Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: -0.46	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	148
Reject	224	172

n: 573

p < 0.0001

r: 0.41	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	76
Reject	79	316

n: 572

p < 0.0001

r: 0.39	Theory of reference: deflationary
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	119
Reject	34	445

n: 683

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	122
Reject	38	367

n: 574

p < 0.0001

r: -0.27	Moral judgment: cognitivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	214	143
Reject	766	199

n: 1322

p < 0.0001

r: -0.27	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	178	178
Reject	744	258

n: 1358

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Morality: expressivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	172
Reject	39	560

n: 830

p < 0.0001

r: 0.26	Laws of nature: Humean
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	162	182
Reject	249	666

n: 1259

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Theory of reference: causal
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	126
Reject	292	195

n: 692

p < 0.0001

r: -0.25	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	169
Reject	119	364

n: 663

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	261
Reject	284	593

n: 1195

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	119	118
Reject	422	171

n: 830

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Properties: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	132
Reject	26	422

n: 609

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Free will: compatibilism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	289	87
Reject	593	422

n: 1391

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Moral principles: moral generalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	104	121
Reject	370	204

n: 799

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	86
Reject	129	146

n: 397

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Free will: libertarianism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	340
Reject	247	766

n: 1388

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Meaning of life: objective
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	76	228
Reject	407	474

n: 1185

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Chinese room: understands
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	158
Reject	93	496

n: 816

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Propositions: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	133
Reject	60	393

n: 640

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Morality: non-naturalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	190
Reject	205	395

n: 827

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Arguments for theism: cosmological
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	158
Reject	150	384

n: 725

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Extended mind: yes
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	133	81
Reject	274	273

n: 761

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Abstract objects: Platonism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	122	225
Reject	440	475

n: 1262

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Abortion: permissible
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	232	25
Reject	530	127

n: 914

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	109	135
Reject	163	433

n: 840

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Consciousness: dualism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	181
Reject	170	411

n: 794

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Science: scientific realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	256	94
Reject	826	166

n: 1342

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Material composition: nihilism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	102
Reject	22	290

n: 430

p: 0.0003

r: -0.17	God: theism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	334
Reject	243	774

n: 1394

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	200
Reject	107	644

n: 1021

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	A priori knowledge: yes
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	267	111
Reject	824	192

n: 1394

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	119
Reject	179	227

n: 574

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Aesthetic value: objective
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	199
Reject	498	444

n: 1271

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	163	212
Reject	579	419

n: 1373

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Time: A-theory
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	176
Reject	218	417

n: 863

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Immortality: yes
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	101	147
Reject	332	300

n: 880

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	263	96
Reject	584	402

n: 1345

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Knowledge: empiricism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	201	104
Reject	451	394

n: 1150

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Practical reason: Humean
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	104
Reject	149	352

n: 690

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	215	104
Reject	481	397

n: 1197

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Mind: physicalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	226	122
Reject	550	442

n: 1340

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Wittgenstein: early
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	167
Reject	164	374

n: 754

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Causation: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	187
Reject	16	493

n: 711

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	124
Reject	94	354

n: 636

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	125
Reject	97	381

n: 658

p: 0.0002

r: 0.15	Justification: coherentism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	144
Reject	131	416

n: 755

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Morality: constructivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	161
Reject	110	491

n: 831

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	170
Reject	184	361

n: 754

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	210	103
Reject	466	388

n: 1167

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	42	176
Reject	139	382

n: 739

p < 0.0001

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

n: 752

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Consciousness: functionalism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	117
Reject	203	380

n: 796

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Law: legal positivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	67
Reject	140	215

n: 496

p: 0.0023

r: 0.13	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	141
Reject	37	368

n: 573

p: 0.0013

r: 0.13	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	108
Reject	88	312

n: 563

p: 0.0015

r: 0.13	Meaning of life: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	81	220
Reject	150	722

n: 1173

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Consciousness: eliminativism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	193
Reject	22	560

n: 794

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Arguments for theism: design
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	164
Reject	127	407

n: 725

p: 0.0004

r: -0.13	External world: non-skeptical realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	306	64
Reject	904	123

n: 1397

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	98	105
Reject	202	314

n: 719

p: 0.0005

r: -0.13	Causation: primitive
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	177
Reject	134	374

n: 710

p: 0.0006

r: -0.13	Propositions: structured entities
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	117
Reject	205	250

n: 642

p: 0.0013

r: 0.13	Meaning of life: subjective
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	159
Reject	339	544

n: 1187

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Metaontology: anti-realism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	143
Reject	39	355

n: 570

p: 0.0029

r: -0.12	Properties: transcendent universals
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	142
Reject	116	332

n: 612

p: 0.002

r: 0.12	Gender: social
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	249	86
Reject	616	296

n: 1247

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	152
Reject	235	328

n: 773

p: 0.0006

r: -0.12	Concepts: nativism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	126
Reject	171	310

n: 653

p: 0.0018

r: -0.12	Practical reason: Aristotelian
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	70	120
Reject	219	282

n: 691

p: 0.0014

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	154
Reject	111	410

n: 743

p: 0.0011

r: 0.12	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	116	93
Reject	241	319

