Survey Results

Correlations

True contradictions: actual

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: -0.36
Logic: classical
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 31 55
Reject 441 163
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Extended mind: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 66 19
Reject 256 295
n: 636
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Justification: coherentism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 38 35
Reject 112 417
n: 602
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Truth: epistemic
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 21 67
Reject 39 625
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Science: scientific realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 60 34
Reject 587 108
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 28 39
Reject 119 446
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Other minds: plants
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 18 82
Reject 36 608
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 25 39
Reject 45 324
n: 433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 59 34
Reject 223 342
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
External world: skepticism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 14 90
Reject 32 694
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
External world: non-skeptical realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 79 25
Reject 652 73
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Metaontology: anti-realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 17 47
Reject 42 382
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 36 39
Reject 102 369
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Philosophical progress: none
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 89
Reject 19 704
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 49 54
Reject 519 200
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Morality: constructivism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 31 55
Reject 109 492
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 16 48
Reject 221 205
n: 490
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 71 38
Reject 603 121
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Other minds: adult humans
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 97 3
Reject 640 4
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Chinese room: understands
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 29 49
Reject 103 491
n: 672
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 48 42
Reject 362 157
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 11 62
Reject 191 336
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Laws of nature: Humean
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 47 48
Reject 171 495
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Knowledge claims: invariantism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 15 84
Reject 225 377
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Other minds: current AI systems
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 5 95
Reject 16 628
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositions: acts
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 12 57
Reject 38 459
n: 566
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Vagueness: metaphysical
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 36 55
Reject 118 521
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Units of selection: genes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 24 36
Reject 191 174
n: 425
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Moral principles: moral generalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 41 49
Reject 348 221
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Politics: capitalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 18 65
Reject 233 330
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
External world: idealism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 12 92
Reject 35 691
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Values in science: necessarily value-free
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 9 84
Reject 126 439
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Immortality: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 34 52
Reject 345 288
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 11 61
Reject 10 472
n: 554
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Gender categories: preserve
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 81
Reject 140 400
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Experience machine: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 24 71
Reject 69 617
n: 781
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Consciousness: dualism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 11 71
Reject 170 398
n: 650
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Propositional attitudes: representational
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 25 48
Reject 274 218
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Abstract objects: Platonism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 35 58
Reject 330 323
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Possible worlds: concrete
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 10 74
Reject 31 599
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Moral judgment: cognitivism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 60 38
Reject 532 157
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 7 70
Reject 29 501
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 54 47
Reject 246 402
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Knowledge: empiricism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 57 31
Reject 296 289
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 17 33
Reject 137 187
n: 374
p: 0.0018
r: -0.16
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 9 55
Reject 89 281
n: 434
p: 0.0008
r: -0.16
Other minds: newborn babies
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 81 19
Reject 571 73
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Knowledge claims: contextualism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 68 31
Reject 297 308
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Consciousness: panpsychism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 15 67
Reject 39 530
n: 651
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Truth: correspondence
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 46 42
Reject 425 241
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Race: biological
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 14 83
Reject 145 491
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: particles
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 5 95
Reject 11 633
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 23 53
Reject 153 261
n: 490
p: 0.0008
r: 0.15
Philosophical knowledge: none
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 6 83
Reject 19 611
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Properties: classes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 9 54
Reject 51 430
n: 544
p: 0.0006
r: -0.14
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 50 58
Reject 397 310
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: revise
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 61 33
Reject 277 265
n: 636
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Moral motivation: internalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 53 36
Reject 252 327
n: 668
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Morality: expressivism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 74
Reject 65 535
n: 687
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 7 74
Reject 25 543
n: 649
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Material composition: universalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 17 27
Reject 117 242
n: 403
p: 0.0065
r: 0.13
Metaontology: deflationary realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 21 42
Reject 123 302
n: 488
p: 0.0029
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 5 63
Reject 116 393
n: 577
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Morality: error theory
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 5 82
Reject 37 560
n: 684
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Race categories: preserve
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 5 74
Reject 44 456
n: 579
p: 0.0015
r: -0.13
Concepts: nativism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 22 54
Reject 173 289
n: 538
p: 0.0027
r: 0.13
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 46 62
Reject 224 483
n: 815
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Meta-ethics: moral realism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 62 38
Reject 514 195
n: 809
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 80
Reject 136 445
n: 674
p: 0.0012
r: 0.12
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 18 30
Reject 66 289
n: 403
p: 0.0148
r: -0.12
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 17 48
Reject 159 255
n: 479
p: 0.0081
r: -0.12
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 33 52
Reject 226 275
n: 586
p: 0.0039
r: 0.12
Knowledge claims: relativism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 9 90
Reject 31 572
n: 702
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Plato: knowledge only of forms
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 42 30
Reject 218 144
n: 434
p: 0.0149
r: -0.11
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 42 61
Reject 351 331
n: 785
p: 0.0013
r: -0.11
Values in science: can be either
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 22 71
Reject 194 371
n: 658
p: 0.0034
r: -0.11
Morality: non-naturalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 15 71
Reject 193 406
n: 685
p: 0.0029
r: 0.11
Abortion: permissible
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 84 12
Reject 511 127
n: 734
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 16 64
Reject 81 450
n: 611
p: 0.0054
r: 0.11
Properties: tropes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 17 46
Reject 78 405
n: 546
p: 0.0089
r: 0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 54 24
Reject 291 309
n: 678
p: 0.0036
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: subjective
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 45 51
Reject 217 392
n: 705
p: 0.0032
r: -0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 89
Reject 140 486
n: 728
p: 0.0029
r: -0.11
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 32 43
Reject 279 192
n: 546
p: 0.0101
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 33 67
Reject 160 498
n: 758
p: 0.0025
r: 0.11
Gender: social
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 79 27
Reject 409 211
n: 726
p: 0.0031
r: 0.11
Well-being: desire satisfaction
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 19 57
Reject 99 436
n: 611
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Spacetime: relationism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 42 24
Reject 171 221
n: 458
p: 0.0207
r: -0.11
Other minds: cats
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 91 9
Reject 604 40
n: 744
p: 0.0034
r: 0.11
Race: social
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 76 21
Reject 418 218
n: 733
p: 0.0039
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 45 54
Reject 219 442
n: 760
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: ontological
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 13 67
Reject 59 473
n: 612
p: 0.0085
r: 0.11
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 14 62
Reject 75 458
n: 609
p: 0.0091
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: happiness
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 22 78
Reject 90 555
n: 745
p: 0.0042
r: 0.1
Theory of reference: deflationary
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 15 49
Reject 82 431
n: 577
p: 0.0128
r: -0.1
Temporal ontology: eternalism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 18 43
Reject 220 256
n: 537
p: 0.0173
r: 0.1
Causation: process/production
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 23 49
Reject 127 406
n: 605
p: 0.0116
r: 0.1
Political philosophy: communitarianism
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 46 51
Reject 166 391
n: 654
p: 0.0118
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: growing block
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 18 43
Reject 79 396
n: 536
p: 0.0228
r: -0.1
Ought implies can: yes
True contradictions: actual Accept Reject
Accept 54 40
Reject 439 184
n: 717
p: 0.0085

