Survey Results

Correlations

Values in science: can be either

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: 0.13
Science: scientific realism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 229 46
Reject 416 135
n: 826
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Laws of nature: Humean
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 64 191
Reject 195 343
n: 793
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 120 69
Reject 192 174
n: 555
p: 0.0037
r: 0.12
Law: legal positivism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 72 79
Reject 113 197
n: 461
p: 0.0086
r: 0.12
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 39 179
Reject 58 360
n: 636
p: 0.0022
r: 0.12
Race: biological
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 66 198
Reject 101 427
n: 792
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 44 145
Reject 109 257
n: 555
p: 0.0059
r: 0.11
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 209 72
Reject 363 215
n: 859
p: 0.0008
r: -0.11
True contradictions: actual
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 22 194
Reject 71 371
n: 658
p: 0.0034
r: -0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 43 179
Reject 127 294
n: 643
p: 0.0039
r: 0.11
Properties: tropes
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 40 153
Reject 51 278
n: 522
p: 0.0134
r: -0.11
Metaontology: anti-realism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 17 146
Reject 51 277
n: 491
p: 0.0189
r: 0.1
Politics: capitalism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 89 143
Reject 151 305
n: 688
p: 0.0067
r: -0.1
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 23 116
Reject 63 201
n: 403
p: 0.0384
r: 0.1
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 90 151
Reject 137 355
n: 733
p: 0.0053
r: 0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 172 44
Reject 324 118
n: 658
p: 0.0084
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 64 156
Reject 93 325
n: 638
p: 0.0116
r: 0.1
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 149 119
Reject 254 314
n: 836
p: 0.004
r: 0.1
Vagueness: semantic
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 155 99
Reject 255 235
n: 744
p: 0.0079
r: 0.1
Truth: correspondence
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 170 95
Reject 279 242
n: 786
p: 0.0068
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 153 63
Reject 268 162
n: 646
p: 0.0152
r: -0.09
Morality: constructivism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 42 191
Reject 127 349
n: 709
p: 0.0125
r: 0.09
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 67 137
Reject 119 291
n: 614
p: 0.0216
r: -0.09
Extended mind: yes
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 111 116
Reject 264 189
n: 680
p: 0.0157
r: -0.09
Other minds: plants
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 11 235
Reject 53 458
n: 757
p: 0.0121
r: 0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 233 56
Reject 434 149
n: 872
p: 0.0072
r: -0.09
Footbridge: push
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 59 212
Reject 153 377
n: 801
p: 0.0107
r: 0.09
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 79 85
Reject 137 193
n: 494
p: 0.0467
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 56 192
Reject 132 335
n: 715
p: 0.0172
r: -0.09
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 124 119
Reject 294 199
n: 736
p: 0.0195
r: -0.08
Causation: nonexistent
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 7 201
Reject 24 379
n: 611
p: 0.0439
r: -0.08
Race: social
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 174 89
Reject 389 141
n: 793
p: 0.0267
r: -0.08
External world: skepticism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 13 272
Reject 39 536
n: 860
p: 0.022
r: -0.08
Possible worlds: concrete
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 8 246
Reject 32 453
n: 739
p: 0.0344
r: -0.08
Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 39 233
Reject 137 447
n: 856
p: 0.0279
r: -0.08
Vagueness: epistemic
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 60 193
Reject 143 345
n: 741
p: 0.0412
r: 0.07
Personal identity: biological view
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 69 169
Reject 114 353
n: 705
p: 0.0469
r: 0.07
Abstract objects: Platonism
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 123 139
Reject 218 289
n: 769
p: 0.0385
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 189 94
Reject 346 242
n: 871
p: 0.0308
r: 0.07
Other minds: newborn babies
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 219 27
Reject 439 72
n: 757
p: 0.0451
r: -0.07
Truth: epistemic
Values in science: can be either Accept Reject
Accept 22 243
Reject 71 448
n: 784
p: 0.0461

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.14
Tradition: Analytic
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 263 25
Reject 506 105
n: 899
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 6 286
Reject 40 577
n: 909
p: 0.001
r: 0.11
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 36 175
Reject 44 410
n: 665
p: 0.0065
r: -0.1
Tradition: Continental
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 6 282
Reject 38 573
n: 899
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Moore
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 13 220
Reject 9 464
n: 706
p: 0.0079
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 65 227
Reject 97 520
n: 909
p: 0.0032
r: -0.09
Tradition: Other tradition
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 19 269
Reject 67 544
n: 899
p: 0.008
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Marx
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 6 227
Reject 26 447
n: 706
p: 0.0191
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: Canada
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 13 285
Reject 44 575
n: 917
p: 0.0091
r: -0.08
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 34 258
Reject 94 523
n: 909
p: 0.0105
r: 0.08
Gender: male
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 249 41
Reject 484 123
n: 897
p: 0.0147
r: 0.08
AOS: Metaphysics
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 82 210
Reject 132 485
n: 909
p: 0.0151
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Canada
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 16 265
Reject 52 532
n: 865
p: 0.019
r: -0.08
Gender: female
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 41 249
Reject 122 485
n: 897
p: 0.0185
r: -0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 29 263
Reject 93 524
n: 909
p: 0.0233
r: -0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Values in science: can be either Yes No
Accept 8 284
Reject 32 585
n: 909
p: 0.0306