Survey Results

Correlations

Propositions: 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: -0.46
Abstract objects: Platonism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 98
Reject 315 209
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 80 30
Reject 109 393
n: 612
p < 0.0001
r: 0.42
Properties: nonexistent
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 50
Reject 21 392
n: 494
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Possible worlds: abstract
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 24 86
Reject 341 162
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Knowledge: empiricism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 78 25
Reject 231 233
n: 567
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 46
Reject 126 144
n: 331
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
A priori knowledge: yes
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 68 46
Reject 477 92
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 40 44
Reject 96 325
n: 505
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Material composition: nihilism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 43
Reject 17 295
n: 368
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Propositional attitudes: representational
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 38 57
Reject 251 178
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 81
Reject 5 414
n: 512
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Theory of reference: deflationary
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 33 61
Reject 52 375
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Truth: deflationary
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 60
Reject 133 393
n: 640
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 61
Reject 410 168
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 56
Reject 183 182
n: 448
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Justification: coherentism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 33 53
Reject 86 335
n: 507
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Concepts: nativism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 21 67
Reject 144 233
n: 465
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Morality: constructivism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 30 67
Reject 76 391
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 64 47
Reject 421 118
n: 650
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Aesthetic value: objective
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 45 61
Reject 287 228
n: 621
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Metaontology: anti-realism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 23 60
Reject 31 332
n: 446
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Truth: correspondence
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 54 60
Reject 346 181
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Wittgenstein: early
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 65
Reject 144 295
n: 531
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 12 56
Reject 153 238
n: 459
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Laws of nature: Humean
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 55 54
Reject 148 395
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 53
Reject 247 174
n: 505
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Science: scientific realism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 77 33
Reject 471 84
n: 665
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 60 56
Reject 405 147
n: 668
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 32 61
Reject 72 366
n: 531
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Statue and lump: one thing
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 39 31
Reject 139 289
n: 498
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 51 53
Reject 165 283
n: 552
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Experience machine: yes
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 32 71
Reject 63 469
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 56
Reject 114 206
n: 392
p: 0.0025
r: -0.15
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 49 70
Reject 321 237
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical knowledge: none
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 97
Reject 9 479
n: 593
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 42
Reject 89 301
n: 457
p: 0.0013
r: 0.15
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 78 34
Reject 258 224
n: 594
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Other minds: newborn babies
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 83 19
Reject 443 54
n: 599
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Consciousness: dualism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 15 83
Reject 126 319
n: 543
p: 0.0005
r: 0.15
Mind: physicalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 76 38
Reject 298 251
n: 663
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 88
Reject 94 354
n: 552
p: 0.0014
r: -0.14
Practical reason: Kantian
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 68
Reject 72 307
n: 458
p: 0.0036
r: -0.13
Units of selection: genes
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 27 38
Reject 156 135
n: 356
p: 0.0124
r: -0.13
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 76
Reject 200 317
n: 615
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 30
Reject 81 148
n: 267
p: 0.032
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 20 63
Reject 46 319
n: 448
p: 0.0061
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: formalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 63
Reject 21 301
n: 394
p: 0.0116
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 85 34
Reject 343 215
n: 677
p: 0.001
r: -0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 55 38
Reject 285 121
n: 499
p: 0.0049
r: -0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 20 66
Reject 146 274
n: 506
p: 0.0047
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 60 38
Reject 257 263
n: 618
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 32 52
Reject 85 300
n: 469
p: 0.0075
r: -0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 82
Reject 105 332
n: 530
p: 0.0045
r: -0.12
Material composition: universalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 11 45
Reject 109 203
n: 368
p: 0.0194
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 31 48
Reject 127 253
n: 459
p: 0.0114
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: relativism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 8 90
Reject 25 493
n: 616
p: 0.0034
r: -0.12
True contradictions: impossible
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 73 24
Reject 367 102
n: 566
p: 0.0051
r: -0.12
Free will: libertarianism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 19 96
Reject 131 428
n: 674
p: 0.0025
r: -0.11
External world: non-skeptical realism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 93 22
Reject 500 65
n: 680
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 73
Reject 59 306
n: 447
p: 0.0174
r: 0.11
External world: skepticism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 13 102
Reject 31 536
n: 682
p: 0.0036
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: objective
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 71
Reject 209 257
n: 562
p: 0.0083
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 73 46
Reject 403 155
n: 677
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 40 39
Reject 161 233
n: 473
p: 0.0188
r: -0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 18 78
Reject 146 320
n: 562
p: 0.0115
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 37 58
Reject 137 290
n: 522
p: 0.0158
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 78 41
Reject 431 127
n: 677
p: 0.0064
r: -0.1
Moral principles: moral generalism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 40 49
Reject 262 180
n: 531
p: 0.0219
r: 0.1
Chinese room: understands
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 25 73
Reject 91 367
n: 556
p: 0.0215
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 59 60
Reject 241 317
n: 677
p: 0.0115
r: -0.1
Belief or credence: belief
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 22 50
Reject 136 259
n: 467
p: 0.0376
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 74
Reject 87 297
n: 468
p: 0.0392
r: 0.09
True contradictions: actual
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 16 81
Reject 53 416
n: 566
p: 0.0239
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 10 83
Reject 72 363
n: 528
p: 0.0301
r: 0.09
Zombies: inconceivable
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 28 72
Reject 87 437
n: 624
p: 0.0184
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: ontological
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 7 75
Reject 62 351
n: 495
p: 0.0369
r: -0.09
Personal identity: further-fact view
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 9 84
Reject 99 374
n: 566
p: 0.0281
r: 0.09
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 47 55
Reject 180 336
n: 618
p: 0.0218
r: -0.09
Other minds: cats
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 92 10
Reject 465 32
n: 599
p: 0.0258
r: -0.09
Other minds: adult humans
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 101 1
Reject 494 3
n: 599
p: 0.033
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 42 77
Reject 170 388
n: 677
p: 0.0291
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Propositions: nonexistent Accept Reject
Accept 46 57
Reject 286 260
n: 649
p: 0.0499

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.17
Philosopher: Lewis
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 6 93
Reject 77 376
n: 552
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Frege
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 6 93
Reject 54 399
n: 552
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 23 100
Reject 155 428
n: 706
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 29 94
Reject 58 525
n: 706
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Hume
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 23 76
Reject 67 386
n: 552
p: 0.0063
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 9 114
Reject 13 570
n: 706
p: 0.0048
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 20 79
Reject 44 409
n: 552
p: 0.0134
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Mill
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 6 93
Reject 14 439
n: 552
p: 0.019
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 5 118
Reject 10 573
n: 706
p: 0.0308
r: -0.08
AOS: Metaphysics
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 35 88
Reject 185 398
n: 706
p: 0.0312
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 10 113
Reject 15 568
n: 706
p: 0.035
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Computing and Information
Propositions: nonexistent Yes No
Accept 5 118
Reject 8 575
n: 706
p: 0.0447