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

n: 498

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	21
Reject	44	316

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	24
Reject	151	324

n: 522

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Metaontology: anti-realism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	30
Reject	45	363

n: 447

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	True contradictions: actual
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	38
Reject	57	459

n: 566

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	27
Reject	83	345

n: 469

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Plato: knowledge only of forms
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	21
Reject	207	131

n: 380

p: 0.0004

r: 0.18	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	20
Reject	172	328

n: 553

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	External world: idealism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	49
Reject	29	593

n: 683

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Spacetime: relationism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	9
Reject	170	206

n: 414

p: 0.0006

r: -0.16	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	20
Reject	131	172

n: 333

p: 0.0025

r: -0.16	True contradictions: impossible
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	21
Reject	411	105

n: 566

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	36
Reject	34	369

n: 447

p: 0.0009

r: 0.16	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	20
Reject	205	361

n: 621

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Truth: epistemic
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	44
Reject	43	542

n: 640

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Propositional attitudes: representational
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	28
Reject	270	207

n: 524

p: 0.0006

r: 0.15	Temporal ontology: growing block
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	26
Reject	72	356

n: 466

p: 0.0016

r: -0.15	Science: scientific realism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	17
Reject	507	100

n: 666

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	26
Reject	37	283

n: 352

p: 0.0081

r: 0.13	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	26
Reject	112	343

n: 505

p: 0.0025

r: 0.13	Causation: process/production
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	27
Reject	115	367

n: 529

p: 0.0021

r: -0.13	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	29
Reject	376	131

n: 562

p: 0.0018

r: 0.13	Justification: coherentism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	33
Reject	107	355

n: 507

p: 0.0032

r: 0.13	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	25
Reject	188	311

n: 553

p: 0.0021

r: 0.13	Extended mind: yes
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	23
Reject	245	249

n: 545

p: 0.003

r: -0.12	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	47
Reject	102	397

n: 553

p: 0.0045

r: -0.12	Concepts: nativism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	33
Reject	156	267

n: 466

p: 0.0092

r: -0.12	Trolley problem: switch
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	24
Reject	432	134

n: 613

p: 0.0031

r: -0.12	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	28
Reject	258	250

n: 553

p: 0.0056

r: -0.12	Wittgenstein: early
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	37
Reject	155	324

n: 532

p: 0.0074

r: 0.12	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	37
Reject	188	378

n: 629

p: 0.0036

r: 0.11	Properties: immanent universals
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	32
Reject	100	349

n: 497

p: 0.0106

r: -0.11	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	44
Reject	216	348

n: 619

p: 0.0049

r: 0.11	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	47
Reject	78	474

n: 612

p: 0.0058

r: -0.11	Experience machine: yes
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	55
Reject	90	486

n: 636

p: 0.0073

r: 0.11	Statue and lump: one thing
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	23
Reject	159	298

n: 500

p: 0.0176

r: 0.1	Other minds: plants
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	45
Reject	42	505

n: 599

p: 0.011

r: 0.1	Theory of reference: descriptive
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	33
Reject	124	358

n: 529

p: 0.0174

r: 0.1	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	20
Reject	284	281

n: 619

p: 0.0102

r: -0.1	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	40
Reject	209	353

n: 616

p: 0.0105

r: -0.1	External world: non-skeptical realism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	12
Reject	547	75

n: 681

p: 0.0076

r: 0.1	Vagueness: epistemic
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	37
Reject	147	438

n: 642

p: 0.0098

r: -0.1	Abstract objects: Platonism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	28
Reject	307	279

n: 637

p: 0.0104

r: 0.1	Normative concepts: fit
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	36
Reject	35	378

n: 456

p: 0.0327

r: 0.1	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	35
Reject	60	343

n: 447

p: 0.0374

r: -0.1	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	22
Reject	309	137

n: 499

p: 0.0287

r: 0.1	External world: skepticism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	56
Reject	39	583

n: 683

p: 0.0122

r: 0.1	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	21
Reject	162	245

n: 460

p: 0.0402

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	32
Reject	85	420

n: 550

p: 0.0267

r: -0.09	Moral principles: moral generalism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	32
Reject	283	197

n: 532

p: 0.0297

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	41
Reject	133	431

n: 626

p: 0.0186

r: -0.09	Footbridge: push
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	48
Reject	163	420

n: 637

p: 0.0203

r: -0.09	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	43
Reject	112	396

n: 561

p: 0.0308

r: 0.09	Knowledge: empiricism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	20
Reject	281	238

n: 567

p: 0.0311

r: 0.09	God: theism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	39
Reject	132	481

n: 670

p: 0.0197

r: 0.09	Arguments for theism: moral
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	35
Reject	40	413

n: 495

p: 0.0465

r: 0.09	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	37
Reject	45	441

n: 529

p: 0.0402

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	36
Reject	86	417

n: 548

p: 0.0381

r: 0.09	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	31
Reject	91	396

n: 531

p: 0.0447

r: -0.08	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	32
Reject	245	254

n: 546

p: 0.0476

r: 0.08	Morality: expressivism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	46
Reject	59	452

n: 565

p: 0.0446

r: -0.08	Logic: classical
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	24
Reject	358	161

n: 571

p: 0.0469

r: 0.08	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	22
Reject	364	220

n: 647

p: 0.0356

r: 0.08	Free will: libertarianism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	36
Reject	128	490

n: 675

p: 0.034

r: -0.08	Normative ethics: deontology
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	42
Reject	201	363

n: 619

p: 0.0424

r: -0.08	Mind: physicalism
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	32
Reject	348	258

n: 664

p: 0.0367

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Propositions: acts	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	31
Reject	269	346

n: 678

p: 0.0442

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	10	55
Reject	57	585

n: 707

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	9	56
Reject	15	627

n: 707

p: 0.0003

r: -0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	46	17
Reject	574	58

n: 695

p: 0.0013

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Hegel
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	5	50
Reject	12	486

n: 553

p: 0.0047

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Aquinas
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	8	47
Reject	18	480

n: 553

p: 0.0063

r: 0.12	Tradition: Other tradition
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	12	51
Reject	40	592

n: 695

p: 0.0023

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	13	42
Reject	37	461

n: 553

p: 0.0069

r: 0.11	AOS: Normative Ethics
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	10	55
Reject	95	547

n: 707

p: 0.0039

r: 0.11	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	12	53
Reject	37	605

n: 707

p: 0.0045

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Aristotle
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	17	38
Reject	84	414

n: 553

p: 0.0149

r: 0.09	Region of nationality: Canada
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	8	54
Reject	39	576

n: 677

p: 0.0198

r: 0.09	AOS: Meta-Ethics
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	12	53
Reject	83	559

n: 707

p: 0.021

r: 0.09	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	7	58
Reject	21	621

n: 707

p: 0.0224

r: -0.08	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	8	57
Reject	84	558

n: 707

p: 0.0307

r: -0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	16	49
Reject	162	480

n: 707

p: 0.0334

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Action
Propositions: acts	Yes	No
Accept	5	60
Reject	38	604

n: 707

p: 0.0499