Survey Results

Correlations

Units of selection: genes

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: 0.29
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 190 44
Reject 149 82
n: 465
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 67 132
Reject 112 102
n: 413
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 82 88
Reject 50 123
n: 343
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Practical reason: Humean
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 92 107
Reject 53 160
n: 412
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Other minds: future AI systems
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 128 121
Reject 86 162
n: 497
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Propositional attitudes: representational
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 115 83
Reject 76 111
n: 385
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Law: legal positivism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 78 76
Reject 52 112
n: 318
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
True contradictions: impossible
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 172 43
Reject 138 72
n: 425
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
God: theism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 33 249
Reject 72 195
n: 549
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Mind: physicalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 189 81
Reject 134 135
n: 539
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 63 174
Reject 27 208
n: 472
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 87 150
Reject 127 108
n: 472
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 112 99
Reject 81 143
n: 435
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Meaning of life: objective
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 75 166
Reject 120 127
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 190 101
Reject 146 136
n: 573
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 125 123
Reject 83 183
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 105 109
Reject 66 138
n: 418
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 77 145
Reject 94 128
n: 444
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 160 117
Reject 208 68
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 85 162
Reject 130 136
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 153 62
Reject 126 89
n: 430
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 63 169
Reject 101 142
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Abortion: permissible
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 223 27
Reject 197 51
n: 498
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
True contradictions: actual
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 24 191
Reject 36 174
n: 425
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 177 80
Reject 133 120
n: 510
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Mind uploading: survival
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 90 137
Reject 56 163
n: 446
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Arguments for theism: moral
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 14 194
Reject 29 160
n: 397
p: 0.0004
r: -0.18
Free will: libertarianism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 40 241
Reject 73 199
n: 553
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Concepts: nativism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 73 124
Reject 54 134
n: 385
p: 0.0006
r: 0.17
Consciousness: functionalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 106 117
Reject 62 149
n: 434
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Vagueness: semantic
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 145 99
Reject 111 123
n: 478
p: 0.0004
r: 0.16
Race: biological
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 75 180
Reject 47 222
n: 524
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 17 180
Reject 43 147
n: 387
p: 0.0021
r: 0.16
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 212 79
Reject 176 106
n: 573
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Temporal ontology: presentism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 33 137
Reject 41 132
n: 343
p: 0.0043
r: 0.15
Teletransporter: survival
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 110 128
Reject 80 159
n: 477
p: 0.0009
r: -0.15
Aesthetic value: objective
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 116 146
Reject 156 104
n: 522
p: 0.0006
r: 0.15
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 38 114
Reject 26 118
n: 296
p: 0.0096
r: 0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 62 156
Reject 32 166
n: 416
p: 0.0026
r: -0.15
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 24 183
Reject 39 165
n: 411
p: 0.003
r: -0.14
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 54 179
Reject 84 143
n: 460
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Science: scientific realism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 237 46
Reject 192 67
n: 542
p: 0.0011
r: 0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 47 150
Reject 30 160
n: 387
p: 0.0066
r: -0.14
Truth: epistemic
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 24 236
Reject 40 219
n: 519
p: 0.0017
r: -0.14
Time: A-theory
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 54 125
Reject 57 114
n: 350
p: 0.0109
r: 0.14
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 127 105
Reject 106 138
n: 476
p: 0.003
r: -0.13
Well-being: objective list
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 107 99
Reject 130 88
n: 424
p: 0.0054
r: 0.13
Epistemic justification: internalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 112 139
Reject 85 167
n: 503
p: 0.0025
r: 0.13
Propositions: sets
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 28 156
Reject 10 164
n: 358
p: 0.012
r: -0.13
Propositions: nonexistent
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 27 156
Reject 38 135
n: 356
p: 0.0124
r: 0.13
Chinese room: understands
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 60 151
Reject 43 185
n: 439
p: 0.0061
r: 0.13
Footbridge: push
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 95 171
Reject 52 195
n: 513
p: 0.003
r: -0.13
Causation: process/production
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 45 167
Reject 60 144
n: 416
p: 0.0079
r: -0.13
Material composition: nihilism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 8 102
Reject 12 109
n: 231
p: 0.0485
r: 0.13
Properties: tropes
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 37 137
Reject 25 152
n: 351
p: 0.0163
r: 0.13
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 84 149
Reject 63 164
n: 460
p: 0.0063
r: -0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 55 161
Reject 57 143
n: 416
p: 0.0098
r: -0.13
Other minds: flies
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 69 180
Reject 102 146
n: 497
p: 0.005
r: 0.13
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 59 149
Reject 45 173
n: 426
p: 0.0094
r: 0.12
Propositions: structured entities
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 82 103
Reject 62 111
n: 358
p: 0.019
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: subjective
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 110 132
Reject 94 153
n: 489
p: 0.0077
r: -0.12
Personal identity: further-fact view
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 34 196
Reject 50 182
n: 462
p: 0.0098
r: 0.12
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 68 174
Reject 45 200
n: 487
p: 0.0082
r: -0.12
Other minds: worms
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 48 201
Reject 73 175
n: 497
p: 0.0083
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 54 135
Reject 56 128
n: 373
p: 0.0225
r: -0.12
Consciousness: panpsychism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 11 212
Reject 27 184
n: 434
p: 0.0141
r: -0.12
Other minds: plants
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 12 237
Reject 29 219
n: 497
p: 0.0091
r: 0.12
Morality: error theory
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 26 204
Reject 7 207
n: 444
p: 0.0147
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 23 151
Reject 13 157
n: 344
p: 0.0363
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: growing block
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 30 140
Reject 43 130
n: 343
p: 0.0371
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 117 92
Reject 96 110
n: 415
p: 0.0241
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 139 132
Reject 113 158
n: 542
p: 0.0109
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 66 132
Reject 69 116
n: 383
p: 0.0441
r: -0.1
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 50 158
Reject 53 137
n: 398
p: 0.0417
r: 0.1
Moral principles: moral generalism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 127 87
Reject 122 98
n: 434
p: 0.0336
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 74 165
Reject 59 182
n: 480
p: 0.028
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 139 152
Reject 115 167
n: 573
p: 0.0164
r: 0.1
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 44 164
Reject 31 185
n: 424
p: 0.0392
r: -0.1
Consciousness: dualism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 43 180
Reject 56 155
n: 434
p: 0.0403
r: 0.1
Gender: psychological
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 80 171
Reject 57 204
n: 512
p: 0.0268
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 63 214
Reject 43 237
n: 557
p: 0.0216
r: -0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 9 206
Reject 16 194
n: 425
p: 0.0451
r: 0.1
Laws of nature: Humean
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 101 159
Reject 73 178
n: 511
p: 0.0299
r: 0.1
Other minds: cats
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 234 15
Reject 229 19
n: 497
p: 0.0325
r: 0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 191 91
Reject 171 101
n: 554
p: 0.033
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 119 172
Reject 93 189
n: 573
p: 0.032
r: -0.09
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 102 151
Reject 127 121
n: 501
p: 0.0456
r: -0.09
Philosophical progress: none
Units of selection: genes Accept Reject
Accept 12 271
Reject 13 260
n: 556
p: 0.0432

