Survey Results

Correlations

Strongest correlations with philosophical questions

r: 0.26	Extended mind: yes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	7
Reject	297	307

n: 636

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Morality: constructivism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	18
Reject	128	529

n: 687

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Logic: classical
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	20
Reject	453	198

n: 690

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Science: scientific realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	13
Reject	622	129

n: 789

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Causation: nonexistent
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	24
Reject	23	547

n: 599

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Laws of nature: Humean
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	20
Reject	200	523

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	19
Reject	136	466

n: 632

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Material composition: nihilism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	16
Reject	30	352

n: 403

p: 0.0003

r: 0.18	Justification: coherentism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	16
Reject	138	436

n: 602

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Truth: correspondence
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	22
Reject	452	261

n: 754

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Gender categories: revise
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	10
Reject	317	288

n: 636

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	22
Reject	229	231

n: 490

p: 0.0002

r: -0.17	External world: non-skeptical realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	6
Reject	696	92

n: 829

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Immortality: yes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	20
Reject	367	320

n: 719

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Moral judgment: cognitivism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	16
Reject	569	179

n: 787

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	17
Reject	63	346

n: 433

p: 0.0007

r: 0.15	Race categories: revise
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	15
Reject	189	359

n: 580

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Other minds: plants
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	29
Reject	49	661

n: 744

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	29
Reject	31	542

n: 607

p: 0.0003

r: 0.15	Theory of reference: deflationary
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	21
Reject	89	459

n: 577

p: 0.0004

r: 0.15	Truth: epistemic
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	34
Reject	53	658

n: 752

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Metaontology: anti-realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	23
Reject	53	406

n: 488

p: 0.0012

r: -0.14	Morality: non-naturalism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	24
Reject	203	453

n: 685

p: 0.0002

r: -0.14	Theory of reference: causal
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	21
Reject	296	262

n: 587

p: 0.0006

r: -0.14	Knowledge claims: invariantism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	33
Reject	232	428

n: 701

p: 0.0002

r: 0.14	Truth: deflationary
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	27
Reject	194	517

n: 752

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Gender categories: preserve
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	25
Reject	147	456

n: 634

p: 0.0006

r: 0.13	Metaontology: deflationary realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	14
Reject	129	330

n: 488

p: 0.0028

r: -0.13	Abstract objects: Platonism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	23
Reject	351	358

n: 746

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Philosophical knowledge: a lot
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	20
Reject	426	259

n: 721

p: 0.0004

r: -0.13	Consciousness: dualism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	21
Reject	173	448

n: 650

p: 0.0007

r: -0.13	Concepts: nativism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	22
Reject	187	321

n: 538

p: 0.0023

r: 0.13	Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	25
Reject	66	529

n: 625

p: 0.001

r: -0.13	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	29
Reject	380	363

n: 785

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Experience machine: yes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	30
Reject	85	658

n: 781

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	25
Reject	428	343

n: 815

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Knowledge claims: contextualism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	10
Reject	334	329

n: 704

p: 0.0006

r: 0.13	Philosophical knowledge: a little
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	18
Reject	233	452

n: 721

p: 0.0005

r: -0.13	Human genetic engineering: permissible
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	13
Reject	472	178

n: 684

p: 0.001

r: -0.13	Meta-ethics: moral realism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	16
Reject	553	217

n: 809

p: 0.0004

r: 0.12	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	13
Reject	482	289

n: 815

p: 0.0005

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	23
Reject	44	552

n: 625

p: 0.0022

r: 0.12	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	22
Reject	187	587

n: 815

p: 0.0007

r: -0.12	Race categories: eliminate
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	7	25
Reject	251	297

n: 580

p: 0.0049

r: -0.12	A priori knowledge: yes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	7
Reject	640	152

n: 833

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	Moral motivation: internalism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	16
Reject	281	347

n: 668

p: 0.0027

r: -0.11	Trolley problem: switch
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	12
Reject	544	160

