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: 0.16	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	172	165
Reject	91	153

n: 581

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Units of selection: genes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	111
Reject	99	123

n: 478

p: 0.0004

r: 0.15	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	375	215
Reject	232	246

n: 1068

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Aesthetic value: objective
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	279	350
Reject	303	227

n: 1159

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	215
Reject	26	203

n: 491

p: 0.0023

r: 0.14	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	279	100
Reject	192	118

n: 689

p: 0.0003

r: -0.12	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	155	254
Reject	168	165

n: 742

p: 0.0007

r: -0.12	Arguments for theism: ontological
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	337
Reject	35	269

n: 678

p: 0.0016

r: 0.12	Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	287
Reject	65	239

n: 702

p: 0.0016

r: -0.12	Temporal ontology: presentism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	281
Reject	63	181

n: 581

p: 0.0043

r: 0.12	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	446	223
Reject	314	240

n: 1223

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	271
Reject	26	207

n: 560

p: 0.0059

r: -0.12	Possible worlds: concrete
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	453
Reject	26	328

n: 826

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	Law: legal positivism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	131
Reject	72	137

n: 468

p: 0.0121

r: 0.11	Epistemic justification: internalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	282	345
Reject	177	352

n: 1156

p: 0.0002

r: 0.11	Abortion: permissible
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	417	57
Reject	302	72

n: 848

p: 0.0019

r: 0.1	Belief or credence: credence
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	219
Reject	74	187

n: 625

p: 0.0087

r: -0.1	Hume: skeptic
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	242
Reject	131	157

n: 654

p: 0.0075

r: -0.1	Free will: libertarianism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	127	571
Reject	133	425

n: 1256

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Consciousness: dualism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	315
Reject	91	228

n: 726

p: 0.0054

r: -0.1	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	152
Reject	74	91

n: 410

p: 0.0408

r: -0.1	God: theism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	108	585
Reject	134	426

n: 1253

p: 0.0003

r: -0.1	Temporal ontology: growing block
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	278
Reject	52	191

n: 579

p: 0.0161

r: 0.1	Morality: error theory
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	389
Reject	10	331

n: 766

p: 0.007

r: 0.1	Values in science: can be either
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	155	255
Reject	99	235

n: 744

p: 0.0079

r: 0.1	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	97	232
Reject	44	190

n: 563

p: 0.0217

r: -0.1	Principle of sufficient reason: true
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	138	266
Reject	125	196

n: 725

p: 0.0101

r: 0.09	Personal identity: psychological view
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	317	272
Reject	223	255

n: 1067

p: 0.0019

r: -0.09	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	424	249
Reject	399	151

n: 1223

p: 0.0011

r: -0.09	Arguments for theism: moral
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	339
Reject	36	270

n: 681

p: 0.0155

r: -0.09	Personal identity: further-fact view
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	100	486
Reject	102	372

n: 1060

p: 0.003

r: -0.09	Morality: non-naturalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	113	310
Reject	123	220

n: 766

p: 0.0129

r: -0.09	Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	350
Reject	8	247

n: 616

p: 0.0262

r: 0.09	Moral motivation: internalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	262	275
Reject	196	280

n: 1013

p: 0.0057

r: -0.09	Extended mind: yes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	203	203
Reject	187	138

n: 731

p: 0.0195

r: 0.09	Meaning of life: subjective
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	260	324
Reject	176	304

n: 1064

p: 0.0054

r: 0.08	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	322	108
Reject	240	107

n: 777

p: 0.0191

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	327	365
Reject	225	339

n: 1256

p: 0.0029

r: -0.08	Other minds: particles
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	469
Reject	10	359

n: 848

p: 0.0145

r: 0.08	Time travel: metaphysically possible
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	221	192
Reject	132	194

n: 739

p: 0.0235

r: 0.08	Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	221	154
Reject	135	127

n: 637

p: 0.0376

r: -0.08	Belief or credence: belief
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	112	252
Reject	94	167

n: 625

p: 0.0399

r: 0.08	Practical reason: Humean
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	137	209
Reject	83	213

n: 642

p: 0.04

r: -0.08	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	283
Reject	71	191

n: 637

p: 0.0434

r: 0.08	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	87	281
Reject	58	255

