Survey Results

Correlations

Propositions: structured entities

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Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.33
Abstract objects: Platonism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 193 81
Reject 137 227
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 36 188
Reject 101 181
n: 506
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Possible worlds: abstract
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 191 75
Reject 175 173
n: 614
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 55 210
Reject 134 214
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Properties: nonexistent
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 7 221
Reject 45 222
n: 495
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Properties: transcendent universals
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 74 155
Reject 47 223
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 102 110
Reject 64 185
n: 461
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 233 46
Reject 254 119
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Metaontology: anti-realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 10 186
Reject 44 208
n: 448
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Theory of reference: deflationary
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 22 206
Reject 63 231
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Propositional attitudes: representational
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 164 69
Reject 126 167
n: 526
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Concepts: nativism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 89 107
Reject 77 193
n: 466
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Laws of nature: Humean
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 66 221
Reject 138 229
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Knowledge: empiricism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 110 136
Reject 200 122
n: 568
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 111 87
Reject 100 152
n: 450
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Theory of reference: causal
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 143 89
Reject 140 157
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 227 63
Reject 240 140
n: 670
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Science: scientific realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 261 34
Reject 289 83
n: 667
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 262 39
Reject 284 100
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 145 79
Reject 133 149
n: 506
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aesthetic value: objective
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 171 101
Reject 163 188
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 182 110
Reject 188 199
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Justification: coherentism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 37 180
Reject 82 209
n: 508
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Properties: immanent universals
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 67 162
Reject 50 219
n: 498
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 82 78
Reject 60 113
n: 333
p: 0.0026
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 117 151
Reject 106 243
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 47 74
Reject 42 105
n: 268
p: 0.0084
r: -0.16
Statue and lump: one thing
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 72 161
Reject 106 161
n: 500
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 156 56
Reject 184 104
n: 500
p: 0.0005
r: -0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 32 197
Reject 73 230
n: 532
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Other minds: newborn babies
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 241 17
Reject 286 56
n: 600
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 96 121
Reject 70 220
n: 507
p: 0.0008
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 82 107
Reject 90 170
n: 449
p: 0.0016
r: 0.15
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 64 87
Reject 67 176
n: 394
p: 0.0034
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 168 118
Reject 165 200
n: 651
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Race categories: eliminate
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 87 114
Reject 139 143
n: 483
p: 0.0016
r: -0.14
Morality: constructivism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 33 213
Reject 73 247
n: 566
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Spacetime: relationism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 77 104
Reject 122 113
n: 416
p: 0.0037
r: 0.14
Truth: correspondence
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 189 87
Reject 212 155
n: 643
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Consciousness: dualism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 71 164
Reject 70 239
n: 544
p: 0.0015
r: 0.14
Race categories: revise
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 84 117
Reject 84 199
n: 484
p: 0.0028
r: 0.13
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 38 186
Reject 21 261
n: 506
p: 0.0035
r: 0.13
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 227 80
Reject 238 150
n: 695
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Material composition: nihilism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 7 168
Reject 23 172
n: 370
p: 0.0136
r: -0.13
Truth: deflationary
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 70 205
Reject 117 250
n: 642
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 126 144
Reject 192 158
n: 620
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 60 168
Reject 57 246
n: 531
p: 0.0039
r: 0.12
Units of selection: genes
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 82 62
Reject 103 111
n: 358
p: 0.019
