Survey Results

Correlations

Truth: correspondence

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: 0.5
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 214 128
Reject 39 194
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Theory of reference: deflationary
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 23 382
Reject 96 183
n: 684
p < 0.0001
r: -0.39
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 69 272
Reject 112 121
n: 574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 632 133
Reject 349 210
n: 1324
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Theory of reference: causal
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 264 148
Reject 107 174
n: 693
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 607 192
Reject 317 244
n: 1360
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 111 299
Reject 19 235
n: 664
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 117 113
Reject 48 120
n: 398
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 252 439
Reject 89 418
n: 1198
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Extended mind: yes
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 206 252
Reject 203 102
n: 763
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 501 293
Reject 242 340
n: 1376
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 28 318
Reject 57 173
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Science: scientific realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 701 100
Reject 382 162
n: 1345
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Laws of nature: Humean
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 187 541
Reject 225 307
n: 1260
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Abstract objects: Platonism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 388 342
Reject 175 358
n: 1263
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 165 183
Reject 64 164
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Morality: expressivism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 34 460
Reject 64 273
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Morality: non-naturalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 184 308
Reject 58 278
n: 828
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Material composition: nihilism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 17 260
Reject 21 133
n: 431
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Moral principles: moral generalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 315 146
Reject 160 179
n: 800
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 356 146
Reject 186 143
n: 831
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Metaontology: anti-realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 22 318
Reject 50 182
n: 572
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
A priori knowledge: yes
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 676 129
Reject 415 176
n: 1396
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Free will: libertarianism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 220 582
Reject 64 525
n: 1391
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 66 309
Reject 92 170
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 136 308
Reject 48 234
n: 726
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Properties: nonexistent
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 25 370
Reject 30 185
n: 610
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Consciousness: dualism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 156 332
Reject 46 261
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Abortion: permissible
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 414 117
Reject 350 35
n: 916
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Free will: compatibilism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 453 351
Reject 430 160
n: 1394
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Meaning of life: objective
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 333 366
Reject 151 336
n: 1186
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
External world: non-skeptical realism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 751 72
Reject 461 116
n: 1400
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Immortality: yes
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 295 227
Reject 138 221
n: 881
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Propositional attitudes: representational
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 232 157
Reject 108 155
n: 652
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Propositions: nonexistent
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 54 346
Reject 60 181
n: 641
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Concepts: nativism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 157 240
Reject 61 198
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Chinese room: understands
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 73 419
Reject 89 235
n: 816
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Justification: coherentism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 92 363
Reject 103 197
n: 755
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Spacetime: relationism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 129 175
Reject 111 91
n: 506
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
True contradictions: impossible
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 388 83
Reject 193 90
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 365 327
Reject 334 174
n: 1200
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 163 284
Reject 177 160
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Wittgenstein: early
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 146 293
Reject 67 249
n: 755
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Morality: constructivism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 74 421
Reject 106 231
n: 832
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 122 314
Reject 59 244
n: 739
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 171 284
Reject 52 247
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 77 328
Reject 76 178
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 19 452
Reject 22 261
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 584 210
Reject 350 235
n: 1379
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Capital punishment: permissible
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 126 407
Reject 45 326
n: 904
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Politics: capitalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 193 268
Reject 93 232
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Aesthetic value: objective
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 410 338
Reject 219 307
n: 1274
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Knowledge: empiricism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 351 319
Reject 301 180
n: 1151
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
External world: idealism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 33 791
Reject 60 520
n: 1404
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 80 355
Reject 99 209
n: 743
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Material composition: restrictivism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 132 145
Reject 48 106
n: 431
p: 0.0012
r: -0.15
True contradictions: actual
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 46 425
Reject 42 241
n: 754
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: preserve
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 134 316
Reject 47 275
n: 772
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: design
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 113 331
Reject 41 241
n: 726
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Causation: primitive
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 120 314
Reject 39 238
n: 711
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Consciousness: eliminativism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 18 472
Reject 23 282
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
External world: skepticism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 38 785
Reject 47 533
n: 1403
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Other minds: plants
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 18 517
Reject 37 310
n: 882
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Causation: nonexistent
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 12 423
Reject 19 258
n: 712
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 84 516
Reject 93 329
n: 1022
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 234 141
Reject 126 136
n: 637
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Properties: transcendent universals
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 111 285
Reject 27 190
n: 613
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 411 369
Reject 227 341
n: 1348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 308 113
Reject 187 129
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Propositions: structured entities
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 189 212
Reject 87 155
n: 643
p: 0.0003
r: -0.14
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 458 320
Reject 392 178
n: 1348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
God: theism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 201 605
Reject 85 505
n: 1396
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosophical knowledge: none
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 8 510
Reject 24 334
n: 876
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 143 354
Reject 129 214
n: 840
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 27 319
Reject 37 192
n: 575
p: 0.0017
r: 0.13
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 100 347
Reject 52 285
n: 784
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Gender: social
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 465 251
Reject 403 131
n: 1250
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 6 374
Reject 12 248
n: 640
p: 0.0014
r: -0.12
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 28 241
Reject 47 155
n: 471
p: 0.0072
r: 0.12
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 74 190
Reject 37 156
n: 457
p: 0.0088
r: 0.12
Race: biological
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 183 536
Reject 83 460
n: 1262
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 119 189
Reject 99 114
n: 521
p: 0.0055
r: -0.12
Meaning of life: subjective
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 256 445
Reject 228 259
n: 1188
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 50 360
Reject 54 200
n: 664
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 137 202
Reject 74 189
n: 602
p: 0.0032
r: 0.12
Time: A-theory
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 187 344
Reject 84 249
n: 864
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 55 254
Reject 31 184
n: 524
p: 0.0074
r: 0.12
Logic: classical
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 449 189
Reject 231 187
n: 1056
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 79 354
Reject 34 269
n: 736
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 135 217
Reject 65 151
n: 568
p: 0.0064
r: 0.11
Possible worlds: abstract
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 332 197
Reject 175 165
n: 869
p: 0.0008
r: 0.11
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 200 298
Reject 93 250
n: 841
p: 0.0011
r: -0.11
Gender categories: revise
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 228 224
Reject 203 120
n: 775
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Other minds: newborn babies
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 474 61
Reject 298 49
n: 882
p: 0.0013
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 120 573
Reject 111 370
n: 1174
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 118 271
Reject 107 155
n: 651
p: 0.0074
r: -0.1
Moral motivation: internalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 278 365
Reject 233 223
n: 1099
p: 0.0006
r: -0.1
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 375 307
Reject 303 185
n: 1170
p: 0.0004
r: -0.1
Mind: physicalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 442 355
Reject 335 210
n: 1342
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
Consciousness: functionalism
Truth: correspondence Accept Reject
Accept 171 321
Reject 128 177
n: 797
p: 0.0055