n: 681

p: 0.0382

r: 0.08	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	466	226
Reject	334	230

n: 1256

p: 0.0066

r: -0.08	Time: A-theory
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	141	340
Reject	122	227

n: 830

p: 0.0278

r: -0.08	Meaning of life: objective
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	199	383
Reject	221	259

n: 1062

p: 0.014

r: -0.08	Other minds: plants
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	453
Reject	36	333

n: 848

p: 0.0287

r: 0.07	Ought implies can: yes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	310	139
Reject	227	134

n: 810

p: 0.0334

r: 0.07	Other minds: cats
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	447	32
Reject	338	31

n: 848

p: 0.0335

r: 0.07	Mind: physicalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	419	246
Reject	286	255

n: 1206

p: 0.0128

r: -0.07	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	361	331
Reject	326	238

n: 1256

p: 0.0113

r: -0.07	Immortality: yes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	222	247
Reject	179	181

n: 829

p: 0.0423

r: 0.07	A priori knowledge: yes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	572	130
Reject	438	135

n: 1275

p: 0.0118

r: 0.07	Knowledge: empiricism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	332	217
Reject	233	239

n: 1021

p: 0.0257

r: -0.07	Truth: epistemic
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	604
Reject	58	452

n: 1171

p: 0.0185

r: 0.07	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	241	398
Reject	166	353

n: 1158

p: 0.0194

r: -0.07	Philosophical progress: none
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	682
Reject	23	541

n: 1264

p: 0.0155

r: 0.07	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	336	332
Reject	259	292

n: 1219

p: 0.0191

r: 0.06	Mental content: internalism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	197	409
Reject	131	371

n: 1108

p: 0.0335

r: -0.06	External world: idealism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	44	657
Reject	43	523

n: 1267

p: 0.023

r: 0.06	Philosophical methods: linguistic philosophy
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	375	317
Reject	282	282

n: 1256

p: 0.024

r: 0.06	Free will: compatibilism
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	458	242
Reject	333	226

n: 1259

p: 0.0296

r: 0.06	Gender: psychological
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	162	461
Reject	107	391

n: 1121

p: 0.0409

r: -0.06	Zombies: metaphysically possible
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	169	456
Reject	159	351

n: 1135

p: 0.047

r: 0.06	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Vagueness: semantic	Accept	Reject
Accept	495	201
Reject	355	200

n: 1251

p: 0.0468

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.13	Philosopher: Lewis
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	80	465
Reject	29	393

n: 967

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Tradition: Analytic
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	650	70
Reject	482	92

n: 1294

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	AOS: Philosophy of Language
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	178	548
Reject	86	495

n: 1307

p: 0.0002

r: -0.1	Tradition: Other tradition
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	44	676
Reject	59	515

n: 1294

p: 0.0004

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Heidegger
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	7	538
Reject	13	409

n: 967

p: 0.0031

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Aristotle
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	86	459
Reject	99	323

n: 967

p: 0.0068

r: -0.08	Philosopher: Plato
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	20	525
Reject	36	386

n: 967

p: 0.0085

r: -0.08	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	17	709
Reject	31	550

n: 1307

p: 0.0023

r: 0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	185	541
Reject	113	468

n: 1307

p: 0.0026

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Reid
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	8	537
Reject	19	403

n: 967

p: 0.0365

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	36	690
Reject	15	566

n: 1307

p: 0.0151

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	49	677
Reject	59	522

n: 1307

p: 0.0156

r: 0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Mathematics
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	31	695
Reject	12	569

n: 1307

p: 0.0161

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Carnap
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	50	495
Reject	19	403

n: 967

p: 0.0399

r: 0.07	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	94	632
Reject	44	537

n: 1307

p: 0.0181

r: -0.06	Tradition: Continental
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	26	694
Reject	33	541

n: 1294

p: 0.0203

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Quine
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	60	485
Reject	33	389

n: 967

p: 0.0466

r: -0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	15	711
Reject	25	556

n: 1307

p: 0.0238

r: -0.06	AOS: Philosophy of Action
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	39	687
Reject	49	532

n: 1307

p: 0.0274

r: -0.06	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Vagueness: semantic	Yes	No
Accept	24	702
Reject	30	551

n: 1307

p: 0.0287