Survey Results

Correlations

True contradictions: impossible

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: 0.38
Logic: classical
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 412 116
Reject 60 102
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Extended mind: yes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 211 277
Reject 111 37
n: 636
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Science: scientific realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 535 73
Reject 112 69
n: 789
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Justification: coherentism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 92 376
Reject 58 76
n: 602
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
External world: non-skeptical realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 578 55
Reject 153 43
n: 829
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Other minds: plants
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 27 540
Reject 27 150
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 98 401
Reject 49 84
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Truth: epistemic
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 26 553
Reject 34 139
n: 752
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Morality: constructivism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 81 452
Reject 59 95
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 204 170
Reject 33 83
n: 490
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 29 291
Reject 41 72
n: 433
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
External world: skepticism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 24 610
Reject 22 174
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 82 327
Reject 56 81
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 188 308
Reject 94 68
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Units of selection: genes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 172 138
Reject 43 72
n: 425
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 133 156
Reject 21 64
n: 374
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Metaontology: anti-realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 30 343
Reject 29 86
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Philosophical progress: none
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 15 616
Reject 17 177
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Laws of nature: Humean
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 137 445
Reject 81 98
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Knowledge claims: invariantism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 206 310
Reject 34 151
n: 701
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 181 285
Reject 21 113
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 461 164
Reject 107 90
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Immortality: yes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 322 237
Reject 57 103
n: 719
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
External world: idealism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 27 607
Reject 20 176
n: 830
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 318 129
Reject 92 70
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
A priori knowledge: yes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 536 96
Reject 138 63
n: 833
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Experience machine: yes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 55 545
Reject 38 143
n: 781
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Propositional attitudes: representational
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 249 182
Reject 50 84
n: 565
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Moral judgment: cognitivism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 478 126
Reject 114 69
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Consciousness: dualism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 159 344
Reject 22 125
n: 650
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Politics: capitalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 212 287
Reject 39 108
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Values in science: necessarily value-free
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 118 378
Reject 17 145
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Other minds: adult humans
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 565 2
Reject 172 5
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Abstract objects: Platonism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 300 263
Reject 65 118
n: 746
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: preserve
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 136 339
Reject 17 142
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Other minds: particles
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 10 557
Reject 6 171
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Knowledge claims: contextualism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 242 277
Reject 123 62
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Vagueness: metaphysical
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 100 460
Reject 54 116
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Chinese room: understands
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 89 443
Reject 43 97
n: 672
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Truth: correspondence
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 388 193
Reject 83 90
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Moral principles: moral generalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 316 185
Reject 73 85
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Other minds: current AI systems
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 15 552
Reject 6 171
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Material composition: nihilism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 26 297
Reject 9 71
n: 403
p: 0.0006
r: 0.17
Other minds: newborn babies
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 506 61
Reject 146 31
n: 744
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 363 248
Reject 84 120
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 55 354
Reject 5 132
n: 546
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Properties: transcendent universals
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 121 308
Reject 11 105
n: 545
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Moral motivation: internalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 210 288
Reject 95 75
n: 668
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Metaontology: deflationary realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 106 268
Reject 38 76
n: 488
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 112 347
Reject 9 109
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender categories: revise
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 229 248
Reject 109 50
n: 636
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Justification: infinitism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 9 451
Reject 5 129
n: 594
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Propositions: acts
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 29 411
Reject 21 105
n: 566
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 136 220
Reject 40 94
n: 490
p: 0.0006
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 141 217
Reject 35 86
n: 479
p: 0.0007
r: 0.15
Theory of reference: causal
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 252 208
Reject 52 75
n: 587
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 22 439
Reject 14 132
n: 607
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 321 272
Reject 72 120
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 8 414
Reject 13 119
n: 554
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Concepts: nativism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 160 243
Reject 35 100
n: 538
p: 0.0005
r: -0.15
Knowledge: empiricism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 250 260
Reject 103 60
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 208 359
Reject 92 90
n: 749
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 459 162
Reject 117 71
n: 809
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Morality: non-naturalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 184 348
Reject 24 129
n: 685
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: eternalism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 203 221
Reject 35 78
n: 537
p: 0.001
r: -0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 17 485
Reject 15 132
n: 649
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 71 249
Reject 11 103
n: 434
p: 0.0045
r: -0.14
Spacetime: relationism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 148 201
Reject 65 44
n: 458
p: 0.0037
r: 0.14
Race: biological
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 134 415
Reject 25 159
n: 733
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Causation: nonexistent
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 16 449
Reject 12 122
n: 599
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Race categories: preserve
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 41 389
Reject 8 141
n: 579
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 126 385
Reject 23 140
n: 674
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Possible worlds: concrete
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 28 526
Reject 13 147
n: 714
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Theory of reference: deflationary
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 67 384
Reject 30 96
n: 577
p: 0.0019
r: -0.13
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 132 483
Reject 74 126
n: 815
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Philosophical knowledge: none
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 16 540
Reject 9 154
n: 719
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: structuralism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 82 239
Reject 16 97
n: 434
p: 0.0086
r: 0.12
Human genetic engineering: permissible
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 378 136
Reject 115 55
n: 684
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 96 398
Reject 3 129
n: 626
p: 0.0021
r: 0.12
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 409 202
Reject 118 86
n: 815
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Properties: classes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 42 386
Reject 18 98
n: 544
p: 0.006
r: -0.12
Propositions: nonexistent
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 73 367
Reject 24 102
n: 566
p: 0.0051
r: -0.12
Morality: error theory
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 33 498
Reject 9 144
n: 684
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Consciousness: panpsychism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 31 473
Reject 23 124
n: 651
p: 0.0035
r: -0.11
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 183 428
Reject 87 117
n: 815
p: 0.0012
r: 0.11
Arguments for theism: design
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 128 346
Reject 16 129
n: 619
p: 0.0049
r: 0.11
Capital punishment: permissible
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 126 430
Reject 27 145
n: 728
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Principle of sufficient reason: true
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 184 334
Reject 64 89
n: 671
p: 0.0045
r: 0.11
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 246 163
Reject 65 72
n: 546
p: 0.0108
r: -0.11
Morality: expressivism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 58 474
Reject 20 135
n: 687
p: 0.0047
r: -0.11
Personal identity: psychological view
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 246 276
Reject 99 57
n: 678
p: 0.005
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: presentism
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 83 340
Reject 31 83
n: 537
p: 0.0129
r: 0.11
Other minds: cats
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 533 34
Reject 162 15
n: 744
p: 0.0036
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: ontological
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 51 418
Reject 21 122
n: 612
p: 0.01
r: 0.1
Trolley problem: switch
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 452 126
Reject 116 46
n: 740
p: 0.0046
r: -0.1
Properties: tropes
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 69 360
Reject 26 91
n: 546
p: 0.0152
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 68 401
Reject 29 113
n: 611
p: 0.0103
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: subjective
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 177 350
Reject 85 93
n: 705
p: 0.0061
r: 0.1
Meaning of life: objective
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 233 294
Reject 67 109
n: 703
p: 0.0063
r: 0.1
Values in science: can be either
True contradictions: impossible Accept Reject
Accept 172 324
Reject 44 118
n: 658
p: 0.0084