n: 769

p: 0.0009

r: -0.12	Propositional attitudes: representational
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	99
Reject	249	213

n: 652

p: 0.0023

r: -0.12	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	231	142
Reject	701	302

n: 1376

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Material composition: restrictivism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	41	77
Reject	138	174

n: 430

p: 0.0152

r: 0.12	Normative concepts: fit
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	151
Reject	36	436

n: 641

p: 0.0034

r: -0.12	Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	91
Reject	262	186

n: 636

p: 0.0036

r: 0.11	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	107
Reject	159	322

n: 661

p: 0.0042

r: -0.11	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	142	214
Reject	494	495

n: 1345

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Capital punishment: permissible
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	227
Reject	140	505

n: 903

p: 0.001

r: 0.11	Philosophical knowledge: none
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	226
Reject	14	618

n: 876

p: 0.0014

r: 0.11	Gender categories: revise
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	129	81
Reject	301	263

n: 774

p: 0.0028

r: 0.11	Mind uploading: survival
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	141
Reject	167	405

n: 787

p: 0.0028

r: -0.1	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	193
Reject	165	432

n: 842

p: 0.0023

r: 0.1	External world: idealism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	339
Reject	60	969

n: 1401

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	140
Reject	184	451

n: 868

p: 0.0028

r: -0.1	Gender: biological
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	233
Reject	309	595

n: 1237

p: 0.0005

r: -0.1	Theory of reference: descriptive
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	171
Reject	137	350

n: 692

p: 0.0092

r: -0.1	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	21	123
Reject	65	313

n: 522

p: 0.0261

r: 0.1	Justification: infinitism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	201
Reject	11	528

n: 746

p: 0.0087

r: -0.09	True contradictions: impossible
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	155	53
Reject	426	118

n: 752

p: 0.0093

r: 0.09	Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	74
Reject	149	228

n: 519

p: 0.0334

r: 0.09	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	176
Reject	9	446

n: 640

p: 0.0189

r: 0.09	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	166
Reject	70	473

n: 742

p: 0.0122

r: -0.09	Possible worlds: abstract
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	119	114
Reject	388	247

n: 868

p: 0.007

r: -0.09	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	116
Reject	165	274

n: 601

p: 0.0251

r: -0.09	Hume: skeptic
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	127
Reject	204	298

n: 693

p: 0.017

r: 0.09	Footbridge: push
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	226
Reject	234	719

n: 1282

p: 0.0014

r: -0.09	Gender categories: preserve
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	175
Reject	146	415

n: 771

p: 0.013

r: -0.09	Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Truth: deflationary	Accept	Reject
Accept	127	118
Reject	398	235

n: 878

p: 0.0081

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.18	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	51	242
Reject	48	715

n: 1056

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	19	370
Reject	109	932

n: 1430

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Philosopher: Aristotle
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	33	260
Reject	171	592

n: 1056

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosopher: Quine
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	44	249
Reject	53	710

n: 1056

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Rorty
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	7	286
Reject	5	758

n: 1056

p: 0.0006

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Sellars
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	9	284
Reject	5	758

n: 1056

p: 0.0006

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Carnap
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	30	263
Reject	40	723

n: 1056

p: 0.0007

r: -0.1	Philosopher: Russell
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	12	281
Reject	60	703

n: 1056

p: 0.0012

r: 0.09	AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	26	363
Reject	36	1005

n: 1430

p: 0.0004

r: 0.09	AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	45	344
Reject	56	985

n: 1430

p: 0.0005

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Nietzsche
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	15	278
Reject	14	749

n: 1056

p: 0.0034

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Plato
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	5	288
Reject	56	707

n: 1056

p: 0.0041

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Foucault
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	8	285
Reject	6	757

n: 1056

p: 0.0085

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Descartes
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	5	288
Reject	41	722

n: 1056

p: 0.0099

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Du Bois
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	8	285
Reject	3	760

n: 1056

p: 0.0102

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	5	288
Reject	5	758

n: 1056

p: 0.0106

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Hume
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	67	226
Reject	128	635

n: 1056

p: 0.0156

r: 0.07	Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	48	329
Reject	82	895

n: 1354

p: 0.0068

r: -0.07	AOS: Normative Ethics
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	61	328
Reject	230	811

n: 1430

p: 0.0057

r: 0.07	Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	54	345
Reject	109	954

n: 1462

p: 0.0054

r: -0.07	Region of PhD: United States
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	176	102
Reject	524	211

n: 1013

p: 0.0266

r: -0.07	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	6	383
Reject	35	1006

n: 1430

p: 0.0093

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	82	307
Reject	154	887

n: 1430

p: 0.0098

r: -0.06	Region of affiliation: United States
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	205	194
Reject	625	438

n: 1462

p: 0.0152

r: -0.05	AOS: Metaphysics
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	81	308
Reject	240	801

n: 1430

p: 0.0386

r: 0.05	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	25	364
Reject	37	1004

n: 1430

p: 0.048

r: -0.05	AOS: 17th/18th Century Philosophy
Truth: deflationary	Yes	No
Accept	31	358
Reject	105	936

n: 1430

p: 0.0491