Survey Results

Correlations

Properties: transcendent universals

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
Abstract objects: Platonism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 139 7
Reject 182 286
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Possible worlds: abstract
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 109 26
Reject 233 210
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Consciousness: dualism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 61 60
Reject 92 330
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 20 115
Reject 167 275
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Propositions: structured entities
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 74 47
Reject 155 223
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 41 88
Reject 258 177
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 67 48
Reject 100 281
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositions: simple entities
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 29 92
Reject 15 363
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Morality: non-naturalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 78 51
Reject 102 322
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 106 40
Reject 266 239
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Knowledge: empiricism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 35 89
Reject 238 181
n: 543
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 44 88
Reject 252 195
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 71 61
Reject 142 303
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Experience machine: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 9 134
Reject 74 399
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Concepts: nativism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 56 42
Reject 116 246
n: 460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 79 27
Reject 177 194
n: 477
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 128 19
Reject 326 162
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 63 72
Reject 132 331
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 126 18
Reject 355 128
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 74 29
Reject 149 190
n: 442
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Race categories: preserve
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 10 85
Reject 27 343
n: 465
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 51 50
Reject 108 238
n: 447
p: 0.0004
r: 0.17
True contradictions: impossible
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 121 11
Reject 308 105
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 32 88
Reject 53 339
n: 512
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Normative ethics: deontology
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 70 69
Reject 154 311
n: 604
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Arguments for theism: design
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 37 83
Reject 80 287
n: 487
p: 0.0004
r: -0.16
Mind: physicalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 52 96
Reject 289 200
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 76 70
Reject 338 167
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Chinese room: understands
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 12 110
Reject 95 319
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 16 84
Reject 38 316
n: 454
p: 0.0007
r: -0.15
Statue and lump: one thing
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 30 82
Reject 152 221
n: 485
p: 0.0007
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 22 69
Reject 44 294
n: 429
p: 0.0014
r: 0.15
Personal identity: further-fact view
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 45 82
Reject 79 338
n: 544
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Race categories: eliminate
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 34 62
Reject 175 195
n: 466
p: 0.001
r: 0.15
Aesthetic value: objective
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 93 46
Reject 248 213
n: 600
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 19 85
Reject 133 237
n: 474
p: 0.0009
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 88 54
Reject 244 245
n: 631
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Spacetime: relationism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 35 61
Reject 144 151
n: 391
p: 0.0031
r: 0.15
God: theism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 57 90
Reject 104 396
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
A priori knowledge: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 139 10
Reject 394 118
n: 661
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Causation: primitive
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 39 72
Reject 90 313
n: 514
p: 0.0009
r: 0.14
Meaning of life: objective
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 75 48
Reject 182 257
n: 562
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Extended mind: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 42 77
Reject 218 185
n: 522
p: 0.0009
r: 0.14
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 96 28
Reject 262 171
n: 557
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Material composition: universalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 37 57
Reject 84 191
n: 369
p: 0.0057
r: 0.14
Truth: correspondence
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 111 27
Reject 285 190
n: 613
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 34 43
Reject 95 203
n: 375
p: 0.0057
r: 0.14
Epistemic justification: internalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 70 67
Reject 181 292
n: 610
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 123 29
Reject 341 166
n: 659
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Well-being: objective list
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 71 29
Reject 210 166
n: 476
p: 0.0021
r: 0.14
Race categories: revise
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 41 55
Reject 133 236
n: 465
p: 0.0024
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: ontological
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 26 93
Reject 39 323
n: 481
p: 0.002
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 27 57
Reject 65 221
n: 370
p: 0.0075
r: -0.13
Laws of nature: Humean
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 19 127
Reject 151 329
n: 626
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Practical reason: Kantian
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 28 66
Reject 52 294
n: 440
p: 0.0047
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 21 63
Reject 47 238
n: 369
p: 0.0098
r: -0.13
Morality: expressivism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 5 123
Reject 52 374
n: 554
p: 0.002
r: 0.13
Theory of reference: descriptive
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 40 72
Reject 89 289
n: 490
p: 0.0047
r: -0.12
Truth: deflationary
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 22 116
Reject 142 332
n: 612
p: 0.002
r: -0.12
Morality: constructivism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 10 118
Reject 87 339
n: 554
p: 0.0036
r: 0.12
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 86 22
Reject 253 124
n: 485
p: 0.0075
r: -0.12
Consciousness: identity theory
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 10 110
Reject 75 347
n: 542
p: 0.0049
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 34 83
Reject 69 273
n: 459
p: 0.0105
r: -0.12
Personal identity: psychological view
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 48 79
Reject 209 212
n: 548
p: 0.0057
r: 0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 42 98
Reject 76 378
n: 594
p: 0.0041
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 29 117
Reject 176 329
n: 651
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 61 70
Reject 144 292
n: 567
p: 0.0056
r: 0.11
Free will: libertarianism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 52 91
Reject 108 395
n: 646
p: 0.0034
r: 0.11
Moral principles: moral generalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 80 37
Reject 217 180
n: 514
p: 0.0118
r: -0.11
Teletransporter: survival
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 38 93
Reject 184 254
n: 569
p: 0.0084
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 40 97
Reject 109 366
n: 612
p: 0.0064
r: 0.11
Logic: classical
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 97 26
Reject 268 154
n: 545
p: 0.0116
r: 0.11
Immortality: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 80 42
Reject 220 227
n: 569
p: 0.011
r: -0.1
Justification: coherentism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 15 101
Reject 89 291
n: 496
p: 0.0201
r: -0.1
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 21 110
Reject 120 316
n: 567
p: 0.0133
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 16 106
Reject 105 332
n: 559
p: 0.0142
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 46 100
Reject 229 276
n: 651
p: 0.0101
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 31 90
Reject 67 337
n: 525
p: 0.0217
r: 0.1
Ought implies can: yes
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 95 31
Reject 288 152
n: 566
p: 0.0175
r: -0.1
Race: unreal
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 21 108
Reject 92 356
n: 577
p: 0.0175
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 16 75
Reject 40 297
n: 428
p: 0.0419
r: -0.1
Mind uploading: survival
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 27 95
Reject 122 291
n: 535
p: 0.026
r: -0.1
Justification: reliabilism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 35 80
Reject 157 222
n: 494
p: 0.0326
r: -0.09
Consciousness: functionalism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 28 93
Reject 163 259
n: 543
p: 0.0289
r: -0.09
Other minds: future AI systems
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 43 88
Reject 183 259
n: 573
p: 0.0272
r: -0.09
Other minds: plants
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 7 124
Reject 36 406
n: 573
p: 0.0292
r: -0.09
Other minds: flies
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 39 92
Reject 159 283
n: 573
p: 0.0301
r: 0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 28 85
Reject 74 333
n: 520
p: 0.046
r: 0.09
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 30 92
Reject 88 323
n: 533
p: 0.0443
r: 0.09
Race: social
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 92 39
Reject 296 163
n: 590
p: 0.0379
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 52 85
Reject 153 322
n: 612
p: 0.0377
r: -0.08
Abortion: permissible
Properties: transcendent universals Accept Reject
Accept 93 34
Reject 379 78
n: 584
p: 0.0462

