Survey Results

Correlations

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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: 0.33
Footbridge: push
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Accept 370 690
Reject 7 334
n: 1401
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Normative ethics: consequentialism
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Accept 437 536
Reject 54 263
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Human genetic engineering: permissible
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Accept 491 141
Reject 106 82
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Practical reason: Humean
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Accept 203 315
Reject 36 123
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Temporal ontology: eternalism
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Accept 216 220
Reject 49 94
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
God: theism
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Accept 179 869
Reject 89 248
n: 1385
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Arguments for theism: moral
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Accept 47 505
Reject 29 137
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
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Accept 541 310
Reject 124 155
n: 1130
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Temporal ontology: presentism
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Accept 76 361
Reject 34 108
n: 579
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Principle of sufficient reason: true
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Accept 190 383
Reject 85 101
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Abortion: permissible
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Accept 611 90
Reject 160 47
n: 908
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
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Accept 83 424
Reject 41 103
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
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Accept 343 626
Reject 155 166
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Free will: libertarianism
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Accept 181 866
Reject 89 244
n: 1380
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Belief or credence: belief
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Accept 146 333
Reject 59 92
n: 630
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
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Accept 242 296
Reject 47 119
n: 704
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Mind: physicalism
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Accept 641 366
Reject 153 166
n: 1326
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Belief or credence: credence
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Accept 185 294
Reject 36 115
n: 630
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Other minds: plants
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Accept 34 640
Reject 25 185
n: 884
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
External world: idealism
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Accept 53 993
Reject 34 296
n: 1376
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Personal identity: further-fact view
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Accept 147 718
Reject 57 228
n: 1150
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Practical reason: Kantian
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Accept 90 427
Reject 47 111
n: 675
p: 0.0015
r: -0.12
Causation: process/production
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Accept 122 414
Reject 48 118
n: 702
p: 0.0012
r: -0.12
Propositions: acts
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Accept 23 432
Reject 24 134
n: 613
p: 0.0031
r: -0.12
Time: A-theory
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Accept 184 439
Reject 70 155
n: 848
p: 0.0005
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: deontology
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Accept 341 628
Reject 144 177
n: 1290
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
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Accept 95 624
Reject 60 194
n: 973
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Law: legal positivism
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Accept 176 193
Reject 36 79
n: 484
p: 0.012
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: ontological
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Accept 52 496
Reject 24 142
n: 714
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Other minds: particles
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Accept 6 668
Reject 7 203
n: 884
p: 0.0007
r: -0.11
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
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Accept 24 544
Reject 12 160
n: 740
p: 0.0022
r: -0.11
Normative concepts: ought
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Accept 71 414
Reject 33 114
n: 632
p: 0.005
r: -0.11
Kant: one world
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Accept 185 203
Reject 77 67
n: 532
p: 0.0127
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: objective
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Accept 328 552
Reject 135 155
n: 1170
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Other minds: future AI systems
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Accept 308 366
Reject 68 142
n: 884
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
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Accept 130 158
Reject 31 70
n: 389
p: 0.0353
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
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Accept 692 337
Reject 193 142
n: 1364
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
True contradictions: impossible
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Accept 452 116
Reject 126 46
n: 740
p: 0.0046
r: 0.1
Personal identity: psychological view
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Accept 477 392
Reject 128 160
n: 1157
p: 0.0005
r: 0.1
External world: non-skeptical realism
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Accept 929 117
Reject 266 62
n: 1374
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Political philosophy: libertarianism
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Accept 129 729
Reject 48 226
n: 1132
p: 0.0012
r: -0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
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Accept 355 469
Reject 136 134
n: 1094
p: 0.0017
r: -0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
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Accept 48 502
Reject 20 153
n: 723
p: 0.0112
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: representationalism
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Accept 350 372
Reject 106 150
n: 978
p: 0.0063
r: -0.09
Well-being: objective list
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Accept 336 247
Reject 105 49
n: 737
p: 0.0193
r: 0.09
Teletransporter: survival
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Accept 400 488
Reject 98 180
n: 1166
p: 0.0032
r: -0.09
Truth: epistemic
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Accept 89 858
Reject 44 257
n: 1248
p: 0.0024
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian
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Accept 192 326
Reject 79 80
n: 677
p: 0.0302
r: 0.08
Philosophical progress: a lot
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Accept 514 547
Reject 134 196
n: 1391
p: 0.0019
r: -0.08
Philosophical progress: none
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Accept 25 1035
Reject 16 314
n: 1390
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
Vagueness: epistemic
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Accept 207 632
Reject 83 206
n: 1128
p: 0.0062
r: -0.08
True contradictions: actual
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Accept 61 507
Reject 21 151
n: 740
p: 0.0268
r: 0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
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Accept 146 463
Reject 28 165
n: 802
p: 0.0242
r: 0.08
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
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Accept 459 396
Reject 132 148
n: 1135
p: 0.0076
r: -0.08
Causation: nonexistent
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Accept 21 509
Reject 8 157
n: 695
p: 0.0378
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
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Accept 245 608
Reject 90 188
n: 1131
p: 0.0092
r: -0.08
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
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Accept 509 534
Reject 172 159
n: 1374
p: 0.0043
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
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Accept 479 550
Reject 181 154
n: 1364
p: 0.0046
r: 0.07
Consciousness: functionalism
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Accept 248 349
Reject 57 129
n: 783
p: 0.0384
r: 0.07
Knowledge: empiricism
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Accept 505 352
Reject 141 136
n: 1134
p: 0.0132
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
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Accept 383 646
Reject 101 234
n: 1364
p: 0.0072
r: -0.07
Zombies: inconceivable
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Accept 156 761
Reject 54 244
n: 1215
p: 0.0142
r: -0.07
External world: skepticism
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Accept 55 990
Reject 22 308
n: 1375
p: 0.0099
r: -0.07
Philosophical knowledge: none
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Accept 14 652
Reject 8 198
n: 872
p: 0.0429
r: 0.07
Free will: compatibilism
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Accept 681 368
Reject 197 136
n: 1382
p: 0.0116
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
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Accept 491 504
Reject 141 186
n: 1322
p: 0.0138
r: 0.07
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
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Accept 227 815
Reject 57 273
n: 1372
p: 0.0126
r: -0.07
Philosophical progress: a little
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Accept 520 541
Reject 172 158
n: 1391
p: 0.0143
r: -0.06
Aesthetic value: objective
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Accept 465 506
Reject 164 149
n: 1284
p: 0.0276
r: 0.06
Science: scientific realism
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Accept 832 173
Reject 233 79
n: 1317
p: 0.0262
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
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Accept 306 659
Reject 120 203
n: 1288
p: 0.043

