Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: -0.26	Abstract objects: Platonism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	72
Reject	290	222

n: 615

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Propositions: acts
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	74
Reject	32	376

n: 498

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	29
Reject	233	236

n: 565

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Knowledge: empiricism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	31
Reject	214	239

n: 544

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Morality: non-naturalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	76
Reject	159	297

n: 553

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	86
Reject	173	318

n: 599

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Consciousness: dualism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	78
Reject	138	312

n: 543

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	59
Reject	146	275

n: 518

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Law: legal positivism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	24
Reject	105	176

n: 339

p: 0.003

r: 0.16	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	33
Reject	333	204

n: 652

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	50
Reject	44	263

n: 368

p: 0.0024

r: -0.15	Personal identity: further-fact view
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	81
Reject	110	340

n: 545

p: 0.0005

r: 0.15	Zombies: inconceivable
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	78
Reject	82	411

n: 601

p: 0.0003

r: 0.14	Consciousness: identity theory
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	68
Reject	60	389

n: 542

p: 0.001

r: 0.13	Mind: physicalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	38
Reject	271	258

n: 638

p: 0.0007

r: -0.13	Concepts: nativism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	56
Reject	146	232

n: 460

p: 0.0052

r: -0.13	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	29
Reject	123	131

n: 303

p: 0.024

r: -0.13	Causation: primitive
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	75
Reject	108	310

n: 514

p: 0.0035

r: 0.13	Units of selection: genes
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	25
Reject	137	152

n: 351

p: 0.0163

r: -0.13	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	47
Reject	306	152

n: 557

p: 0.0024

r: 0.13	Statue and lump: one thing
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	48
Reject	147	255

n: 485

p: 0.0051

r: 0.12	Free will: no free will
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	88
Reject	54	483

n: 650

p: 0.0015

r: 0.12	Metaontology: anti-realism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	69
Reject	39	323

n: 440

p: 0.0106

r: -0.12	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	67
Reject	141	262

n: 496

p: 0.0087

r: 0.11	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	45
Reject	199	237

n: 524

p: 0.0095

r: 0.11	Other minds: future AI systems
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	54
Reject	179	293

n: 573

p: 0.007

r: 0.11	Consciousness: panpsychism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	80
Reject	40	411

n: 544

p: 0.0088

r: 0.11	True contradictions: actual
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	78
Reject	46	405

n: 546

p: 0.0089

r: 0.11	Values in science: can be either
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	51
Reject	153	278

n: 522

p: 0.0134

r: 0.11	Justification: reliabilism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	52
Reject	151	250

n: 494

p: 0.0186

r: 0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	51
Reject	148	320

n: 565

p: 0.0127

r: 0.1	Morality: naturalist realism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	55
Reject	149	309

n: 555

p: 0.0138

r: -0.1	True contradictions: impossible
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	26
Reject	360	91

n: 546

p: 0.0152

r: -0.1	Meaning of life: objective
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	60
Reject	222	246

n: 563

p: 0.0145

r: 0.1	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	67
Reject	75	314

n: 476

p: 0.029

r: 0.1	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	44	55
Reject	143	336

n: 578

p: 0.0205

r: 0.09	Gender: social
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	31
Reject	318	157

n: 576

p: 0.0233

r: 0.09	Extended mind: yes
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	42
Reject	204	220

n: 522

p: 0.0315

r: -0.09	Time: A-theory
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	66
Reject	138	265

n: 497

p: 0.0374

r: -0.09	Moral principles: moral generalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	51	41
Reject	246	176

n: 514

p: 0.0354

r: -0.09	Mental content: internalism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	72
Reject	149	334

n: 584

p: 0.0273

r: -0.09	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	74
Reject	86	344

n: 520

p: 0.04

r: -0.09	Possible worlds: abstract
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	54
Reject	297	182

n: 579

p: 0.0309

r: 0.09	Personal identity: psychological view
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	41
Reject	204	250

n: 549

p: 0.0357

r: -0.09	Aesthetic value: objective
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	50
Reject	284	209

n: 601

p: 0.0358

r: 0.08	Truth: epistemic
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	94
Reject	44	467

n: 612

p: 0.0383

r: 0.08	Race: social
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	41
Reject	324	161

n: 591

p: 0.0442

r: -0.08	Free will: libertarianism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	85
Reject	134	402

n: 647

p: 0.0403

r: 0.08	External world: skepticism
Properties: tropes	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	105
Reject	30	509

n: 652

p: 0.041

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Hume
Properties: tropes	Yes	No
Accept	26	70
Reject	62	381

n: 539

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Properties: tropes	Yes	No
Accept	46	70
Reject	121	435

n: 672

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Spinoza
Properties: tropes	Yes	No
Accept	5	91
Reject	8	435

n: 539

p: 0.0103

r: 0.1	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Properties: tropes	Yes	No
Accept	20	96
Reject	50	506

n: 672

p: 0.0133