Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	144
Reject	241	125

n: 534

p < 0.0001

r: 0.59	Temporal ontology: presentism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	90
Reject	21	345

n: 535

p < 0.0001

r: 0.37	Temporal ontology: growing block
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	112
Reject	41	325

n: 533

p < 0.0001

r: -0.32	Other minds: future AI systems
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	146
Reject	219	208

n: 625

p < 0.0001

r: -0.31	Practical reason: Humean
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	127
Reject	133	182

n: 469

p < 0.0001

r: -0.3	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	110
Reject	224	177

n: 583

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Free will: libertarianism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	178
Reject	84	553

n: 928

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Consciousness: dualism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	84
Reject	70	339

n: 571

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Mind: physicalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	163
Reject	411	212

n: 899

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Meaning of life: objective
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	143	112
Reject	168	350

n: 773

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	63
Reject	102	212

n: 468

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	God: theism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	183
Reject	96	530

n: 912

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	110	72
Reject	302	101

n: 585

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Law: legal positivism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	71
Reject	103	128

n: 348

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Laws of nature: Humean
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	223
Reject	202	394

n: 879

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Belief or credence: belief
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	75	86
Reject	80	248

n: 489

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Free will: compatibilism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	140	151
Reject	441	198

n: 930

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Belief or credence: credence
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	115
Reject	125	203

n: 489

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Material composition: restrictivism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	54
Reject	98	164

n: 386

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Aesthetic value: objective
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	171	96
Reject	263	331

n: 861

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	140
Reject	338	196

n: 774

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Chinese room: understands
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	169
Reject	89	308

n: 589

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Mind uploading: survival
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	148
Reject	129	262

n: 574

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Abortion: permissible
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	148	56
Reject	373	62

n: 639

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Material composition: universalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	92
Reject	93	169

n: 386

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	226	62
Reject	390	229

n: 907

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Consciousness: functionalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	38	125
Reject	179	230

n: 572

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Well-being: objective list
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	52
Reject	195	162

n: 521

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	110
Reject	54	295

n: 517

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Hume: skeptic
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	71
Reject	113	225

n: 486

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	141
Reject	80	277

n: 522

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Personal identity: further-fact view
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	166
Reject	76	460

n: 783

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	151
Reject	66	281

n: 517

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	105
Reject	81	274

n: 526

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	239	45
Reject	422	173

n: 879

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Gender: biological
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	155
Reject	153	390

n: 811

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	72	192
Reject	229	353

n: 846

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Truth: deflationary
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	218
Reject	176	417

n: 863

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Causation: primitive
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	106
Reject	73	296

n: 534

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Gender categories: preserve
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	118
Reject	78	281

n: 536

p: 0.0002

r: -0.16	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	119
Reject	155	216

n: 539

p: 0.0003

r: -0.16	Extended mind: yes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	100
Reject	205	175

n: 554

p: 0.0002

r: 0.16	Morality: non-naturalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	104
Reject	99	301

n: 588

p: 0.0002

r: -0.15	Personal identity: psychological view
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	152
Reject	284	254

n: 788

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Vagueness: metaphysical
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	82	179
Reject	106	459

n: 826

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Meaning of life: subjective
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	76	179
Reject	236	284

n: 775

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Knowledge: empiricism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	121
Reject	312	219

n: 750

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Footbridge: push
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	218
Reject	167	431

n: 872

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Teletransporter: survival
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	86	172
Reject	229	321

n: 808

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	107
Reject	31	268

n: 443

p: 0.0029

r: -0.14	Possible worlds: concrete
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	190
Reject	32	406

n: 634

p: 0.0006

r: 0.14	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	101
Reject	121	260

n: 559

p: 0.0012

r: -0.14	Units of selection: genes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	57
Reject	125	114

n: 350

p: 0.0109

r: 0.13	Properties: immanent universals
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	113
Reject	60	270

n: 495

p: 0.0033

r: 0.13	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	132
Reject	212	369

n: 848

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	162	120
Reject	414	208

n: 904

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	209
Reject	112	403

n: 765

p: 0.0005

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	117
Reject	46	333

n: 538

p: 0.005

r: -0.12	Other minds: current AI systems
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	192
Reject	17	410

n: 625

p: 0.0027

r: 0.12	Truth: correspondence
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	187	84
Reject	344	249

n: 864

p: 0.0004

r: -0.12	Trolley problem: switch
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	184	70
Reject	439	155

n: 848

p: 0.0005

r: 0.12	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	104	172
Reject	168	405

n: 849

p: 0.0007

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	80
Reject	100	198

n: 442

p: 0.0164

r: 0.11	Concepts: nativism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	80
Reject	100	214

n: 460

p: 0.0145

r: 0.11	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	155
Reject	151	409

n: 813

p: 0.0012

r: 0.11	Abstract objects: Platonism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	158	106
Reject	254	344

n: 862

p: 0.0009

r: 0.11	Political philosophy: communitarianism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	147
Reject	130	361