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.35
Tradition: Analytic
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 604 35
Reject 144 62
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
AOS: Continental Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 8 640
Reject 21 191
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 13 635
Reject 17 195
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Marx
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 11 479
Reject 14 163
n: 667
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Tradition: Other tradition
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 33 606
Reject 29 177
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of PhD: Oceania
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 17 465
Reject 16 134
n: 632
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Gender: male
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 568 76
Reject 157 47
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender: female
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 75 569
Reject 45 159
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Hegel
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 8 482
Reject 10 167
n: 667
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Frege
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 59 431
Reject 7 170
n: 667
p: 0.0007
r: -0.12
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 32 616
Reject 26 186
n: 860
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Moore
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 28 462
Reject 1 176
n: 667
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Region of affiliation: Oceania
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 31 624
Reject 22 189
n: 866
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Dewey
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 5 485
Reject 9 168
n: 667
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Russell
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 52 438
Reject 7 170
n: 667
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 86 562
Reject 10 202
n: 860
p: 0.0016
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Lewis
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 73 417
Reject 13 164
n: 667
p: 0.0061
r: -0.1
AOS: Asian Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 8 640
Reject 11 201
n: 860
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
Region of PhD: United States
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 352 130
Reject 93 57
n: 632
p: 0.0128
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Aquinas
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 36 454
Reject 4 173
n: 667
p: 0.0116
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Reid
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 20 470
Reject 0 177
n: 667
p: 0.0118
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Europe
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 33 449
Reject 19 131
n: 632
p: 0.0152
r: 0.1
AOS: Metaphysics
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 201 447
Reject 45 167
n: 860
p: 0.0051
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 73 552
Reject 10 189
n: 824
p: 0.0094
r: 0.09
Region of affiliation: United States
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 397 258
Reject 109 102
n: 866
p: 0.0095
r: -0.08
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 67 581
Reject 37 175
n: 860
p: 0.0128
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Oceania
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 29 596
Reject 19 180
n: 824
p: 0.0149
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Parfit
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 17 473
Reject 3 174
n: 667
p: 0.0293
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Spinoza
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 9 481
Reject 9 168
n: 667
p: 0.0302
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Peirce
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 10 480
Reject 5 172
n: 667
p: 0.0449
r: 0.08
AOS: Decision Theory
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 28 620
Reject 2 210
n: 860
p: 0.0256
r: 0.08
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 28 620
Reject 2 210
n: 860
p: 0.0256
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 49 599
Reject 25 187
n: 860
p: 0.0269
r: -0.07
Region of affiliation: Europe
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 86 569
Reject 36 175
n: 866
p: 0.0292
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: United States
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 356 269
Reject 97 102
n: 824
p: 0.0347
r: 0.07
AOS: Epistemology
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 184 464
Reject 45 167
n: 860
p: 0.0355
r: -0.07
AOS: Aesthetics
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 30 618
Reject 16 196
n: 860
p: 0.0426
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 141 507
Reject 34 178
n: 860
p: 0.0433
r: 0.07
AOS: Meta-Ethics
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 101 547
Reject 20 192
n: 860
p: 0.0448
r: 0.07
AOS: Normative Ethics
True contradictions: impossible Yes No
Accept 133 515
Reject 34 178
n: 860
p: 0.0459