Survey Results

Correlations

Propositional attitudes: dispositional

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: 0.27
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 57 138
Reject 49 330
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Propositions: acts
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 23 151
Reject 24 324
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Wittgenstein: early
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 36 158
Reject 119 241
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Abstract objects: Platonism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 72 138
Reject 233 188
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Knowledge: empiricism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 128 53
Reject 192 196
n: 569
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 32 104
Reject 33 215
n: 384
p: 0.0005
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 34 129
Reject 38 275
n: 476
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 27 136
Reject 23 289
n: 475
p: 0.0003
r: -0.17
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 85 111
Reject 203 179
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 110 109
Reject 140 279
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 26 99
Reject 20 210
n: 355
p: 0.0025
r: 0.16
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 13 179
Reject 19 360
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Properties: transcendent universals
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 19 133
Reject 85 237
n: 474
p: 0.0009
r: 0.15
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 73 117
Reject 100 265
n: 555
p: 0.0005
r: 0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 135 80
Reject 200 206
n: 621
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 60 129
Reject 64 305
n: 558
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Theory of reference: deflationary
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 43 127
Reject 46 303
n: 519
p: 0.0012
r: -0.14
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 62 153
Reject 145 259
n: 619
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Morality: constructivism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 62 142
Reject 59 321
n: 584
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 86 93
Reject 113 196
n: 488
p: 0.0043
r: 0.13
Truth: epistemic
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 28 197
Reject 31 393
n: 649
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
Concepts: nativism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 44 127
Reject 134 180
n: 485
p: 0.0046
r: 0.13
Properties: immanent universals
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 40 112
Reject 63 259
n: 474
p: 0.0054
r: 0.13
Propositions: simple entities
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 13 161
Reject 25 324
n: 523
p: 0.0036
r: -0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 99 100
Reject 228 139
n: 566
p: 0.0033
r: 0.12
Statue and lump: one thing
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 70 96
Reject 116 234
n: 516
p: 0.0077
r: -0.12
Plato: knowledge only of forms
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 62 68
Reject 150 97
n: 377
p: 0.0239
r: 0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 64 90
Reject 80 224
n: 458
p: 0.0159
r: -0.11
Science: scientific realism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 174 48
Reject 369 72
n: 663
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 95 100
Reject 137 230
n: 562
p: 0.0093
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 56 108
Reject 130 182
n: 476
p: 0.0199
r: 0.11
Propositions: nonexistent
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 37 137
Reject 58 290
n: 522
p: 0.0158
r: -0.1
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 58 98
Reject 148 156
n: 460
p: 0.0243
r: -0.1
Truth: correspondence
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 118 107
Reject 271 155
n: 651
p: 0.0074
r: 0.1
Justification: coherentism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 55 133
Reject 69 278
n: 535
p: 0.0152
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 160 69
Reject 246 183
n: 658
p: 0.0074
r: 0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 59 133
Reject 93 299
n: 584
p: 0.0123
r: -0.1
Units of selection: genes
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 66 69
Reject 132 116
n: 383
p: 0.0441
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 68 96
Reject 90 225
n: 479
p: 0.0243
r: -0.1
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 80 111
Reject 186 179
n: 556
p: 0.0157
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 133 105
Reject 227 225
n: 690
p: 0.0079
r: -0.1
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 26 169
Reject 80 287
n: 562
p: 0.0179
r: -0.1
Immortality: yes
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 79 132
Reject 209 187
n: 607
p: 0.0144
r: -0.1
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 31 169
Reject 89 287
n: 576
p: 0.0177
r: 0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 13 175
Reject 15 360
n: 563
p: 0.0195
r: -0.1
Aesthetic value: objective
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 98 117
Reject 234 180
n: 629
p: 0.0138
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 63 162
Reject 92 327
n: 644
p: 0.0168
r: 0.09
Propositions: sets
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 17 157
Reject 37 311
n: 522
p: 0.0344
r: -0.09
Logic: classical
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 121 71
Reject 238 129
n: 559
p: 0.0317
r: 0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 55 121
Reject 81 249
n: 506
p: 0.0447
r: 0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 112 94
Reject 159 208
n: 573
p: 0.0372
r: 0.09
Justification: infinitism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 8 179
Reject 5 338
n: 530
p: 0.0451
r: 0.08
Truth: deflationary
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 81 144
Reject 108 318
n: 651
p: 0.0321
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 88 110
Reject 140 249
n: 587
p: 0.0431
r: 0.08
Extended mind: yes
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 119 78
Reject 201 183
n: 581
p: 0.0449
r: 0.08
Knowledge claims: relativism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 13 201
Reject 20 385
n: 619
p: 0.0486
r: 0.07
External world: idealism
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Accept Reject
Accept 16 220
Reject 29 427
n: 692
p: 0.0488

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.14
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 30 169
Reject 23 331
n: 553
p: 0.0007
r: -0.14
Philosopher: Russell
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 7 192
Reject 39 315
n: 553
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Aristotle
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 46 153
Reject 53 301
n: 553
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Mill
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 14 185
Reject 12 342
n: 553
p: 0.0071
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Frege
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 15 184
Reject 43 311
n: 553
p: 0.0152
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 27 217
Reject 59 410
n: 713
p: 0.0088
r: 0.09
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 46 198
Reject 59 410
n: 713
p: 0.0145
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Aquinas
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 12 187
Reject 11 343
n: 553
p: 0.0381
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 26 218
Reject 27 442
n: 713
p: 0.0209
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 50 194
Reject 117 352
n: 713
p: 0.0267
r: 0.08
Gender: female
Propositional attitudes: dispositional Yes No
Accept 44 201
Reject 59 402
n: 706
p: 0.0459