Survey Results

Correlations

Vagueness: metaphysical

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: -0.22
Logic: classical
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 110 120
Reject 520 243
n: 993
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
True contradictions: actual
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 36 118
Reject 55 521
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
True contradictions: impossible
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 100 54
Reject 460 116
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 37 84
Reject 224 231
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 92 72
Reject 225 345
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Time: A-theory
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 82 106
Reject 179 459
n: 826
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: growing block
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 36 85
Reject 71 382
n: 574
p: 0.0012
r: 0.13
Free will: libertarianism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 78 202
Reject 181 791
n: 1252
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Statue and lump: one thing
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 39 102
Reject 194 314
n: 649
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 122 126
Reject 336 569
n: 1153
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 19 75
Reject 54 321
n: 469
p: 0.0057
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: objective
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 117 118
Reject 297 521
n: 1053
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
God: theism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 71 198
Reject 170 805
n: 1244
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Aesthetic value: objective
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 156 99
Reject 423 474
n: 1152
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Extended mind: yes
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 98 59
Reject 286 282
n: 725
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 207 64
Reject 613 332
n: 1216
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Gender categories: revise
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 104 56
Reject 287 272
n: 719
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 17 147
Reject 122 448
n: 734
p: 0.0008
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 106 160
Reject 286 624
n: 1176
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Moral principles: moral generalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 77 79
Reject 352 228
n: 736
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Belief or credence: neither
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 28 89
Reject 98 404
n: 619
p: 0.0033
r: 0.12
Properties: transcendent universals
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 42 76
Reject 98 378
n: 594
p: 0.0041
r: 0.11
Causation: process/production
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 41 98
Reject 128 432
n: 699
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 115 121
Reject 488 338
n: 1062
p: 0.0002
r: 0.11
Other minds: plants
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 22 158
Reject 40 623
n: 843
p: 0.0011
r: -0.11
Practical reason: Humean
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 41 103
Reject 175 315
n: 634
p: 0.0053
r: 0.11
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 11 143
Reject 27 549
n: 730
p: 0.0035
r: -0.1
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 72 176
Reject 329 574
n: 1151
p: 0.0004
r: 0.1
Other minds: particles
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 10 170
Reject 10 653
n: 843
p: 0.0034
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: presentism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 32 90
Reject 87 367
n: 576
p: 0.019
r: -0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 104 53
Reject 364 162
n: 683
p: 0.013
r: 0.09
Quantum mechanics: collapse
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 23 64
Reject 55 290
n: 432
p: 0.0488
r: 0.09
Personal identity: further-fact view
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 54 182
Reject 146 669
n: 1051
p: 0.0021
r: 0.09
Justification: coherentism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 49 95
Reject 124 432
n: 700
p: 0.0139
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 69 194
Reject 205 698
n: 1166
p: 0.0015
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 24 105
Reject 125 370
n: 624
p: 0.0208
r: 0.09
Normative concepts: reasons
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 49 84
Reject 124 344
n: 601
p: 0.0253
r: 0.09
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 70 74
Reject 190 299
n: 633
p: 0.0223
r: 0.09
Well-being: objective list
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 97 51
Reject 304 223
n: 675
p: 0.0184
r: -0.09
Mind: physicalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 130 128
Reject 569 371
n: 1198
p: 0.0021
r: -0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 73 73
Reject 283 203
n: 632
p: 0.0257
r: -0.09
Footbridge: push
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 47 204
Reject 253 653
n: 1157
p: 0.0028
r: 0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 46 65
Reject 155 298
n: 564
p: 0.0388
r: -0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 164 117
Reject 623 350
n: 1254
p: 0.0023
r: -0.08
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 16 94
Reject 66 382
n: 558
p: 0.0499
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 46 100
Reject 114 372
n: 632
p: 0.0394
r: 0.08
Race: social
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 198 60
Reject 594 285
n: 1137
p: 0.0057
r: 0.08
Abstract objects: Platonism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 139 123
Reject 382 508
n: 1152
p: 0.0054
r: 0.08
Hume: skeptic
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 61 78
Reject 192 316
n: 647
p: 0.0375
r: -0.08
Gender categories: preserve
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 31 129
Reject 131 426
n: 717
p: 0.0295
r: 0.08
Other minds: worms
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 51 129
Reject 159 504
n: 843
p: 0.0191
r: -0.08
Experience machine: yes
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 29 237
Reject 139 780
n: 1185
p: 0.0065
r: -0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 70 186
Reject 308 595
n: 1159
p: 0.0071
r: 0.08
Consciousness: panpsychism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 15 139
Reject 44 524
n: 722
p: 0.0352
r: 0.08
Consciousness: dualism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 45 109
Reject 138 429
n: 721
p: 0.0363
r: -0.08
Morality: error theory
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 5 162
Reject 41 552
n: 760
p: 0.0322
r: 0.08
Gender: social
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 195 63
Reject 594 272
n: 1124
p: 0.0092
r: 0.08
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 76 173
Reject 251 629
n: 1129
p: 0.0093
r: -0.08
Mental content: internalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 60 178
Reject 268 598
n: 1104
p: 0.0102
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 46 103
Reject 208 371
n: 728
p: 0.0382
r: 0.07
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 87 135
Reject 225 559
n: 1006
p: 0.0175
r: 0.07
Philosophical progress: none
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 12 264
Reject 27 952
n: 1255
p: 0.0108
r: 0.07
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 40 162
Reject 128 609
n: 939
p: 0.0286
r: -0.07
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 28 193
Reject 138 645
n: 1004
p: 0.0265
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: deontology
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 110 138
Reject 304 598
n: 1150
p: 0.0182
r: 0.07
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 43 216
Reject 114 774
n: 1147
p: 0.0229
r: -0.06
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 167 99
Reject 679 297
n: 1242
p: 0.0227
r: 0.06
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 87 180
Reject 258 714
n: 1239
p: 0.0274
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 157 120
Reject 523 445
n: 1245
p: 0.0279
r: 0.06
External world: idealism
Vagueness: metaphysical Accept Reject
Accept 23 249
Reject 63 923
n: 1258
p: 0.0336

