Survey Results

Correlations

Values in science: necessarily value-free

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
Units of selection: genes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 63 27
Reject 174 208
n: 472
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Science: scientific realism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 148 14
Reject 495 167
n: 824
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Extended mind: yes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 50 85
Reject 325 219
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Race: biological
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 51 84
Reject 115 540
n: 790
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
True contradictions: impossible
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 118 17
Reject 378 145
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 44 51
Reject 135 314
n: 544
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: preserve
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 47 82
Reject 104 448
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 18 96
Reject 135 306
n: 555
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Logic: classical
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 106 29
Reject 331 202
n: 668
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 26 68
Reject 48 330
n: 472
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Truth: epistemic
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 8 142
Reject 85 547
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
True contradictions: actual
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 9 126
Reject 84 439
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 44 89
Reject 89 477
n: 699
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender: social
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 78 61
Reject 482 167
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Race: social
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 75 60
Reject 486 170
n: 791
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Politics: capitalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 57 69
Reject 183 378
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 51 69
Reject 134 359
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender: biological
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 69 72
Reject 200 441
n: 782
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 84 38
Reject 336 187
n: 645
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Justification: coherentism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 17 103
Reject 150 346
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 26 127
Reject 201 459
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Other minds: plants
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 7 135
Reject 57 558
n: 757
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 23 85
Reject 107 279
n: 494
p: 0.0023
r: 0.14
Properties: nonexistent
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 24 78
Reject 32 384
n: 518
p: 0.0018
r: -0.14
Propositions: nonexistent
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 16 94
Reject 88 354
n: 552
p: 0.0014
r: -0.14
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 38 116
Reject 262 397
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Properties: immanent universals
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 19 83
Reject 98 320
n: 520
p: 0.002
r: 0.13
Arguments for theism: design
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 32 83
Reject 104 429
n: 648
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Moral principles: moral generalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 78 37
Reject 307 249
n: 671
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 56 79
Reject 170 426
n: 731
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 93 68
Reject 309 365
n: 835
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Aesthetic experience: perception
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 22 72
Reject 129 249
n: 472
p: 0.0045
r: 0.13
Truth: correspondence
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 100 52
Reject 347 285
n: 784
p: 0.0003
r: -0.13
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 9 104
Reject 114 412
n: 639
p: 0.0013
r: -0.13
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 23 102
Reject 147 371
n: 643
p: 0.0013
r: 0.13
Epistemic justification: internalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 73 74
Reject 235 391
n: 773
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Wittgenstein: early
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 52 74
Reject 129 407
n: 662
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Propositional attitudes: representational
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 68 39
Reject 223 233
n: 563
p: 0.0032
r: -0.12
Vagueness: metaphysical
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 17 122
Reject 147 448
n: 734
p: 0.0008
r: -0.12
Gender categories: revise
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 55 75
Reject 322 231
n: 683
p: 0.0013
r: -0.12
Propositions: acts
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 7 102
Reject 47 397
n: 553
p: 0.0045
r: -0.12
Kant: one world
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 34 59
Reject 210 190
n: 493
p: 0.0078
r: 0.12
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 16 98
Reject 37 404
n: 555
p: 0.0055
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 38 101
Reject 297 360
n: 796
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 32 52
Reject 189 180
n: 453
p: 0.0125
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 50 57
Reject 155 353
n: 615
p: 0.0038
r: 0.12
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 72 42
Reject 240 201
