Survey Results

Correlations

Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic

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: -0.28
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 23 87
Reject 195 181
n: 486
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Metaontology: anti-realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 26 84
Reject 36 338
n: 484
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
True contradictions: impossible
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 98 49
Reject 401 84
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
True contradictions: actual
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 28 119
Reject 39 446
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 27 148
Reject 200 343
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Justification: coherentism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 54 83
Reject 104 376
n: 617
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 102 68
Reject 170 303
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Science: scientific realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 129 51
Reject 509 93
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Laws of nature: Humean
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 87 89
Reject 144 429
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Truth: epistemic
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 32 145
Reject 38 525
n: 740
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Morality: constructivism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 57 106
Reject 88 430
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Theory of reference: deflationary
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 33 88
Reject 58 392
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Properties: classes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 19 85
Reject 43 370
n: 517
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Propositional attitudes: representational
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 49 75
Reject 245 189
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 35 108
Reject 46 394
n: 583
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Abstract objects: Platonism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 53 115
Reject 289 272
n: 729
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Philosophical knowledge: none
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 11 155
Reject 11 525
n: 702
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 124 51
Reject 272 273
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 80 124
Reject 350 252
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 128 62
Reject 509 106
n: 805
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Knowledge: empiricism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 121 53
Reject 253 245
n: 672
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Justification: infinitism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 6 131
Reject 7 466
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 41 105
Reject 54 394
n: 594
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 52 57
Reject 104 271
n: 484
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 11 136
Reject 19 466
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 118 67
Reject 457 134
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 45 80
Reject 84 324
n: 533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 16 105
Reject 24 402
n: 547
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositions: nonexistent
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 32 72
Reject 61 366
n: 531
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 16 65
Reject 27 276
n: 384
p: 0.0009
r: 0.17
Extended mind: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 92 57
Reject 241 255
n: 645
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 81 71
Reject 312 142
n: 606
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
External world: skepticism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 18 169
Reject 30 589
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Concepts: nativism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 31 97
Reject 154 256
n: 538
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
External world: idealism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 13 174
Reject 35 584
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Consciousness: panpsychism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 20 131
Reject 31 469
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 68 117
Reject 117 447
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 21 46
Reject 119 147
n: 333
p: 0.0035
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: relativism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 21 154
Reject 22 522
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Wittgenstein: early
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 29 133
Reject 142 321
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Truth: correspondence
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 80 99
Reject 355 209
n: 743
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 32 103
Reject 133 209
n: 477
p: 0.0007
r: 0.15
Newcomb's problem: one box
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 51 60
Reject 139 286
n: 536
p: 0.0004
r: -0.15
Propositions: structured entities
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 32 73
Reject 197 230
n: 532
p: 0.0004
r: -0.15
Well-being: objective list
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 64 79
Reject 274 167
n: 584
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 116 78
Reject 423 182
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
External world: non-skeptical realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 157 30
Reject 541 78
n: 806
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Theory of reference: causal
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 47 74
Reject 265 193
n: 579
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 60 64
Reject 129 305
n: 558
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Spacetime: relationism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 57 39
Reject 141 190
n: 427
p: 0.003
r: -0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 110 82
Reject 435 172
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Consciousness: dualism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 22 129
Reject 148 351
n: 650
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 11 131
Reject 20 454
n: 616
p: 0.0006
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 44 138
Reject 63 494
n: 739
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Philosophical progress: a lot
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 74 121
Reject 315 295
n: 805
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 17 92
Reject 39 337
n: 485
p: 0.0028
r: -0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 21 116
Reject 165 315
n: 617
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Other minds: newborn babies
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 143 29
Reject 477 67
n: 716
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 28 81
Reject 52 325
n: 486
p: 0.0037
r: 0.13
Other minds: plants
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 19 153
Reject 31 513
n: 716
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 30 61
Reject 35 271
n: 397
p: 0.0097
r: 0.13
Properties: nonexistent
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 11 94
Reject 37 375
n: 517
p: 0.0034
r: -0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 23 147
Reject 102 371
n: 643
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Units of selection: genes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 55 57
Reject 161 143
n: 416
p: 0.0098
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 105 99
Reject 408 194
n: 806
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Politics: capitalism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 40 109
Reject 197 286
n: 632
p: 0.0017
r: 0.12
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 61 95
Reject 158 369
n: 683
p: 0.0014
r: -0.12
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 90 69
Reject 349 163
n: 671
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Philosophical progress: a little
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 110 85
Reject 279 331
n: 805
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Truth: deflationary
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 68 111
Reject 154 410
n: 743
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 79 125
Reject 194 408
n: 806
p: 0.0007
r: -0.12
Possible worlds: abstract
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 83 73
Reject 321 206
n: 683
p: 0.0023
r: 0.12
Arguments for theism: moral
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 19 129
Reject 44 407
n: 599
p: 0.0046
r: 0.11
Experience machine: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 42 144
Reject 68 508
n: 762
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Values in science: can be either
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 43 127
Reject 179 294
n: 643
p: 0.0039
r: 0.11
Gender: social
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 135 50
Reject 353 178
n: 716
p: 0.0024
r: 0.11
Normative concepts: fit
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 20 106
Reject 29 386
n: 541
p: 0.0089
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: subjective
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 81 88
Reject 182 337
n: 688
p: 0.0032
r: 0.11
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 114 59
Reject 288 239
n: 700
p: 0.0032
r: -0.11
Immortality: yes
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 70 95
Reject 286 247
n: 698
p: 0.0033
r: -0.11
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 23 133
Reject 116 397
n: 669
p: 0.0047
r: 0.11
Morality: expressivism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 29 131
Reject 60 462
n: 682
p: 0.0043
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 76 107
Reject 179 389
n: 751
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 92 62
Reject 246 285
n: 685
p: 0.0052
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 88 93
Reject 206 357
n: 744
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Consciousness: eliminativism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 12 138
Reject 23 476
n: 649
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 64 84
Reject 164 323
n: 635
p: 0.0081
r: 0.1
Material composition: nihilism
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 6 48
Reject 27 294
n: 375
p: 0.0437
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 89 115
Reject 311 291
n: 806
p: 0.0035
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 34 88
Reject 99 336
n: 557
p: 0.0197
r: -0.1
Logic: classical
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 82 60
Reject 339 149
n: 630
p: 0.0132
r: -0.1
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 66 59
Reject 245 163
n: 533
p: 0.0232
r: -0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 28 148
Reject 108 426
n: 710
p: 0.0119
r: 0.09
Zombies: inconceivable
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 34 124
Reject 103 467
n: 728
p: 0.0118
r: -0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 111 62
Reject 367 129
n: 669
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 63 92
Reject 183 356
n: 694
p: 0.0191
r: -0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 92 75
Reject 351 186
n: 704
p: 0.0207
r: 0.09
Propositions: acts
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 13 91
Reject 31 396
n: 531
p: 0.0447
r: 0.09
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 36 109
Reject 88 352
n: 585
p: 0.0393
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Accept Reject
Accept 40 115
Reject 193 346
n: 694
p: 0.025

