Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.29	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	45	19
Reject	139	420

n: 623

p < 0.0001

r: -0.27	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	49
Reject	353	209

n: 626

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Extended mind: yes
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	43
Reject	286	208

n: 551

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	37
Reject	337	198

n: 593

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	26
Reject	117	326

n: 493

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	13
Reject	102	170

n: 314

p: 0.0022

r: 0.17	Consciousness: dualism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	37
Reject	105	383

n: 547

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	True contradictions: impossible
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	5
Reject	354	132

n: 546

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	55
Reject	215	417

n: 701

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Properties: transcendent universals
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	38
Reject	84	316

n: 454

p: 0.0007

r: 0.15	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	39
Reject	55	348

n: 454

p: 0.001

r: 0.15	Morality: non-naturalism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	34
Reject	123	378

n: 561

p: 0.0004

r: 0.15	Immortality: yes
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	21
Reject	243	290

n: 593

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Gender: social
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	27
Reject	407	154

n: 625

p: 0.0004

r: 0.14	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	39
Reject	59	413

n: 526

p: 0.0015

r: -0.14	Justification: reliabilism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	33
Reject	188	257

n: 495

p: 0.0023

r: 0.13	Capital punishment: permissible
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	42
Reject	96	458

n: 612

p: 0.0008

r: 0.13	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	34
Reject	63	343

n: 453

p: 0.0042

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	32
Reject	425	207

n: 701

p: 0.0004

r: 0.13	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	34
Reject	81	429

n: 557

p: 0.002

r: 0.13	Propositions: structured entities
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	21
Reject	186	261

n: 506

p: 0.0035

r: 0.13	Politics: capitalism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	33
Reject	155	328

n: 538

p: 0.0028

r: 0.13	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	23
Reject	154	231

n: 440

p: 0.0078

r: 0.12	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	43
Reject	79	402

n: 541

p: 0.0039

r: -0.12	Abortion: permissible
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	15
Reject	479	75

n: 615

p: 0.0022

r: 0.12	Gender categories: preserve
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	33
Reject	102	380

n: 530

p: 0.0052

r: 0.12	Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	39
Reject	99	415

n: 568

p: 0.0038

r: 0.12	Temporal ontology: presentism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	34
Reject	74	320

n: 445

p: 0.0107

r: 0.12	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	37
Reject	98	404

n: 555

p: 0.0055

r: 0.11	Personal identity: further-fact view
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	40
Reject	101	409

n: 566

p: 0.0075

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	32
Reject	133	254

n: 437

p: 0.0205

r: -0.11	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	40
Reject	284	348

n: 701

p: 0.0037

r: 0.11	Plato: knowledge only of forms
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	12
Reject	201	143

n: 380

p: 0.0342

r: 0.11	Practical reason: Humean
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	25
Reject	157	293

n: 491

p: 0.0172

r: 0.11	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	6
Reject	298	175

n: 518

p: 0.0156

r: 0.11	Race categories: preserve
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	35
Reject	36	409

n: 485

p: 0.0199

r: 0.1	Normative ethics: deontology
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	32
Reject	185	379

n: 623

p: 0.0111

r: 0.1	Properties: nonexistent
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	47
Reject	43	354

n: 450

p: 0.0402

r: 0.09	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	15
Reject	402	225

n: 698

p: 0.0122

r: 0.09	A priori knowledge: yes
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	6
Reject	477	151

n: 698

p: 0.0123

r: -0.09	Consciousness: functionalism
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	44
Reject	211	278

n: 548

p: 0.0312

r: 0.09	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	45	24
Reject	316	316

n: 701

p: 0.0168

r: 0.09	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	38
Reject	114	362

n: 530

p: 0.0462

r: -0.08	Gender: psychological
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	53
Reject	140	413

n: 618

p: 0.0371

r: -0.08	Other minds: flies
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	42
Reject	205	332

n: 598

p: 0.0446

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.17	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	12	59
Reject	45	609

n: 725

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Reid
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	6	47
Reject	14	498

n: 565

p: 0.0007

r: 0.13	Tradition: Analytic
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	68	1
Reject	542	99

n: 710

p: 0.0004

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Descartes
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	6	47
Reject	16	496

n: 565

p: 0.0057

r: 0.09	AOS: Metaphysics
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	29	42
Reject	168	486

n: 725

p: 0.0171

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Moore
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	5	48
Reject	14	498

n: 565

p: 0.0431

r: -0.08	Region of nationality: Europe
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)	Yes	No
Accept	17	54
Reject	143	474

n: 688

p: 0.0285