Survey Results

Correlations

Temporal ontology: presentism

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: 0.59
Time: A-theory
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 79 21
Reject 90 345
n: 535
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Other minds: future AI systems
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 25 96
Reject 218 237
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 33 78
Reject 248 180
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Free will: libertarianism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 56 71
Reject 95 406
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Free will: compatibilism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 52 75
Reject 329 174
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Law: legal positivism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 24 53
Reject 113 139
n: 329
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Humean
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 18 81
Reject 126 207
n: 432
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Mind: physicalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 43 75
Reject 297 190
n: 605
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Teletransporter: survival
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 26 86
Reject 193 249
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Belief or credence: belief
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 46 52
Reject 100 255
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Belief or credence: credence
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 21 77
Reject 131 224
n: 453
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Mind uploading: survival
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 21 88
Reject 132 281
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Chinese room: understands
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 13 95
Reject 99 322
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Consciousness: functionalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 23 83
Reject 173 250
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 63 49
Reject 324 105
n: 541
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 60 60
Reject 139 323
n: 582
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 40 71
Reject 257 166
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Abortion: permissible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 78 37
Reject 393 78
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 59 52
Reject 128 285
n: 524
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Causation: primitive
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 42 59
Reject 78 329
n: 508
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Consciousness: dualism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 43 63
Reject 98 324
n: 528
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Gender: biological
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 59 63
Reject 124 308
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 26 71
Reject 62 316
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Material composition: universalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 14 60
Reject 117 191
n: 382
p: 0.0003
r: 0.18
Material composition: restrictivism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 43 31
Reject 120 188
n: 382
p: 0.0006
r: -0.17
Footbridge: push
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 20 96
Reject 139 341
n: 596
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 61 38
Reject 127 206
n: 432
p: 0.0003
r: 0.17
Meaning of life: objective
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 69 50
Reject 157 253
n: 529
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 8 60
Reject 65 222
n: 355
p: 0.0016
r: 0.17
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 21 61
Reject 37 285
n: 404
p: 0.0008
r: 0.16
God: theism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 45 80
Reject 95 404
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Trolley problem: switch
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 76 34
Reject 361 108
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 11 83
Reject 73 307
n: 474
p: 0.0006
r: -0.16
Personal identity: psychological view
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 39 73
Reject 221 203
n: 536
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Units of selection: genes
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 33 41
Reject 137 132
n: 343
p: 0.0043
r: -0.15
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 27 86
Reject 178 270
n: 561
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 33 60
Reject 72 307
n: 472
p: 0.0014
r: -0.15
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 26 77
Reject 168 243
n: 514
p: 0.0009
r: -0.14
Propositions: sets
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 5 94
Reject 39 329
n: 467
p: 0.0029
r: 0.14
Well-being: objective list
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 66 30
Reject 210 163
n: 469
p: 0.0032
r: -0.14
Normative concepts: fit
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 5 84
Reject 33 296
n: 418
p: 0.0056
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 79 44
Reject 228 235
n: 586
p: 0.0012
r: -0.13
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 53 64
Reject 234 208
n: 559
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 16 75
Reject 19 332
n: 442
p: 0.0056
r: 0.13
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 36 68
Reject 104 282
n: 490
p: 0.0039
r: -0.13
Justification: reliabilism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 28 65
Reject 155 232
n: 480
p: 0.0043
r: -0.13
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 19 55
Reject 75 209
n: 358
p: 0.0147
r: -0.13
Race categories: revise
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 23 69
Reject 147 225
n: 464
p: 0.0055
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 41 81
Reject 104 356
n: 582
p: 0.0023
r: -0.12
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 26 54
Reject 123 200
n: 403
p: 0.0147
r: 0.12
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 17 74
Reject 34 320
n: 445
p: 0.0107
r: 0.12
Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 13 55
Reject 24 262
n: 354
p: 0.0232
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 70 57
Reject 335 164
n: 626
p: 0.0029
r: -0.12
Vagueness: semantic
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 56 63
Reject 281 181
n: 581
p: 0.0043
r: 0.12
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 6 91
Reject 19 357
n: 473
p: 0.0101
r: 0.12
Personal identity: biological view
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 36 76
Reject 107 317
n: 536
p: 0.0063
r: -0.12
Meaning of life: subjective
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 35 84
Reject 166 245
n: 530
p: 0.0072
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 37 60
Reject 190 191
n: 478
p: 0.0108
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 26 93
Reject 62 388
n: 569
p: 0.0057
r: 0.12
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 40 41
Reject 103 154
n: 338
p: 0.0343
r: 0.11
Race categories: eliminate
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 48 44
Reject 151 221
n: 464
p: 0.0132
r: 0.11
Spacetime: relationism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 40 37
Reject 139 189
n: 405
p: 0.0208
r: 0.11
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 47 70
Reject 150 290
n: 557
p: 0.0071
r: 0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 48 62
Reject 124 305
n: 539
p: 0.0088
r: -0.11
Propositional attitudes: representational
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 40 53
Reject 196 164
n: 453
p: 0.0192
r: -0.11
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 34 78
Reject 155 285
n: 552
p: 0.0107
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 84 40
Reject 292 186
n: 602
p: 0.0083
r: -0.11
True contradictions: impossible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 83 31
Reject 340 83
n: 537
p: 0.0129
r: -0.11
Race: social
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 65 54
Reject 303 143
n: 565
p: 0.0116
r: -0.11
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 44 47
Reject 216 138
n: 445
p: 0.0254
r: 0.11
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 50 74
Reject 130 318
n: 572
p: 0.0118
r: -0.11
Science: scientific realism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 96 29
Reject 411 78
n: 614
p: 0.0091
r: 0.1
Hume: skeptic
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 47 47
Reject 124 234
n: 452
p: 0.0266
r: 0.1
Personal identity: further-fact view
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 35 77
Reject 81 338
n: 531
p: 0.0174
r: 0.1
Race: unreal
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 27 89
Reject 68 368
n: 552
p: 0.0164
r: -0.1
Gender: social
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 66 55
Reject 303 133
n: 557
p: 0.0176
r: 0.1
Gender categories: preserve
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 35 68
Reject 88 312
n: 503
p: 0.0245
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: moral
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 13 90
Reject 37 347
n: 487
p: 0.027
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 56 71
Reject 230 269
n: 626
p: 0.0128
r: 0.1
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 98 26
Reject 344 159
n: 627
p: 0.0144
r: 0.1
Vagueness: metaphysical
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 32 87
Reject 90 367
n: 576
p: 0.019
r: -0.1
Laws of nature: Humean
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 29 92
Reject 143 337
n: 601
p: 0.0175
r: 0.1
Race: biological
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 33 86
Reject 97 349
n: 565
p: 0.0217
r: -0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 18 83
Reject 116 294
n: 511
p: 0.0302
r: -0.09
Gender categories: revise
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 45 58
Reject 219 183
n: 505
p: 0.0345
r: -0.09
Properties: classes
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 6 98
Reject 49 316
n: 469
p: 0.0424
r: -0.09
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 36 81
Reject 201 264
n: 582
p: 0.0279
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 102 25
Reject 350 149
n: 626
p: 0.0249
r: -0.09
Extended mind: yes
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 43 66
Reject 209 198
n: 516
p: 0.0478
r: -0.09
Experience machine: yes
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 13 109
Reject 61 416
n: 599
p: 0.0374
r: 0.08
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Temporal ontology: presentism Accept Reject
Accept 43 74
Reject 139 324
n: 580
p: 0.046