n: 729

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	61
Reject	250	158

n: 598

p: 0.0075

r: -0.11	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	141
Reject	56	324

n: 535

p: 0.0135

r: -0.11	Properties: classes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	152
Reject	47	282

n: 495

p: 0.0179

r: -0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	134
Reject	81	266

n: 515

p: 0.016

r: -0.11	Knowledge claims: relativism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	242
Reject	33	528

n: 814

p: 0.0027

r: 0.1	Arguments for theism: moral
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	148
Reject	29	321

n: 522

p: 0.0167

r: -0.1	Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	96
Reject	66	195

n: 373

p: 0.0435

r: 0.1	Normative concepts: reasons
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	96
Reject	69	230

n: 447

p: 0.0274

r: -0.1	Race categories: revise
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	113
Reject	140	201

n: 504

p: 0.0203

r: -0.09	Gender categories: revise
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	94
Reject	198	162

n: 537

p: 0.0277

r: -0.09	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	117	165
Reject	289	333

n: 904

p: 0.0047

r: -0.09	Properties: tropes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	138
Reject	66	265

n: 497

p: 0.0374

r: 0.09	Normative ethics: deontology
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	107	155
Reject	192	389

n: 843

p: 0.0067

r: -0.09	Morality: constructivism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	161
Reject	74	326

n: 589

p: 0.0248

r: -0.09	Causation: nonexistent
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	162
Reject	16	351

n: 534

p: 0.0332

r: 0.09	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	166
Reject	79	419

n: 720

p: 0.0135

r: -0.09	Experience machine: yes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	249
Reject	88	518

n: 884

p: 0.0067

r: 0.09	Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	222	60
Reject	447	175

n: 904

p: 0.0065

r: -0.09	Morality: error theory
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	178
Reject	30	369

n: 584

p: 0.0292

r: 0.09	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	172	110
Reject	329	293

n: 904

p: 0.0067

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	200
Reject	119	447

n: 843

p: 0.0105

r: 0.09	Aim of philosophy: happiness
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	225
Reject	69	485

n: 828

p: 0.0117

r: -0.09	Perceptual experience: representationalism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	125
Reject	238	262

n: 723

p: 0.019

r: 0.09	Race: biological
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	67	204
Reject	116	442

n: 829

p: 0.0128

r: 0.09	Causation: process/production
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	116
Reject	90	281

n: 539

p: 0.0465

r: -0.09	Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	214
Reject	31	463

n: 716

p: 0.0218

r: 0.08	A priori knowledge: yes
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	249	45
Reject	497	136

n: 927

p: 0.0166

r: 0.08	Personal identity: biological view
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	76	174
Reject	128	410

n: 788

p: 0.0311

r: 0.08	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	175
Reject	157	424

n: 853

p: 0.0254

r: -0.08	Vagueness: semantic
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	122
Reject	340	227

n: 830

p: 0.0278

r: -0.07	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	139	114
Reject	311	251

n: 815

p: 0.0378

r: -0.07	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Time: A-theory	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	249
Reject	130	494

n: 914

p: 0.0449

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.21	Philosopher: Hume
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	19	204
Reject	105	369

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Philosopher: Lewis
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	16	207
Reject	71	403

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Quine
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	9	214
Reject	67	407

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Anscombe
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	15	208
Reject	8	466

n: 697

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Tradition: Analytic
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	244	47
Reject	594	54

n: 939

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Aquinas
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	20	203
Reject	13	461

n: 697

p: 0.0006

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	9	214
Reject	4	470

n: 697

p: 0.0028

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Plato
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	23	200
Reject	21	453

n: 697

p: 0.0031

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Hegel
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	9	214
Reject	6	468

n: 697

p: 0.0044

r: 0.1	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	19	277
Reject	14	647

n: 957

p: 0.0014

r: 0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	29	262
Reject	39	609

n: 939

p: 0.002

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	47	249
Reject	49	612

n: 957

p: 0.002

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Heidegger
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	8	215
Reject	3	471

n: 697

p: 0.0133

r: 0.09	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	13	283
Reject	15	646

n: 957

p: 0.0037

r: -0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	12	284
Reject	38	623

n: 957

p: 0.0071

r: 0.09	Tradition: Continental
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	18	273
Reject	15	633

n: 939

p: 0.0086

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Aristotle
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	49	174
Reject	80	394

n: 697

p: 0.0276

r: 0.08	Region of nationality: Europe
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	68	216
Reject	108	502

n: 894

p: 0.0168

r: 0.08	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	16	280
Reject	21	640

n: 957

p: 0.0188

r: 0.07	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	26	270
Reject	34	627

n: 957

p: 0.0299

r: -0.07	Region of nationality: Oceania
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	12	272
Reject	38	572

n: 894

p: 0.0375

r: -0.07	Other demographics: YOB
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	126	158
Reject	314	296

n: 894

p: 0.0438

r: 0.07	Region of affiliation: Latin America
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	6	299
Reject	5	661

n: 971

p: 0.0426

r: 0.06	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Time: A-theory	Yes	No
Accept	37	259
Reject	69	592

n: 957

p: 0.0467