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.21
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 29 566
Reject 70 393
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 103 724
Reject 25 581
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 16 811
Reject 46 560
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Russell
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 58 537
Reject 14 449
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Tradition: Analytic
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 739 74
Reject 501 105
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Aquinas
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 40 555
Reject 9 454
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Aristotle
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 141 454
Reject 63 400
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Metaphysics
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 221 606
Reject 100 506
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 36 791
Reject 65 541
n: 1433
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Locke
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 26 569
Reject 6 457
n: 1058
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Tradition: Continental
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 23 790
Reject 45 561
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Hegel
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 7 588
Reject 19 444
n: 1058
p: 0.0011
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 9 586
Reject 20 443
n: 1058
p: 0.0012
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Plato
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 47 548
Reject 14 449
n: 1058
p: 0.0013
r: 0.09
Region of affiliation: United States
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 499 342
Reject 332 292
n: 1465
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Beauvoir
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 5 590
Reject 12 451
n: 1058
p: 0.0032
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 19 808
Reject 38 568
n: 1433
p: 0.0009
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Moore
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 27 568
Reject 8 455
n: 1058
p: 0.0051
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: Canada
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 42 799
Reject 54 570
n: 1465
p: 0.001
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Quine
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 48 547
Reject 50 413
n: 1058
p: 0.0063
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United States
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 414 166
Reject 287 148
n: 1015
p: 0.0085
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Reid
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 24 571
Reject 7 456
n: 1058
p: 0.0082
r: -0.08
Tradition: Other tradition
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 51 762
Reject 60 546
n: 1419
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 187 640
Reject 104 502
n: 1433
p: 0.0032
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Descartes
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 35 560
Reject 11 452
n: 1058
p: 0.0142
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Marx
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 15 580
Reject 24 439
n: 1058
p: 0.0152
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Peirce
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 6 589
Reject 13 450
n: 1058
p: 0.0154
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Merleau-Ponty
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 5 590
Reject 15 448
n: 1058
p: 0.0155
r: 0.07
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 31 796
Reject 10 596
n: 1433
p: 0.0052
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 28 567
Reject 42 421
n: 1058
p: 0.017
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Parfit
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 32 563
Reject 7 456
n: 1058
p: 0.0176
r: 0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 194 633
Reject 107 499
n: 1433
p: 0.0064
r: -0.07
Region of PhD: Canada
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 17 563
Reject 24 411
n: 1015
p: 0.0284
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Dewey
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 12 583
Reject 21 442
n: 1058
p: 0.0254
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Leibniz
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 29 566
Reject 11 452
n: 1058
p: 0.0377
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: United States
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 422 359
Reject 290 286
n: 1357
p: 0.0191
r: -0.06
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 9 818
Reject 17 589
n: 1433
p: 0.0318
r: -0.05
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 119 708
Reject 115 491
n: 1433
p: 0.0402
r: -0.05
Gender: female
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 140 679
Reject 134 482
n: 1435
p: 0.044
r: 0.05
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Truth: correspondence Yes No
Accept 55 772
Reject 29 577
n: 1433
p: 0.0474