Survey Results

Correlations

Principle of sufficient reason: true

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: 0.34
God: theism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 122 183
Reject 70 457
n: 832
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 79 140
Reject 44 328
n: 591
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Practical reason: Humean
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 55 185
Reject 146 203
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Free will: libertarianism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 113 203
Reject 79 443
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 154 101
Reject 338 98
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Abortion: permissible
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 196 84
Reject 426 58
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Meaning of life: objective
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 158 132
Reject 152 277
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 129 161
Reject 271 163
n: 724
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 90 155
Reject 85 305
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Mind: physicalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 138 173
Reject 307 188
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 50 170
Reject 132 237
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 126 113
Reject 125 225
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Free will: compatibilism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 161 156
Reject 352 171
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Units of selection: genes
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 77 94
Reject 145 128
n: 444
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 54 204
Reject 178 278
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Spacetime: relationism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 97 64
Reject 118 182
n: 461
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 142 168
Reject 141 337
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 105 156
Reject 207 205
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 49 240
Reject 107 318
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Temporal ontology: presentism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 59 128
Reject 52 285
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 68 119
Reject 157 180
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositions: acts
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 33 172
Reject 20 328
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 93 165
Reject 87 369
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
External world: idealism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 38 273
Reject 20 505
n: 836
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Vagueness: epistemic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 94 169
Reject 105 355
n: 723
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 89 211
Reject 193 276
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 240 69
Reject 345 170
n: 824
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 160 143
Reject 166 302
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Consciousness: functionalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 67 167
Reject 170 255
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic value: objective
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 175 125
Reject 225 245
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Footbridge: push
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 62 230
Reject 148 343
n: 783
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 22 130
Reject 53 216
n: 421
p: 0.0012
r: 0.16
Arguments for theism: moral
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 39 205
Reject 29 356
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Trolley problem: switch
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 190 85
Reject 383 101
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Law: legal positivism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 66 101
Reject 116 151
n: 434
p: 0.0011
r: 0.16
Other minds: particles
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 11 264
Reject 6 471
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Morality: expressivism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 18 239
Reject 59 386
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 257 60
Reject 373 149
n: 839
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Mental content: internalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 100 162
Reject 119 338
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 103 207
Reject 112 362
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Knowledge: empiricism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 135 136
Reject 234 186
n: 691
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Morality: error theory
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 13 243
Reject 30 414
n: 700
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Time: A-theory
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 77 121
Reject 101 260
n: 559
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 62 242
Reject 62 403
n: 769
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Belief or credence: belief
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 82 117
Reject 101 252
n: 552
p: 0.0018
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 43 176
Reject 101 269
n: 589
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Philosophical progress: a lot
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 122 188
Reject 285 252
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Material composition: restrictivism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 70 79
Reject 95 151
n: 395
p: 0.0094
r: 0.13
Personal identity: further-fact view
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 71 201
Reject 75 349
n: 696
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 21 110
Reject 76 208
n: 415
p: 0.0088
r: 0.13
Philosophical progress: none
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 17 293
Reject 13 523
n: 846
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Gender categories: preserve
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 79 167
Reject 72 332
n: 650
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: ontological
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 41 199
Reject 33 353
n: 626
p: 0.0019
r: -0.12
Truth: deflationary
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 58 235
Reject 152 328
n: 773
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Morality: non-naturalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 94 164
Reject 119 323
n: 700
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Truth: epistemic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 43 250
Reject 39 443
n: 775
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Gender: biological
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 125 164
Reject 140 310
n: 739
p: 0.0009
r: 0.12
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 242 60
Reject 369 135
n: 806
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Consciousness: dualism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 83 153
Reject 96 328
n: 660
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 21 185
Reject 22 327
n: 555
p: 0.0057
r: -0.12
Other minds: future AI systems
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 106 169
Reject 196 281
n: 752
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Justification: reliabilism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 75 149
Reject 152 240
n: 616
p: 0.0038
r: -0.12
Science: scientific realism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 242 66
Reject 414 92
n: 814
p: 0.001
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: subjective
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 99 192
Reject 172 257
n: 720
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Other minds: cats
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 247 28
Reject 454 23
n: 752
p: 0.0018
r: -0.11
True contradictions: impossible
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 184 64
Reject 334 89
n: 671
p: 0.0045
r: 0.11
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 199 67
Reject 265 178
n: 709
p: 0.0035
r: -0.11
Gender: social
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 187 104
Reject 328 127
n: 746
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Proper names: Fregean
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 96 122
Reject 146 244
n: 608
p: 0.0091
r: -0.11
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 44 268
Reject 118 402
n: 832
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 64 164
Reject 84 323
n: 635
p: 0.0081
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: representational
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 99 108
Reject 192 166
n: 565
p: 0.013
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 196 121
Reject 342 180
n: 839
p: 0.0025
r: -0.1
Normative concepts: fit
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 13 207
Reject 36 308
n: 564
p: 0.0133
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 82 103
Reject 103 218
n: 506
p: 0.021
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 192 122
Reject 268 251
n: 833
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
External world: non-skeptical realism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 260 50
Reject 459 66
n: 835
p: 0.0037
r: -0.1
Race: social
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 194 106
Reject 324 127
n: 751
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
Immortality: yes
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 156 114
Reject 222 246
n: 738
p: 0.0082
r: -0.1
Vagueness: semantic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 138 125
Reject 266 196
n: 725
p: 0.0101
r: -0.1
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 104 131
Reject 176 210
n: 621
p: 0.0174
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 187 130
Reject 344 178
n: 839
p: 0.006
r: 0.09
Philosophical progress: a little
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 170 140
Reject 237 300
n: 847
p: 0.0062
r: -0.09
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 23 157
Reject 53 257
n: 490
p: 0.0398
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 38 143
Reject 87 234
n: 502
p: 0.0432
r: -0.09
Gender categories: revise
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 123 124
Reject 235 171
n: 653
p: 0.0232
r: 0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 117 133
Reject 178 261
n: 689
p: 0.0198
r: -0.09
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 74 139
Reject 154 245
n: 612
p: 0.0283
r: -0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 81 179
Reject 157 288
n: 705
p: 0.019
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 96 167
Reject 121 295
n: 679
p: 0.023
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 41 183
Reject 99 305
n: 628
p: 0.0302
r: 0.09
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 16 232
Reject 16 407
n: 671
p: 0.0253
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 42 208
Reject 94 345
n: 689
p: 0.0239
r: -0.08
Belief or credence: credence
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 57 142
Reject 125 228
n: 552
p: 0.0472
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 120 144
Reject 220 196
n: 680
p: 0.0308
r: 0.08
Theory of reference: descriptive
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 59 152
Reject 92 283
n: 586
p: 0.0452
r: 0.08
Consciousness: panpsychism
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 31 205
Reject 26 399
n: 661
p: 0.0346
r: 0.08
Causation: primitive
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 59 151
Reject 92 301
n: 603
p: 0.0476
r: -0.08
Mind uploading: survival
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 65 187
Reject 131 304
n: 687
p: 0.0351
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Principle of sufficient reason: true Accept Reject
Accept 125 192
Reject 233 289
n: 839
p: 0.02

