reject 28 393
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Units of selection: genes
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 92 53
Reject 107 160
n: 412
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Morality: error theory
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 195
Reject 11 409
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 65 164
Reject 250 237
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 198 64
Reject 290 219
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Abortion: permissible
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 212 15
Reject 348 102
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 99 84
Reject 104 234
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Mind uploading: survival
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 82 113
Reject 100 301
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Meaning of life: subjective
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 116 100
Reject 145 299
n: 660
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Temporal ontology: presentism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 18 126
Reject 81 207
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Abstract objects: Platonism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 60 174
Reject 224 215
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 46 156
Reject 41 350
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 68 148
Reject 65 373
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Experience machine: yes
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 66 184
Reject 51 433
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Material composition: restrictivism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 27 69
Reject 100 114
n: 310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 172 37
Reject 262 153
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Chinese room: understands
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 60 136
Reject 68 343
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Free will: no free will
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 198
Reject 34 473
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Material composition: universalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 45 51
Reject 58 156
n: 310
p: 0.0002
r: -0.2
Arguments for theism: moral
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 5 170
Reject 63 313
n: 551
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Hume: skeptic
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 55 133
Reject 167 216
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 54 116
Reject 63 255
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Properties: classes
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 118
Reject 27 269
n: 442
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
External world: skepticism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 223
Reject 21 484
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Personal identity: psychological view
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 138 87
Reject 207 215
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Trolley problem: switch
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 203 36
Reject 315 123
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Normative ethics: deontology
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 48 181
Reject 218 265
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 40 194
Reject 159 327
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 34 116
Reject 36 255
n: 441
p: 0.0002
r: -0.18
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 63 173
Reject 207 279
n: 722
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
A priori knowledge: yes
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 175 80
Reject 417 92
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Causation: primitive
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 25 156
Reject 96 238
n: 515
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 32 85
Reject 38 187
n: 342
p: 0.0023
r: -0.16
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 37 141
Reject 112 263
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Personal identity: further-fact view
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 23 200
Reject 96 322
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Truth: deflationary
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 85 149
Reject 104 352
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositions: sets
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 28 130
Reject 21 281
n: 460
p: 0.0006
r: 0.16
Free will: compatibilism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 176 76
Reject 304 203
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 169
Reject 163 274
n: 655
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Teletransporter: survival
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 105 109
Reject 161 267
n: 642
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Properties: nonexistent
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 16 130
Reject 25 271
n: 442
p: 0.002
r: -0.14
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 81
Reject 145 160
n: 435
p: 0.0028
r: 0.14
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 131 88
Reject 201 236
n: 656
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 30 102
Reject 40 266
n: 438
p: 0.0033
r: -0.14
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 112
Reject 129 208
n: 498
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 42 133
Reject 60 312
n: 547
p: 0.0011
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 35 108
Reject 112 173
n: 428
p: 0.0043
r: -0.14
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 44 92
Reject 130 143
n: 409
p: 0.0058
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 106 156
Reject 160 349
n: 771
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 176 86
Reject 278 231
n: 771
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Properties: immanent universals
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 24 123
Reject 84 212
n: 443
p: 0.0066
r: -0.13
Normative concepts: reasons
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 39 137
Reject 126 247
n: 549
p: 0.0027
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 120 142
Reject 194 315
n: 771
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Propositions: structured entities
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 56 103
Reject 134 168
n: 461
p: 0.0105
r: 0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 49 94
Reject 61 222
n: 426
p: 0.0139
r: -0.12
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 67
Reject 79 112
n: 287
p: 0.0444
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: value
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 87 89
Reject 154 219
n: 549
p: 0.0053
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 181 81
Reject 411 98
n: 771
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Propositions: nonexistent
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 31 127
Reject 48 253
n: 459
p: 0.0114
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: fit
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 14 162
Reject 34 337
n: 547
p: 0.0059
r: 0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 50 155
Reject 57 353
n: 615
p: 0.0038
r: 0.11
Morality: constructivism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 68 157
Reject 98 324
n: 647
p: 0.0041
r: -0.11
Kant: one world
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 52 72
Reject 181 151
n: 456
p: 0.017
r: -0.11
Vagueness: metaphysical
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 41 175
Reject 103 315
n: 634
p: 0.0053
r: -0.11
Other minds: worms
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 45 176
Reject 120 318
n: 659
p: 0.005
r: 0.11
Mental content: internalism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 93 140
Reject 103 315
n: 651
p: 0.0054
r: 0.11
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 16 157
Reject 25 293
n: 491
p: 0.0172
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 91 79
Reject 150 170
n: 490
p: 0.0176
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 106 156
Reject 296 213
n: 771
p: 0.0032
r: -0.1
Consciousness: panpsychism
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 12 195
Reject 37 341
n: 585
p: 0.0126
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 29 205
Reject 87 386
n: 707
p: 0.0085
r: -0.1
Other minds: newborn babies
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 189 32
Reject 389 49
n: 659
p: 0.0116
r: -0.1
Other minds: flies
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 67 154
Reject 159 279
n: 659
p: 0.0119
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Practical reason: Humean Accept Reject
Accept 13 176
Reject 18 351
n: 558
p: 0.0211

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.49
Philosopher: Hume
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 93 113
Reject 27 408
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Philosopher: Aristotle
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 18 188
Reject 131 304
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Philosopher: Kant
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 10 196
Reject 94 341
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Tradition: Analytic
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 245 16
Reject 422 101
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
AOS: Decision Theory
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 22 244
Reject 5 526
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Tradition: Other tradition
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 253
Reject 68 455
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Region of PhD: Oceania
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 192
Reject 9 370
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Carnap
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 27 179
Reject 13 422
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Hobbes
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 198
Reject 2 433
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Lewis
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 31 175
Reject 28 407
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 20 246
Reject 13 518
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 39 227
Reject 31 500
n: 797
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Mill
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 21 185
Reject 15 420
n: 641
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Region of nationality: Oceania
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 25 237
Reject 18 489
n: 769
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 13 253
Reject 58 473
n: 797
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
AOS: Normative Ethics
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 51 215
Reject 140 391
n: 797
p: 0.0023
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 18 248
Reject 14 517
n: 797
p: 0.0032
r: 0.1
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 36 230
Reject 44 487
n: 797
p: 0.0032
r: -0.1
Tradition: Continental
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 8 253
Reject 33 490
n: 784
p: 0.0049
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Quine
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 24 182
Reject 29 406
n: 641
p: 0.0122
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 7 259
Reject 32 499
n: 797
p: 0.014
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Russell
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 17 189
Reject 18 417
n: 641
p: 0.0296
r: 0.08
AOS: Epistemology
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 74 192
Reject 125 406
n: 797
p: 0.0208
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Practical reason: Humean Yes No
Accept 16 250
Reject 52 479
n: 797
p: 0.0419