Survey Results

Correlations

Temporal ontology: eternalism

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: -0.7
Time: A-theory
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 24 241
Reject 144 125
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: 0.37
Other minds: future AI systems
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 148 100
Reject 95 233
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 168 78
Reject 113 180
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Free will: libertarianism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 34 243
Reject 116 235
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Practical reason: Humean
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 77 90
Reject 67 198
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Law: legal positivism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 71 58
Reject 67 134
n: 330
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Units of selection: genes
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 82 50
Reject 88 123
n: 343
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 189 47
Reject 199 106
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Material composition: universalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 87 105
Reject 45 146
n: 383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Belief or credence: credence
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 84 106
Reject 68 195
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Belief or credence: belief
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 40 150
Reject 106 157
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Free will: compatibilism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 197 82
Reject 185 166
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Material composition: restrictivism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 69 123
Reject 94 97
n: 383
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Mind: physicalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 176 95
Reject 165 169
n: 605
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 56 110
Reject 132 134
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Mind uploading: survival
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 87 149
Reject 67 219
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Consciousness: functionalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 108 124
Reject 89 208
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Chinese room: understands
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 63 169
Reject 50 247
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Teletransporter: survival
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 121 129
Reject 99 205
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 47 119
Reject 26 162
n: 354
p: 0.0002
r: -0.18
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 68 157
Reject 119 180
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Trolley problem: switch
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 216 49
Reject 220 94
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Vagueness: metaphysical
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 37 224
Reject 84 231
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 107 112
Reject 86 208
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Footbridge: push
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 91 179
Reject 68 258
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 148 87
Reject 149 150
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 108 146
Reject 98 209
n: 561
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Consciousness: dualism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 46 184
Reject 94 203
n: 527
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 193 85
Reject 211 137
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Vagueness: semantic
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 172 91
Reject 165 153
n: 581
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Personal identity: further-fact view
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 33 199
Reject 83 216
n: 531
p: 0.0002
r: -0.16
Well-being: objective list
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 101 102
Reject 175 90
n: 468
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Laws of nature: Humean
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 90 179
Reject 83 249
n: 601
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 42 210
Reject 103 227
n: 582
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Propositions: sets
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 26 181
Reject 18 241
n: 466
p: 0.0006
r: 0.16
Other minds: current AI systems
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 12 236
Reject 7 321
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 43 83
Reject 99 113
n: 338
p: 0.0039
r: 0.16
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 196 82
Reject 220 128
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 25 187
Reject 62 200
n: 474
p: 0.0009
r: -0.15
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 64 191
Reject 135 192
n: 582
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 44 150
Reject 101 188
n: 483
p: 0.0012
r: -0.15
God: theism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 46 231
Reject 94 253
n: 624
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Personal identity: psychological view
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 133 101
Reject 127 175
n: 536
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 29 128
Reject 21 176
n: 354
p: 0.0069
r: 0.14
Abortion: permissible
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 216 37
Reject 255 78
n: 586
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
True contradictions: impossible
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 203 35
Reject 221 78
n: 537
p: 0.001
r: -0.14
Arguments for theism: moral
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 20 198
Reject 30 238
n: 486
p: 0.0021
r: 0.14
Moral principles: moral generalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 138 87
Reject 155 133
n: 513
p: 0.0017
r: -0.13
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 27 222
Reject 61 259
n: 569
p: 0.0014
r: -0.13
Gender: biological
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 63 164
Reject 121 206
n: 554
p: 0.0016
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: representational
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 110 78
Reject 126 139
n: 453
p: 0.0047
r: -0.13
Properties: immanent universals
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 41 161
Reject 68 198
n: 468
p: 0.005
r: 0.13
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 117 96
Reject 109 155
n: 477
p: 0.0048
r: 0.13
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 53 149
Reject 45 221
n: 468
p: 0.0062
r: -0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 79 109
Reject 99 117
n: 404
p: 0.0121
r: -0.12
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 15 153
Reject 42 193
n: 403
p: 0.0136
r: -0.12
Causation: primitive
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 43 173
Reject 77 214
n: 507
p: 0.0068
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 44 167
Reject 40 223
n: 474
p: 0.0096
r: -0.12
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 148 114
Reject 228 112
n: 602
p: 0.0038
r: 0.11
Possible worlds: concrete
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 21 230
Reject 12 310
n: 573
p: 0.0061
r: -0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 64 170
Reject 108 198
n: 540
p: 0.0085
r: -0.11
Causation: process/production
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 47 172
Reject 94 199
n: 512
p: 0.0109
r: -0.11
Aesthetic value: objective
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 124 139
Reject 182 141
n: 586
p: 0.0066
r: -0.11
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 79 175
Reject 132 180
n: 566
p: 0.0091
r: 0.11
Science: scientific realism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 236 39
Reject 271 68
n: 614
p: 0.0071
r: 0.11
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 125 72
Reject 135 113
n: 445
p: 0.0255
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: objective
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 79 149
Reject 146 155
n: 529
p: 0.0148
r: 0.1
Justification: reliabilism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 87 124
Reject 96 172
n: 479
p: 0.022
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 54 156
Reject 55 207
n: 472
p: 0.0248
r: -0.1
True contradictions: actual
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 18 220
Reject 43 256
n: 537
p: 0.0173
r: -0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 59 175
Reject 84 218
n: 536
p: 0.0193
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 58 162
Reject 81 188
n: 489
p: 0.0254
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: deontology
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 72 181
Reject 127 183
n: 563
p: 0.0208
r: 0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 78 132
Reject 73 216
n: 499
p: 0.031
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 32 156
Reject 29 216
n: 433
p: 0.0448
r: -0.1
Race: unreal
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 38 201
Reject 57 255
n: 551
p: 0.0237
r: 0.1
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 49 170
Reject 52 246
n: 517
p: 0.029
r: 0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 232 16
Reject 280 48
n: 576
p: 0.0238
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 181 97
Reject 271 77
n: 626
p: 0.0207
r: 0.09
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 113 148
Reject 124 197
n: 582
p: 0.0269
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 100 96
Reject 130 158
n: 484
p: 0.0444
r: 0.09
Morality: error theory
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 22 212
Reject 14 291
n: 539
p: 0.0353
r: -0.09
External world: idealism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 12 268
Reject 29 317
n: 626
p: 0.0241
r: -0.09
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 81 138
Reject 137 161
n: 517
p: 0.0417
r: 0.08
Other minds: cats
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 241 7
Reject 300 28
n: 576
p: 0.0441
r: -0.08
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Temporal ontology: eternalism Accept Reject
Accept 188 92
Reject 253 94
n: 627
p: 0.0468