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.22
Tradition: Analytic
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 256 30
Reject 225 60
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Philosopher: Hume
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 62 162
Reject 30 210
n: 464
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Tradition: Other tradition
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 20 266
Reject 38 247
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Philosopher: Aristotle
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 35 189
Reject 64 176
n: 464
p: 0.0005
r: -0.16
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 8 279
Reject 24 268
n: 579
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Lewis
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 29 195
Reject 11 229
n: 464
p: 0.0018
r: -0.13
Tradition: Continental
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 10 276
Reject 22 263
n: 571
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 8 279
Reject 19 273
n: 579
p: 0.003
r: -0.12
Region of nationality: Europe
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 46 236
Reject 63 208
n: 553
p: 0.0052
r: -0.11
Region of affiliation: Europe
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 40 254
Reject 58 230
n: 582
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 30 194
Reject 18 222
n: 464
p: 0.0197
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Plato
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 8 216
Reject 20 220
n: 464
p: 0.0248
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Mill
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 18 206
Reject 9 231
n: 464
p: 0.0249
r: -0.1
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 15 272
Reject 25 267
n: 579
p: 0.0127
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Russell
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 19 205
Reject 10 230
n: 464
p: 0.0326
r: -0.1
Gender: female
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 41 251
Reject 59 225
n: 576
p: 0.0223
r: 0.1
Gender: male
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 251 41
Reject 225 59
n: 576
p: 0.0223
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Hobbes
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 7 217
Reject 3 237
n: 464
p: 0.0443
r: 0.09
AOS: Decision Theory
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 11 276
Reject 3 289
n: 579
p: 0.0376
r: 0.09
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 51 236
Reject 38 254
n: 579
p: 0.0393
r: 0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Units of selection: genes Yes No
Accept 49 238
Reject 32 260
n: 579
p: 0.0453