Survey Results

Correlations

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: -0.29
Propositions: structured entities
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 36 101
Reject 188 181
n: 506
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Justification: coherentism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 50 71
Reject 67 308
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Propositions: nonexistent
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 40 96
Reject 44 325
n: 505
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 82 327
Reject 56 81
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Values in science: necessarily value-laden Accept Reject
Accept 88 143
Reject 65 259
n: 555
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Metaontology: anti-realism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 26 77
Reject 34 301
n: 438
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 36 39
Reject 102 369
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 87 99
Reject 371 141
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 18 146
Reject 166 293
n: 623
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 26 78
Reject 160 176
n: 440
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Truth: correspondence
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 66 92
Reject 309 170
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Science: scientific realism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 113 51
Reject 419 82
n: 665
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Theory of reference: causal Accept Reject
Accept 49 223
Reject 79 168
n: 519
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 32 88
Reject 48 289
n: 457
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Causation: nonexistent
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 16 109
Reject 12 387
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Other minds: plants
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 20 139
Reject 26 413
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Theory of reference: deflationary Accept Reject
Accept 38 56
Reject 89 330
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 57 80
Reject 222 149
n: 508
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
A priori knowledge: yes
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 117 69
Reject 424 88
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 12 123
Reject 5 359
n: 499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Truth: epistemic
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 29 128
Reject 32 446
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Wittgenstein: early Accept Reject
Accept 27 133
Reject 122 266
n: 548
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 76 69
Reject 261 112
n: 518
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 18 96
Reject 135 306
n: 555
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Moral principles: moral generalism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 56 87
Reject 251 148
n: 542
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Extended mind: yes
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 96 46
Reject 204 205
n: 551
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 45 84
Reject 80 324
n: 533
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
External world: non-skeptical realism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 137 33
Reject 458 54
n: 682
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 63 93
Reject 126 308
n: 590
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 63 110
Reject 265 224
n: 662
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 73 115
Reject 288 225
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Knowledge claims: relativism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 15 150
Reject 21 439
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 21 79
Reject 103 232
n: 435
p: 0.0014
r: 0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 121 44
Reject 247 214
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Material composition: nihilism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 10 54
Reject 21 261
n: 346
p: 0.0046
r: -0.15
Possible worlds: abstract
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 78 78
Reject 273 161
n: 590
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Truth: deflationary
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 64 94
Reject 124 354
n: 636
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 105 83
Reject 354 159
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Abstract objects: Platonism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 55 101
Reject 245 232
n: 633
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 31 69
Reject 38 243
n: 381
p: 0.0067
r: -0.14
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 38 81
Reject 130 208
n: 457
p: 0.0032
r: 0.14
External world: idealism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 21 151
Reject 23 490
n: 685
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 21 54
Reject 110 129
n: 314
p: 0.0147
r: -0.13
Immortality: yes
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 53 104
Reject 229 207
n: 593
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Propositions: acts
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 24 112
Reject 26 343
n: 505
p: 0.0025
r: 0.13
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Spacetime: relationism Accept Reject
Accept 69 120
Reject 36 165
n: 390
p: 0.0083
r: 0.13
Race categories: eliminate
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 78 63
Reject 152 192
n: 485
p: 0.0043
r: 0.13
Morality: constructivism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 48 98
Reject 78 340
n: 564
p: 0.0022
r: 0.13
Other minds: particles
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 6 153
Reject 6 433
n: 598
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
External world: skepticism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 17 155
Reject 23 489
n: 684
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 13 122
Reject 23 341
n: 499
p: 0.005
r: -0.12
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 107 62
Reject 371 120
n: 660
p: 0.0016
r: 0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 15 147
Reject 9 427
n: 598
p: 0.0029
r: -0.12
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 81 74
Reject 274 140
n: 569
p: 0.0037
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 54 135
Reject 56 128
n: 373
p: 0.0225
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 44 145
Reject 109 257
n: 555
p: 0.0059
r: -0.12
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 17 137
Reject 97 317
n: 568
p: 0.006
r: 0.11
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 54
Reject 95 328
n: 503
p: 0.0101
r: -0.11
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 21 97
Reject 120 255
n: 493
p: 0.0122
r: 0.11
Propositions: simple entities
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 14 123
Reject 23 346
n: 506
p: 0.0112
r: -0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 29 71
Reject 122 215
n: 437
p: 0.0215
r: 0.11
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 77 85
Reject 168 294
n: 624
p: 0.006
r: 0.11
Laws of nature: Humean
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 68 93
Reject 155 335
n: 651
p: 0.0058
r: -0.11
Consciousness: dualism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 21 117
Reject 106 303
n: 547
p: 0.0116
r: 0.11
Properties: nonexistent
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 18 81
Reject 31 320
n: 450
p: 0.0232
r: 0.11
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 67 89
Reject 120 287
n: 563
p: 0.0112
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 17 101
Reject 34 303
n: 455
p: 0.0244
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 35 95
Reject 48 313
n: 491
p: 0.0223
r: -0.1
Justification: reliabilism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 43 78
Reject 162 212
n: 495
p: 0.0268
r: 0.1
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 39 63
Reject 108 228
n: 438
p: 0.0381
r: -0.1
Politics: capitalism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 35 115
Reject 142 246
n: 538
p: 0.0224
r: -0.09
Race: biological
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 28 145
Reject 108 357
n: 638
p: 0.0176
r: -0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Time travel: metaphysically possible Accept Reject
Accept 58 196
Reject 84 203
n: 541
p: 0.0301
r: 0.09
Philosophical progress: none
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 11 165
Reject 10 500
n: 686
p: 0.015
r: -0.09
Gender: biological
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 49 120
Reject 162 289
n: 620
p: 0.0222
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: epistemic externalist
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 22 107
Reject 100 299
n: 528
p: 0.0361
r: 0.09
Other minds: worms
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 53 106
Reject 106 333
n: 598
p: 0.0271
r: -0.09
Logic: classical
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 70 67
Reject 289 135
n: 561
p: 0.034
r: 0.09
Justification: infinitism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 5 113
Reject 7 364
n: 489
p: 0.0478
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 55 81
Reject 121 249
n: 506
p: 0.0447
r: -0.09
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 58 105
Reject 181 280
n: 624
p: 0.0276
r: 0.08
Knowledge: empiricism
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 96 51
Reject 230 174
n: 551
p: 0.0463
r: 0.08
Vagueness: metaphysical
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 46 114
Reject 100 372
n: 632
p: 0.0394
r: 0.08
Other minds: flies
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 69 90
Reject 155 284
n: 598
p: 0.0455
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 136 52
Reject 386 127
n: 701
p: 0.0315
r: -0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 92 71
Reject 283 191
n: 637
p: 0.0434
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all) Accept Reject
Accept 50 121
Reject 108 362
n: 641
p: 0.0428