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.14
Tradition: Analytic
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 228 60
Reject 900 96
n: 1284
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Lewis
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 11 196
Reject 98 653
n: 958
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Deleuze
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 5 202
Reject 0 751
n: 958
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Heidegger
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 11 196
Reject 8 743
n: 958
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Tradition: Other tradition
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 38 250
Reject 60 936
n: 1284
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Carnap
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 8 199
Reject 61 690
n: 958
p: 0.0035
r: 0.09
Tradition: Continental
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 22 266
Reject 36 960
n: 1284
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aristotle
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 48 159
Reject 136 615
n: 958
p: 0.016
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 17 275
Reject 28 976
n: 1296
p: 0.0062
r: 0.07
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 11 281
Reject 15 989
n: 1296
p: 0.0117
r: 0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 20 272
Reject 33 971
n: 1296
p: 0.0117
r: 0.07
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 14 278
Reject 34 970
n: 1296
p: 0.0118
r: 0.07
Philosopher: James
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 11 196
Reject 24 727
n: 958
p: 0.0333
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 5 287
Reject 37 967
n: 1296
p: 0.016
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Frege
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 16 191
Reject 74 677
n: 958
p: 0.0409
r: 0.06
AOS: Aesthetics
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 22 270
Reject 47 957
n: 1296
p: 0.0275
r: -0.06
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 18 259
Reject 101 850
n: 1228
p: 0.0323
r: 0.06
Region of affiliation: United States
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 176 120
Reject 567 455
n: 1318
p: 0.0361
r: 0.06
Other demographics: YOB
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 116 148
Reject 462 489
n: 1215
p: 0.048
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: United States
Vagueness: metaphysical Yes No
Accept 154 123
Reject 484 467
n: 1228
p: 0.049