n: 740

p: 0.0022

r: 0.11	Vagueness: metaphysical
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	27
Reject	143	549

n: 730

p: 0.0035

r: 0.11	Knowledge: empiricism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	14
Reject	332	306

n: 673

p: 0.0052

r: 0.11	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	24
Reject	91	490

n: 611

p: 0.0084

r: 0.1	Properties: classes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	17
Reject	54	467

n: 544

p: 0.0144

r: 0.1	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	15
Reject	268	361

n: 658

p: 0.0082

r: 0.1	Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	30
Reject	256	515

n: 815

p: 0.0036

r: 0.1	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	20
Reject	284	429

n: 749

p: 0.0054

r: 0.1	Practical reason: Kantian
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	22
Reject	92	436

n: 561

p: 0.0184

r: 0.1	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	15
Reject	175	360

n: 563

p: 0.0195

r: -0.1	Propositional attitudes: representational
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	18
Reject	289	248

n: 565

p: 0.0193

r: -0.1	Other minds: newborn babies
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	8
Reject	626	84

n: 744

p: 0.0073

r: -0.1	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	20
Reject	422	353

n: 815

p: 0.0052

r: 0.1	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	22
Reject	83	498

n: 609

p: 0.0161

r: -0.1	Units of selection: genes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	16
Reject	206	194

n: 425

p: 0.0451

r: -0.1	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	19
Reject	502	269

n: 815

p: 0.0065

r: -0.09	Time travel: metaphysically possible
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	22
Reject	305	323

n: 660

p: 0.0169

r: 0.09	Chinese room: understands
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	22
Reject	124	518

n: 672

p: 0.0161

r: 0.09	Consciousness: functionalism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	16
Reject	222	401

n: 652

p: 0.0221

r: -0.09	Moral principles: moral generalism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	13
Reject	372	257

n: 659

p: 0.0222

r: -0.09	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	14
Reject	540	240

n: 822

p: 0.0113

r: 0.09	Principle of sufficient reason: true
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	16
Reject	232	407

n: 671

p: 0.0253

r: 0.08	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	18
Reject	131	419

n: 576

p: 0.0418

r: 0.08	Meaning of life: nonexistent
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	25
Reject	143	518

n: 697

p: 0.0301

r: -0.08	Politics: capitalism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	20
Reject	241	375

n: 646

p: 0.0383

r: 0.08	Arguments for theism: moral
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	25
Reject	60	527

n: 617

p: 0.0433

r: -0.08	Normative ethics: deontology
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	25
Reject	273	442

n: 751

p: 0.0303

r: 0.08	Morality: expressivism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	24
Reject	72	585

n: 687

p: 0.0416

r: 0.08	Gender: psychological
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	26
Reject	169	514

n: 721

p: 0.0375

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: consequentialism
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	17
Reject	258	457

n: 750

p: 0.0476

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.15	Region of PhD: Oceania
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	5	25
Reject	28	574

n: 632

p: 0.0002

r: 0.12	Region of affiliation: Oceania
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	6	37
Reject	47	776

n: 866

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	5	39
Reject	25	791

n: 860

p: 0.0009

r: 0.1	Gender: female
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	10	31
Reject	110	697

n: 848

p: 0.0025

r: -0.1	Gender: male
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	31	10
Reject	694	113

n: 848

p: 0.0025

r: -0.1	Region of PhD: United States
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	17	13
Reject	428	174

n: 632

p: 0.0165

r: 0.09	Tradition: Continental
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	5	36
Reject	30	774

n: 845

p: 0.0091

r: -0.08	Region of affiliation: United States
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	19	24
Reject	487	336

n: 866

p: 0.0188

r: 0.07	AOS: Aesthetics
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	6	38
Reject	40	776

n: 860

p: 0.0386

r: -0.07	Region of nationality: United States
True contradictions: possible but non-actual	Yes	No
Accept	14	25
Reject	439	346

n: 824

p: 0.0435