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.25
Philosopher: Lewis
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 57 163
Reject 21 256
n: 497
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
AOS: Metaphysics
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 136 155
Reject 97 266
n: 654
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Philosopher: Hume
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 49 171
Reject 37 240
n: 497
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 272 12
Reject 309 44
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Tradition: Other tradition
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 9 275
Reject 34 319
n: 637
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Other demographics: YOB
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 148 125
Reject 166 175
n: 614
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Region of PhD: Europe
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 14 218
Reject 31 241
n: 504
p: 0.0038
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 20 271
Reject 9 354
n: 654
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Quine
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 32 188
Reject 26 251
n: 497
p: 0.0068
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Aquinas
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 8 212
Reject 21 256
n: 497
p: 0.0084
r: 0.1
Region of nationality: Oceania
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 23 250
Reject 17 328
n: 618
p: 0.0108
r: -0.1
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 15 276
Reject 46 317
n: 654
p: 0.0096
r: 0.1
AOS: Decision Theory
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 16 275
Reject 6 357
n: 654
p: 0.0115
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 35 257
Reject 65 300
n: 657
p: 0.0116
r: -0.1
Region of nationality: Europe
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 44 229
Reject 75 270
n: 618
p: 0.0154
r: -0.09
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 8 283
Reject 24 339
n: 654
p: 0.0164
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Parfit
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 15 205
Reject 8 269
n: 497
p: 0.041
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Plato
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 10 210
Reject 24 253
n: 497
p: 0.0451
r: -0.09
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 8 283
Reject 17 346
n: 654
p: 0.0274
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Temporal ontology: eternalism Yes No
Accept 23 268
Reject 36 327
n: 654
p: 0.0384