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.19
Tradition: Analytic
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 159 45
Reject 575 44
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender: female
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 56 154
Reject 76 539
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender: male
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 153 57
Reject 537 78
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
AOS: Metaphysics
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 28 182
Reject 198 428
n: 836
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Dewey
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 14 162
Reject 6 452
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Peirce
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 12 164
Reject 3 455
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosopher: Russell
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 5 171
Reject 51 407
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Tradition: Other tradition
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 30 174
Reject 32 587
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
AOS: Epistemology
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 45 165
Reject 191 435
n: 836
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: James
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 12 164
Reject 13 445
n: 634
p: 0.0015
r: 0.12
Tradition: Continental
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 15 189
Reject 12 607
n: 823
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Lewis
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 11 165
Reject 70 388
n: 634
p: 0.005
r: 0.11
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 15 195
Reject 18 608
n: 836
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 16 194
Reject 19 607
n: 836
p: 0.0043
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 11 199
Reject 15 611
n: 836
p: 0.0045
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Foucault
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 6 170
Reject 1 457
n: 634
p: 0.0141
r: 0.1
AOS: Applied Ethics
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 31 179
Reject 53 573
n: 836
p: 0.0055
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Frege
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 6 170
Reject 47 411
n: 634
p: 0.0173
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Rorty
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 5 171
Reject 2 456
n: 634
p: 0.0305
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 18 192
Reject 21 605
n: 836
p: 0.0132
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Canada
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 20 180
Reject 35 559
n: 794
p: 0.0221
r: 0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 36 174
Reject 68 558
n: 836
p: 0.0231
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic Yes No
Accept 33 177
Reject 137 489
n: 836
p: 0.0337