Survey Results

Correlations

Properties: nonexistent

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: 0.42
Propositions: nonexistent
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 21
Reject 50 392
n: 494
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Material composition: nihilism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 27
Reject 18 313
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Abstract objects: Platonism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 47
Reject 308 245
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Causation: nonexistent
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 41
Reject 13 446
n: 511
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Propositions: structured entities
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 45
Reject 221 222
n: 495
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Truth: deflationary
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 29 26
Reject 132 422
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 33
Reject 209 186
n: 443
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Knowledge: empiricism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 35 19
Reject 238 250
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Truth: correspondence
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 30
Reject 370 185
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: anti-realism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 35
Reject 35 358
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Aesthetic value: objective
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 30
Reject 318 228
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 5 42
Reject 9 413
n: 469
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Laws of nature: Humean
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 28
Reject 143 425
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 38 16
Reject 260 247
n: 561
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Mind: physicalism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 40 14
Reject 300 280
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 30 27
Reject 422 153
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 31
Reject 51 332
n: 427
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 20
Reject 154 368
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 21
Reject 129 139
n: 302
p: 0.0039
r: 0.17
Theory of reference: deflationary
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 18 32
Reject 57 373
n: 480
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Possible worlds: abstract
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 37
Reject 324 199
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Consciousness: eliminativism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 45
Reject 19 469
n: 541
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Statue and lump: one thing
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 26 18
Reject 157 282
n: 483
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 26
Reject 100 311
n: 458
p: 0.0007
r: -0.16
Free will: libertarianism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 47
Reject 149 437
n: 645
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 14 25
Reject 78 253
n: 370
p: 0.0029
r: -0.15
Material composition: restrictivism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 25
Reject 157 174
n: 368
p: 0.003
r: -0.15
Science: scientific realism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 41 18
Reject 490 89
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 26
Reject 59 240
n: 334
p: 0.0058
r: 0.15
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 18 30
Reject 106 288
n: 442
p: 0.0018
r: 0.15
Law: legal positivism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 19
Reject 120 181
n: 337
p: 0.0066
r: 0.15
Practical reason: Humean
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 25
Reject 130 271
n: 442
p: 0.002
r: -0.15
A priori knowledge: yes
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 42 19
Reject 489 109
n: 659
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 27
Reject 430 166
n: 657
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Morality: expressivism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 44
Reject 44 452
n: 552
p: 0.0008
r: -0.14
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 34 24
Reject 445 122
n: 625
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Capital punishment: permissible
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 48
Reject 104 413
n: 574
p: 0.0009
r: 0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 24 32
Reject 78 384
n: 518
p: 0.0018
r: 0.13
Propositions: sets
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 45
Reject 39 403
n: 494
p: 0.0033
r: -0.13
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 23 26
Reject 243 158
n: 450
p: 0.0056
r: 0.13
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 41
Reject 55 367
n: 472
p: 0.0045
r: 0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 37
Reject 94 375
n: 517
p: 0.0034
r: -0.13
Theory of reference: descriptive
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 42
Reject 121 316
n: 487
p: 0.0051
r: 0.13
Justification: coherentism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 14 32
Reject 90 359
n: 495
p: 0.0048
r: -0.13
Consciousness: dualism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 46
Reject 146 343
n: 542
p: 0.0032
r: -0.13
Morality: non-naturalism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 44
Reject 166 329
n: 551
p: 0.0032
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 20 31
Reject 101 406
n: 558
p: 0.0053
r: 0.12
Free will: compatibilism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 37 22
Reject 350 239
n: 648
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 47 11
Reject 327 147
n: 532
p: 0.0105
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 29
Reject 128 354
n: 532
p: 0.0118
r: 0.11
Chinese room: understands
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 17 37
Reject 90 391
n: 535
p: 0.0127
r: 0.11
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 18 31
Reject 81 320
n: 450
p: 0.0232
r: -0.11
Concepts: nativism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 34
Reject 157 253
n: 459
p: 0.0223
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 20
Reject 306 126
n: 483
p: 0.0197
r: 0.11
Normative concepts: ought
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 34
Reject 63 332
n: 439
p: 0.0275
r: -0.1
Immortality: yes
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 23 33
Reject 276 235
n: 567
p: 0.0127
r: -0.1
God: theism
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 49
Reject 149 435
n: 644
p: 0.0079
r: 0.1
Gender categories: eliminate
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 44
Reject 66 384
n: 503
p: 0.0212
r: 0.1
Zombies: inconceivable
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 40
Reject 95 447
n: 597
p: 0.0171
r: 0.1
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 43
Reject 47 354
n: 450
p: 0.0402
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: objective
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 37
Reject 240 269
n: 561
p: 0.0241
r: 0.09
Normative concepts: fit
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 5 38
Reject 32 365
n: 440
p: 0.0467
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 6 42
Reject 57 404
n: 509
p: 0.0346
r: 0.09
Other minds: future AI systems
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 31
Reject 200 314
n: 570
p: 0.0332
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 44 16
Reject 368 220
n: 648
p: 0.0233
r: -0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 49 7
Reject 457 57
n: 570
p: 0.0337
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 33
Reject 344 244
n: 648
p: 0.0311
r: 0.08
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Properties: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 24 31
Reject 161 348
n: 564
p: 0.0461

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.16
Philosopher: Quine
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 15 38
Reject 41 442
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Other demographics: YOB
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 25 36
Reject 259 308
n: 628
p: 0.0085
r: -0.09
AOS: Metaphysics
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 23 39
Reject 206 400
n: 668
p: 0.023
r: 0.09
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Properties: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 11 51
Reject 66 540
n: 668
p: 0.0273