Survey Results

Correlations

Temporal ontology: growing block

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: 0.37
Time: A-theory
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 55 41
Reject 112 325
n: 533
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: classes
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 13 77
Reject 42 335
n: 467
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Personal identity: further-fact view
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 28 76
Reject 87 338
n: 529
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Normative concepts: reasons
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 32 53
Reject 76 257
n: 418
p: 0.0016
r: -0.15
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 50 48
Reject 231 208
n: 537
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Material composition: nihilism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 7 54
Reject 26 294
n: 381
p: 0.0036
r: 0.15
Propositions: acts
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 12 72
Reject 26 356
n: 466
p: 0.0016
r: 0.15
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 42 62
Reject 103 275
n: 482
p: 0.0014
r: 0.14
Gender: psychological
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 36 76
Reject 79 362
n: 553
p: 0.0008
r: 0.14
Causation: process/production
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 42 61
Reject 99 310
n: 512
p: 0.0015
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 16 45
Reject 38 256
n: 355
p: 0.0102
r: 0.14
Vagueness: metaphysical
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 36 71
Reject 85 382
n: 574
p: 0.0012
r: -0.13
Other minds: newborn babies
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 95 16
Reject 415 48
n: 574
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Normative concepts: fit
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 13 71
Reject 25 308
n: 417
p: 0.0078
r: -0.13
Wittgenstein: early
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 24 75
Reject 127 272
n: 498
p: 0.0038
r: 0.12
Philosophical knowledge: none
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 6 101
Reject 9 445
n: 561
p: 0.0047
r: -0.12
Other minds: future AI systems
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 38 73
Reject 204 259
n: 574
p: 0.0043
r: 0.12
Vagueness: epistemic
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 38 71
Reject 113 356
n: 578
p: 0.0056
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 17 46
Reject 55 236
n: 354
p: 0.0336
r: -0.11
Units of selection: genes
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 30 43
Reject 140 130
n: 343
p: 0.0371
r: 0.11
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 13 58
Reject 36 230
n: 337
p: 0.0473
r: -0.11
Other minds: cats
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 100 11
Reject 439 24
n: 574
p: 0.0099
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 34 75
Reject 110 361
n: 580
p: 0.0108
r: -0.11
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 69 31
Reject 318 121
n: 539
p: 0.0145
r: 0.1
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 30 53
Reject 89 240
n: 412
p: 0.0334
r: 0.1
Free will: libertarianism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 36 83
Reject 113 394
n: 626
p: 0.0087
r: 0.1
Material composition: restrictivism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 31 30
Reject 131 189
n: 381
p: 0.0447
r: -0.1
Normative concepts: value
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 30 54
Reject 157 178
n: 419
p: 0.039
r: -0.1
Vagueness: semantic
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 58 52
Reject 278 191
n: 579
p: 0.0161
r: 0.1
True contradictions: actual
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 18 79
Reject 43 396
n: 536
p: 0.0228
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 69 46
Reject 347 162
n: 624
p: 0.0143
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: moral
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 13 73
Reject 37 362
n: 485
p: 0.0327
r: 0.1
Truth: epistemic
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 11 100
Reject 32 442
n: 585
p: 0.0191
r: 0.1
External world: idealism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 11 107
Reject 29 477
n: 624
p: 0.0158
r: -0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 71 26
Reject 352 87
n: 536
p: 0.0274
r: -0.09
Laws of nature: Humean
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 25 84
Reject 147 343
n: 599
p: 0.022
r: -0.09
Politics: capitalism
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 25 71
Reject 167 243
n: 506
p: 0.0383
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 13 81
Reject 37 374
n: 505
p: 0.0416
r: -0.08
Footbridge: push
Temporal ontology: growing block Accept Reject
Accept 29 78
Reject 129 358
n: 594
p: 0.0479

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.22
AOS: Metaphysics
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 30 93
Reject 201 328
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Lewis
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 6 88
Reject 71 330
n: 495
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Peirce
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 6 88
Reject 5 396
n: 495
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 7 116
Reject 9 520
n: 652
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Rawls
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 5 89
Reject 11 390
n: 495
p: 0.0057
r: 0.11
Region of PhD: Europe
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 15 75
Reject 29 383
n: 502
p: 0.0129
r: 0.11
Region of affiliation: Europe
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 32 91
Reject 67 465
n: 655
p: 0.0055
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Dewey
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 5 89
Reject 5 396
n: 495
p: 0.023
r: 0.09
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 15 108
Reject 46 483
n: 652
p: 0.0192
r: 0.09
AOS: Applied Ethics
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 16 107
Reject 41 488
n: 652
p: 0.0205
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Hume
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 11 83
Reject 75 326
n: 495
p: 0.0448
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 16 107
Reject 43 486
n: 652
p: 0.0272
r: 0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 21 102
Reject 63 466
n: 652
p: 0.0317
r: 0.08
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 8 115
Reject 15 514
n: 652
p: 0.0372
r: 0.08
AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Temporal ontology: growing block Yes No
Accept 20 103
Reject 45 484
n: 652
p: 0.0433