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.17
Philosopher: Lewis
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 5 97
Reject 72 322
n: 496
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosopher: Aquinas
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 14 88
Reject 15 379
n: 496
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Hume
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 9 93
Reject 77 317
n: 496
p: 0.0027
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 14 88
Reject 23 371
n: 496
p: 0.0099
r: 0.11
Tradition: Other tradition
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 16 111
Reject 27 483
n: 637
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
AOS: Epistemology
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 49 83
Reject 151 371
n: 654
p: 0.0047
r: -0.11
Tradition: Analytic
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 108 19
Reject 473 37
n: 637
p: 0.0057
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 27 105
Reject 54 468
n: 654
p: 0.0101
r: -0.1
AOS: Metaphysics
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 47 85
Reject 186 336
n: 654
p: 0.0126
r: 0.09
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 11 121
Reject 21 501
n: 654
p: 0.0165
r: 0.09
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 10 122
Reject 15 507
n: 654
p: 0.0213
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 28 104
Reject 139 383
n: 654
p: 0.0214
r: -0.09
Region of nationality: Oceania
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 5 120
Reject 35 457
n: 617
p: 0.0283
r: -0.08
Other demographics: YOB
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 61 63
Reject 252 237
n: 613
p: 0.0369
r: 0.08
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Temporal ontology: presentism Yes No
Accept 8 124
Reject 15 507
n: 654
p: 0.0462