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15
Philosopher: Hume
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Accept 166 592
Reject 29 237
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosopher: Mill
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Accept 59 699
Reject 4 262
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender: male
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Accept 892 188
Reject 241 98
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender: female
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Accept 185 895
Reject 95 244
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
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Accept 7 751
Reject 10 256
n: 1024
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Normative Ethics
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Accept 260 813
Reject 52 296
n: 1421
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Kant
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Accept 97 661
Reject 50 216
n: 1024
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
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Accept 32 1041
Reject 27 321
n: 1421
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Tradition: Analytic
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Accept 952 109
Reject 293 54
n: 1408
p: 0.001
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Europe
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Accept 62 718
Reject 29 213
n: 1022
p: 0.0118
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Husserl
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Accept 12 746
Reject 11 255
n: 1024
p: 0.0123
r: -0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
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Accept 35 1038
Reject 21 327
n: 1421
p: 0.0056
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Aquinas
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Accept 24 734
Reject 15 251
n: 1024
p: 0.0207
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
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Accept 54 704
Reject 31 235
n: 1024
p: 0.0217
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Moore
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Accept 30 728
Reject 4 262
n: 1024
p: 0.0226
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Anscombe
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Accept 17 741
Reject 11 255
n: 1024
p: 0.0233
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Putnam
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Accept 35 723
Reject 6 260
n: 1024
p: 0.0264
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hobbes
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Accept 13 745
Reject 1 265
n: 1024
p: 0.0289
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Sidgwick
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Accept 7 751
Reject 0 266
n: 1024
p: 0.0317
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Aristotle
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Accept 127 631
Reject 54 212
n: 1024
p: 0.0332
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Parfit
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Accept 38 720
Reject 7 259
n: 1024
p: 0.0334
r: -0.07
Tradition: Other tradition
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Accept 65 996
Reject 33 314
n: 1408
p: 0.0133
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: Europe
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Accept 187 836
Reject 71 251
n: 1345
p: 0.0166
r: 0.06
AOS: Epistemology
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Accept 279 794
Reject 72 276
n: 1421
p: 0.016
r: 0.06
AOS: Decision Theory
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Accept 40 1033
Reject 4 344
n: 1421
p: 0.0162
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Lewis
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Accept 95 663
Reject 16 250
n: 1024
p: 0.044
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
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Accept 44 1029
Reject 6 342
n: 1421
p: 0.0249
r: -0.06
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
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Accept 45 1028
Reject 23 325
n: 1421
p: 0.0322
r: -0.06
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
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Accept 81 992
Reject 46 302
n: 1421
p: 0.0353
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Latin America
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Accept 8 1083
Reject 8 350
n: 1449
p: 0.0336
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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Accept 25 1048
Reject 17 331
n: 1421
p: 0.0364
r: 0.05
Region of nationality: Oceania
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Accept 60 963
Reject 12 310
n: 1345
p: 0.0475
r: -0.05
Tradition: Continental
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Accept 44 1017
Reject 21 326
n: 1408
p: 0.0455
r: 0.05
Region of affiliation: United States
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Accept 642 449
Reject 195 163
n: 1449
p: 0.0475