Survey Results

Correlations

Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist

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: -0.32
Epistemic justification: internalism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 26 135
Reject 262 319
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Justification: reliabilism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 82 56
Reject 153 318
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Mental content: internalism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 23 138
Reject 177 362
n: 700
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 56 57
Reject 127 243
n: 483
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 75 74
Reject 150 410
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Sleeping beauty: one-third
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 27 36
Reject 70 154
n: 287
p: 0.0027
r: -0.17
Justification: coherentism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 19 118
Reject 138 335
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 62 88
Reject 326 235
n: 711
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 13 131
Reject 87 382
n: 613
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 21 86
Reject 49 323
n: 479
p: 0.0021
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 127 41
Reject 385 242
n: 795
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Moral motivation: internalism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 55 92
Reject 235 267
n: 649
p: 0.0009
r: 0.13
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 38 38
Reject 101 153
n: 330
p: 0.0185
r: 0.13
Propositions: structured entities
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 60 57
Reject 168 246
n: 531
p: 0.0039
r: 0.12
Theory of reference: causal
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 78 45
Reject 233 218
n: 574
p: 0.003
r: -0.12
Propositions: nonexistent
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 11 105
Reject 82 332
n: 530
p: 0.0045
r: -0.11
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 70 66
Reject 364 166
n: 666
p: 0.0034
r: 0.1
Meaning of life: objective
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 70 68
Reject 207 335
n: 680
p: 0.0062
r: -0.1
Morality: constructivism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 17 130
Reject 125 402
n: 674
p: 0.0069
r: -0.1
Belief or credence: credence
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 28 98
Reject 149 256
n: 531
p: 0.0167
r: 0.1
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 74 85
Reject 225 339
n: 723
p: 0.0054
r: -0.1
Capital punishment: permissible
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 22 126
Reject 113 440
n: 701
p: 0.0073
r: 0.1
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 36 110
Reject 69 396
n: 611
p: 0.0129
r: -0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 36 100
Reject 147 326
n: 609
p: 0.0135
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 36 71
Reject 92 282
n: 481
p: 0.0316
r: 0.1
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 130 39
Reject 409 213
n: 791
p: 0.0062
r: 0.1
Belief or credence: belief
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 56 70
Reject 126 279
n: 531
p: 0.0253
r: -0.1
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 50 75
Reject 239 249
n: 613
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: representational
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 77 47
Reject 213 217
n: 554
p: 0.0281
r: -0.09
Theory of reference: descriptive
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 24 99
Reject 115 336
n: 574
p: 0.0254
r: 0.09
Abstract objects: Platonism
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 78 75
Reject 261 306
n: 720
p: 0.0136
r: -0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 22 100
Reject 107 299
n: 528
p: 0.0361
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 89 70
Reject 286 316
n: 761
p: 0.0148
r: -0.09
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 41 99
Reject 183 305
n: 628
p: 0.0302
r: 0.08
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 64 86
Reject 181 358
n: 689
p: 0.0345
r: -0.07
Laws of nature: Humean
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 39 121
Reject 186 396
n: 742
p: 0.0453
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Accept Reject
Accept 103 65
Reject 294 333
n: 795
p: 0.0389

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15
Philosopher: Reid
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 11 119
Reject 8 485
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Epistemology
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 71 103
Reject 166 486
n: 826
p: 0.0033
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: Canada
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 6 166
Reject 41 612
n: 825
p: 0.0338
r: 0.07
Tradition: Analytic
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 154 16
Reject 571 71
n: 812
p: 0.0361
r: -0.07
Tradition: Other tradition
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 11 159
Reject 49 593
n: 812
p: 0.0362
r: 0.07
Other demographics: YOB
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist Yes No
Accept 82 82
Reject 307 308
n: 779
p: 0.0485