n: 555
p: 0.0064
r: -0.11
Properties: classes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 11 91
Reject 55 362
n: 519
p: 0.0093
r: 0.11
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 35 40
Reject 102 173
n: 350
p: 0.0377
r: 0.11
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 32 96
Reject 86 492
n: 706
p: 0.0033
r: -0.11
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 13 138
Reject 113 534
n: 798
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Concepts: nativism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 44 62
Reject 145 321
n: 572
p: 0.0084
r: -0.11
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 64 71
Reject 353 246
n: 734
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 98 61
Reject 350 360
n: 869
p: 0.0013
r: 0.11
Race categories: preserve
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 13 104
Reject 40 475
n: 632
p: 0.006
r: -0.11
Material composition: restrictivism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 28 54
Reject 130 163
n: 375
p: 0.0403
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 37 92
Reject 120 389
n: 638
p: 0.0089
r: 0.1
Abstract objects: Platonism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 71 71
Reject 269 356
n: 767
p: 0.0047
r: 0.1
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 116 43
Reject 455 243
n: 857
p: 0.0033
r: 0.1
Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 96 65
Reject 357 339
n: 857
p: 0.0033
r: -0.1
Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 26 80
Reject 169 287
n: 562
p: 0.0179
r: 0.1
Consciousness: dualism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 42 94
Reject 124 415
n: 675
p: 0.0095
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 31 76
Reject 228 280
n: 615
p: 0.0158
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 49 52
Reject 170 246
n: 517
p: 0.029
r: -0.09
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 64 95
Reject 322 388
n: 869
p: 0.0068
r: 0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 39 102
Reject 114 527
n: 782
p: 0.0104
r: 0.09
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 108 51
Reject 425 285
n: 869
p: 0.0075
r: -0.09
Properties: tropes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 16 86
Reject 74 344
n: 520
p: 0.04
r: 0.09
External world: non-skeptical realism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 150 16
Reject 585 108
n: 859
p: 0.0099
r: 0.09
Properties: transcendent universals
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 28 74
Reject 85 333
n: 520
p: 0.046
r: -0.09
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 42 94
Reject 208 345
n: 689
p: 0.0239
r: 0.09
Morality: error theory
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 14 128
Reject 28 536
n: 706
p: 0.0232
r: -0.08
Race categories: revise
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 31 87
Reject 203 313
n: 634
p: 0.0345
r: -0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 52 85
Reject 246 350
n: 733
p: 0.0239
r: -0.08
Causation: process/production
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 24 98
Reject 138 356
n: 616
p: 0.0423
r: -0.08
Theory of reference: deflationary
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 18 105
Reject 89 368
n: 580
p: 0.0493
r: 0.08
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 66 76
Reject 241 411
n: 794
p: 0.0248
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 29 98
Reject 202 378
n: 707
p: 0.0371
r: 0.08
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 93 48
Reject 355 215
n: 711
p: 0.0388
r: -0.08
Morality: constructivism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 26 115
Reject 143 425
n: 709
p: 0.0411
r: -0.08
Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 32 129
Reject 196 500
n: 857
p: 0.0247
r: 0.08
Mental content: internalism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 54 84
Reject 160 443
n: 741
p: 0.0388
r: 0.07
Immortality: yes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 80 61
Reject 278 338
n: 757
p: 0.0481
r: -0.07
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 95 64
Reject 488 222
n: 869
p: 0.0413
r: -0.07
External world: idealism
Values in science: necessarily value-free Accept Reject
Accept 5 161
Reject 55 638
n: 859
p: 0.0438

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.18
Philosopher: Russell
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 21 98
Reject 27 558
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Tradition: Analytic
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 153 11
Reject 614 119
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Tradition: Other tradition
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 5 159
Reject 81 652
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Lewis
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 22 97
Reject 50 535
n: 704
p: 0.0003
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Descartes
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 12 107
Reject 18 567
n: 704
p: 0.0013
r: 0.08
Gender: male
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 145 21
Reject 587 142
n: 895
p: 0.012
r: -0.08
Gender: female
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 21 145
Reject 141 588
n: 895
p: 0.0148
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Frege
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 16 103
Reject 39 546
n: 704
p: 0.0328
r: -0.08
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 17 150
Reject 120 620
n: 907
p: 0.0226
r: 0.07
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 22 145
Reject 62 678
n: 907
p: 0.0358
r: -0.07
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 7 160
Reject 55 685
n: 907
p: 0.0371
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Biology
Values in science: necessarily value-free Yes No
Accept 7 160
Reject 39 701
n: 907
p: 0.0384