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.21
Philosopher: Plato
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 21 94
Reject 19 404
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Philosopher: Moore
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 15 100
Reject 10 413
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Descartes
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 13 102
Reject 17 406
n: 538
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Region of nationality: United States
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 91 50
Reject 251 247
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Region of PhD: United States
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 89 25
Reject 249 138
n: 501
p: 0.0014
r: -0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 8 142
Reject 63 458
n: 671
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Reid
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 8 107
Reject 10 413
n: 538
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Socrates
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 108
Reject 14 409
n: 538
p: 0.0083
r: 0.11
Other demographics: YOB
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 60 78
Reject 225 267
n: 630
p: 0.0053
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: Europe
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 22 119
Reject 114 384
n: 639
p: 0.0059
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 30 120
Reject 54 467
n: 671
p: 0.0074
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Europe
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 107
Reject 39 348
n: 501
p: 0.0249
r: 0.1
Tradition: Analytic
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 137 12
Reject 451 58
n: 658
p: 0.0123
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Augustine
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 7 108
Reject 7 416
n: 538
p: 0.0269
r: 0.09
AOS: Epistemology
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 49 101
Reject 131 390
n: 671
p: 0.0198
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: Europe
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 18 135
Reject 95 428
n: 676
p: 0.0204
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Locke
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 6 109
Reject 8 415
n: 538
p: 0.0464
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: United States
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 97 56
Reject 292 231
n: 676
p: 0.0294
r: 0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 24 126
Reject 65 456
n: 671
p: 0.0372
r: -0.08
Tradition: Other tradition
Properties: transcendent universals Yes No
Accept 9 140
Reject 42 467
n: 658
p: 0.0449