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.25
Philosopher: Aquinas
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 31 238
Reject 5 405
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 63 261
Reject 37 511
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Quine
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 14 255
Reject 51 359
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Hume
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 33 236
Reject 85 325
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 258 62
Reject 486 55
n: 861
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 29 295
Reject 81 467
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 28 296
Reject 116 432
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Russell
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 9 260
Reject 44 366
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 21 303
Reject 9 539
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 19 305
Reject 67 481
n: 872
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Aristotle
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 70 199
Reject 67 343
n: 679
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Lewis
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 16 253
Reject 58 352
n: 679
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Tradition: Continental
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 26 294
Reject 16 525
n: 861
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Carnap
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 7 262
Reject 39 371
n: 679
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 52 272
Reject 46 502
n: 872
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Husserl
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 13 256
Reject 5 405
n: 679
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Locke
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 15 254
Reject 5 405
n: 679
p: 0.004
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Plato
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 25 244
Reject 20 390
n: 679
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 30 294
Reject 21 527
n: 872
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 7 317
Reject 26 522
n: 872
p: 0.0017
r: 0.11
AOS: Applied Ethics
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 48 276
Reject 58 490
n: 872
p: 0.0017
r: 0.1
Tradition: Other tradition
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 36 284
Reject 39 502
n: 861
p: 0.0028
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Berkeley
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 6 263
Reject 1 409
n: 679
p: 0.0107
r: -0.1
AOS: Metaphysics
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 81 243
Reject 160 388
n: 872
p: 0.0042
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Frege
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 13 256
Reject 44 366
n: 679
p: 0.0151
r: -0.09
AOS: Epistemology
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 67 257
Reject 160 388
n: 872
p: 0.006
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Spinoza
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 12 257
Reject 7 403
n: 679
p: 0.0161
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Heidegger
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 11 258
Reject 6 404
n: 679
p: 0.0214
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Du Bois
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 6 263
Reject 1 409
n: 679
p: 0.0231
r: -0.09
AOS: Decision Theory
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 6 318
Reject 24 524
n: 872
p: 0.0109
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Socrates
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 13 256
Reject 11 399
n: 679
p: 0.0341
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Rawls
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 13 256
Reject 14 396
n: 679
p: 0.0383
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 10 314
Reject 25 523
n: 872
p: 0.0264
r: 0.07
AOS: Aesthetics
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 24 300
Reject 23 525
n: 872
p: 0.03
r: 0.07
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 20 304
Reject 17 531
n: 872
p: 0.0426
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 6 318
Reject 26 522
n: 872
p: 0.0452
r: 0.07
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Principle of sufficient reason: true Yes No
Accept 51 273
Reject 67 481
n: 872
p: 0.0454