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.18
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Lewis Accept Reject
Yes 10 60
No 146 349
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 144 466
No 49 51
n: 710
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Dewey Accept Reject
Yes 10 4
No 146 405
n: 565
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Heidegger Accept Reject
Yes 7 5
No 149 404
n: 565
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Wittgenstein Accept Reject
Yes 31 35
No 125 374
n: 565
p: 0.003
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Metaphysics Accept Reject
Yes 36 161
No 158 370
n: 725
p: 0.0008
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Marx Accept Reject
Yes 12 13
No 144 396
n: 565
p: 0.0031
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Continental Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 20 16
No 174 515
n: 725
p: 0.0009
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Tradition: Continental Accept Reject
Yes 22 18
No 171 499
n: 710
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Frege Accept Reject
Yes 11 54
No 145 355
n: 565
p: 0.0045
r: 0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Tradition: Other tradition Accept Reject
Yes 27 33
No 166 484
n: 710
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Russell Accept Reject
Yes 9 39
No 147 370
n: 565
p: 0.0093
r: 0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Philosopher: Austin Accept Reject
Yes 5 3
No 151 406
n: 565
p: 0.0261
r: 0.09
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science Accept Reject
Yes 14 17
No 180 514
n: 725
p: 0.0139
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 28 55
No 166 476
n: 725
p: 0.0236
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 16 17
No 178 514
n: 725
p: 0.0246
r: -0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Meta-Ethics Accept Reject
Yes 14 81
No 180 450
n: 725
p: 0.0253
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 114 285
No 80 247
n: 726
p: 0.0257
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 24 29
No 170 502
n: 725
p: 0.0305
r: 0.07
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
AOS: Feminist Philosophy Accept Reject
Yes 11 12
No 183 519
n: 725
p: 0.0477