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.35
Tradition: Analytic
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 66 48
Reject 682 49
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.34
Tradition: Continental
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 25 89
Reject 10 721
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Philosopher: Marx
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 12 84
Reject 13 558
n: 667
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
AOS: Continental Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 14 100
Reject 15 731
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Tradition: Other tradition
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 23 91
Reject 39 692
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Hegel
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 8 88
Reject 10 561
n: 667
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 9 105
Reject 21 725
n: 860
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Gender: male
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 89 23
Reject 636 100
n: 848
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
AOS: Asian Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 7 107
Reject 12 734
n: 860
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Dewey
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 5 91
Reject 9 562
n: 667
p: 0.0027
r: 0.11
Gender: female
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 22 90
Reject 98 638
n: 848
p: 0.0015
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Heidegger
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 6 90
Reject 6 565
n: 667
p: 0.0069
r: 0.1
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 24 90
Reject 80 666
n: 860
p: 0.0042
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Lewis
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 7 89
Reject 79 492
n: 667
p: 0.0119
r: -0.1
AOS: Metaphysics
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 25 89
Reject 221 525
n: 860
p: 0.005
r: 0.09
Region of PhD: Oceania
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 9 70
Reject 24 529
n: 632
p: 0.0263
r: 0.09
Region of PhD: Europe
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 12 67
Reject 40 513
n: 632
p: 0.0287
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 6 108
Reject 90 656
n: 860
p: 0.0126
r: -0.08
AOS: Epistemology
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 20 94
Reject 209 537
n: 860
p: 0.0146
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Spinoza
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 5 91
Reject 13 558
n: 667
p: 0.0319
r: 0.08
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 13 101
Reject 45 701
n: 860
p: 0.0217
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Oceania
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 11 102
Reject 42 711
n: 866
p: 0.023
r: 0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 5 109
Reject 23 723
n: 860
p: 0.0249
r: -0.07
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 5 103
Reject 78 638
n: 824
p: 0.0414
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: United States
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 57 56
Reject 449 304
n: 866
p: 0.0392
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: Oceania
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 12 96
Reject 36 680
n: 824
p: 0.0451
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
True contradictions: actual Yes No
Accept 14 100
Reject 60 686
n: 860
p: 0.0481