r: 0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 147 83
Reject 156 147
n: 533
p: 0.0047
r: 0.12
Other minds: cats
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 244 14
Reject 314 28
n: 600
p: 0.0028
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 56 134
Reject 103 168
n: 461
p: 0.0105
r: 0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 43 184
Reject 39 263
n: 529
p: 0.0066
r: 0.12
External world: non-skeptical realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 274 29
Reject 321 58
n: 682
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Other minds: fish
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 185 73
Reject 217 125
n: 600
p: 0.0043
r: -0.12
External world: skepticism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 14 289
Reject 30 351
n: 684
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: design
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 60 157
Reject 59 225
n: 501
p: 0.0102
r: 0.11
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 62 173
Reject 57 260
n: 552
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Experience machine: yes
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 35 243
Reject 60 299
n: 637
p: 0.0046
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 221 71
Reject 257 130
n: 679
p: 0.0036
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: deontology
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 107 166
Reject 108 239
n: 620
p: 0.008
r: -0.11
Proper names: Fregean
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 90 165
Reject 141 168
n: 564
p: 0.0125
r: 0.1
Meaning of life: objective
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 114 132
Reject 122 196
n: 564
p: 0.0152
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 52 244
Reject 67 311
n: 674
p: 0.0079
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 87 187
Reject 153 195
n: 622
p: 0.011
r: 0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 205 46
Reject 235 80
n: 566
p: 0.0178
r: -0.1
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 131 120
Reject 206 139
n: 596
p: 0.0173
r: -0.1
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 36 191
Reject 59 255
n: 541
p: 0.0237
r: 0.1
Normative concepts: value
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 99 108
Reject 111 141
n: 459
p: 0.0374
r: -0.1
Causation: nonexistent
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 5 222
Reject 22 278
n: 527
p: 0.0262
r: -0.1
Gender categories: eliminate
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 26 202
Reject 55 239
n: 522
p: 0.0274
r: 0.1
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 158 83
Reject 199 131
n: 571
p: 0.0214
r: -0.1
Chinese room: understands
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 45 195
Reject 71 246
n: 557
p: 0.0233
r: -0.1
Mental content: internalism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 80 200
Reject 124 224
n: 628
p: 0.0164
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 85 149
Reject 87 212
n: 533
p: 0.0279
r: -0.1
True contradictions: actual
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 22 229
Reject 47 268
n: 566
p: 0.0237
r: 0.09
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 88 143
Reject 109 192
n: 532
p: 0.0311
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 69 130
Reject 74 199
n: 472
p: 0.0448
r: 0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 195 101
Reject 225 156
n: 677
p: 0.017
r: 0.09
Morality: non-naturalism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 79 165
Reject 85 235
n: 564
p: 0.0313
r: 0.09
Gender: social
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 185 82
Reject 212 127
n: 606
p: 0.0269
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 79 151
Reject 138 186
n: 554
p: 0.0436
r: 0.09
Consciousness: panpsychism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 22 213
Reject 20 290
n: 545
p: 0.0454
r: 0.08
Morality: naturalist realism
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 98 147
Reject 105 216
n: 566
p: 0.0478
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: none
Propositions: structured entities Accept Reject
Accept 6 291
Reject 14 370
n: 681
p: 0.0439

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.14
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 11 222
Reject 39 282
n: 554
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 12 294
Reject 37 365
n: 708
p: 0.0006
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Carnap
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 14 219
Reject 30 291
n: 554
p: 0.0171
r: -0.1
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 28 278
Reject 59 343
n: 708
p: 0.009
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 83 223
Reject 75 327
n: 708
p: 0.0114
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 9 297
Reject 20 382
n: 708
p: 0.0125
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Russell
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 31 202
Reject 22 299
n: 554
p: 0.0283
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Leibniz
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 16 217
Reject 9 312
n: 554
p: 0.0308
r: 0.09
Tradition: Analytic
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 275 25
Reject 347 49
n: 696
p: 0.0168
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 5 301
Reject 18 384
n: 708
p: 0.0217
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Plato
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 21 212
Reject 16 305
n: 554
p: 0.0469
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 6 300
Reject 19 383
n: 708
p: 0.0272
r: -0.08
AOS: Metaphilosophy
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 12 294
Reject 27 375
n: 708
p: 0.029
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Canada
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 23 284
Reject 18 386
n: 711
p: 0.0335
r: 0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Propositions: structured entities Yes No
Accept 49 257
Reject 47 355
n: 708
p: 0.0393