Survey Results

Correlations

Well-being: desire satisfaction

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: -0.35
Meaning of life: objective
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 28 127
Reject 276 275
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Meaning of life: subjective
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 99 57
Reject 173 378
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Practical reason: Humean
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 70 54
Reject 132 339
n: 595
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 118 35
Reject 276 270
n: 699
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Aesthetic value: objective
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 45 115
Reject 353 252
n: 765
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Mind: physicalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 127 43
Reject 321 297
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 33 91
Reject 208 262
n: 594
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 97 74
Reject 476 165
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Morality: non-naturalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 16 119
Reject 184 370
n: 689
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
God: theism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 157
Reject 162 482
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Morality: constructivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 44 91
Reject 106 450
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Consciousness: dualism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 117
Reject 149 352
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Knowledge: empiricism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 98 39
Reject 287 255
n: 679
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Morality: expressivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 25 111
Reject 56 499
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Abortion: permissible
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 143 8
Reject 466 116
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Properties: classes
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 21 73
Reject 35 346
n: 475
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Other minds: future AI systems
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 75 59
Reject 221 353
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 82 71
Reject 204 404
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Belief or credence: credence
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 57 62
Reject 122 273
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Law: legal positivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 47 51
Reject 128 212
n: 438
p: 0.0002
r: -0.17
Belief or credence: belief
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 25 94
Reject 139 256
n: 514
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Time: A-theory
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 24 80
Reject 141 277
n: 522
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Personal identity: psychological view
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 101 51
Reject 252 290
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Laws of nature: Humean
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 70 86
Reject 167 414
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 31 115
Reject 178 397
n: 721
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 37 65
Reject 75 281
n: 458
p: 0.0003
r: 0.16
Material composition: universalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 28 44
Reject 82 194
n: 348
p: 0.002
r: 0.16
Justification: coherentism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 45 75
Reject 119 351
n: 590
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Morality: error theory
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 120
Reject 24 530
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Abstract objects: Platonism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 52 107
Reject 269 310
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Personal identity: further-fact view
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 136
Reject 115 422
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 76 100
Reject 192 452
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Experience machine: yes
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 34 127
Reject 80 547
n: 788
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 137 39
Reject 395 249
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Material composition: restrictivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 26 46
Reject 121 155
n: 348
p: 0.0055
r: -0.15
Free will: libertarianism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 24 150
Reject 150 493
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 114 49
Reject 492 140
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 122 23
Reject 368 162
n: 675
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 28 90
Reject 64 405
n: 587
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Chinese room: understands
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 35 102
Reject 89 414
n: 640
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Consciousness: identity theory
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 29 102
Reject 67 433
n: 631
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 50 66
Reject 130 291
n: 537
p: 0.0012
r: 0.14
Footbridge: push
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 60 98
Reject 148 465
n: 771
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 21 99
Reject 139 338
n: 597
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 37 78
Reject 88 333
n: 536
p: 0.0032
r: 0.13
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 53 45
Reject 149 221
n: 468
p: 0.0062
r: 0.13
Knowledge claims: relativism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 11 136
Reject 17 517
n: 681
p: 0.001
r: 0.13
Units of selection: genes
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 59 45
Reject 149 173
n: 426
p: 0.0094
r: -0.12
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 118
Reject 86 382
n: 600
p: 0.0026
r: -0.12
Concepts: nativism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 28 83
Reject 144 266
n: 521
p: 0.0052
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 84 92
Reject 378 266
n: 820
p: 0.0005
r: -0.12
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 48 105
Reject 262 347
n: 762
p: 0.001
r: 0.12
Mind uploading: survival
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 54 76
Reject 137 373
n: 640
p: 0.0026
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 27 77
Reject 132 226
n: 462
p: 0.0117
r: 0.12
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 60 59
Reject 164 287
n: 570
p: 0.0051
r: 0.12
External world: skepticism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 20 151
Reject 33 614
n: 818
p: 0.0008
r: 0.12
Mental content: internalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 57 90
Reject 143 405
n: 695
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Causation: primitive
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 19 99
Reject 113 332
n: 563
p: 0.0067
r: 0.11
Consciousness: eliminativism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 14 117
Reject 17 484
n: 632
p: 0.0051
r: -0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 39 54
Reject 167 187
n: 447
p: 0.0201
r: 0.11
True contradictions: actual
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 19 99
Reject 57 436
n: 611
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 112 64
Reject 383 261
n: 820
p: 0.0023
r: -0.11
Normative ethics: deontology
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 45 108
Reject 241 367
n: 761
p: 0.0035
r: -0.11
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 67 51
Reject 331 144
n: 593
p: 0.0103
r: 0.1
Free will: no free will
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 32 142
Reject 73 572
n: 819
p: 0.0031
r: -0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 28 89
Reject 148 324
n: 589
p: 0.0125
r: 0.1
Properties: tropes
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 20 75
Reject 67 314
n: 476
p: 0.029
r: 0.1
Normative concepts: ought
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 25 91
Reject 76 374
n: 566
p: 0.0173
r: 0.1
Zombies: inconceivable
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 38 109
Reject 96 478
n: 721
p: 0.0072
r: 0.1
Propositions: sets
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 16 82
Reject 34 359
n: 491
p: 0.0327
r: 0.09
Moral motivation: internalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 73 74
Reject 244 303
n: 694
p: 0.0127
r: 0.09
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 34 59
Reject 100 253
n: 446
p: 0.0475
r: 0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 79 32
Reject 220 173
n: 504
p: 0.0358
r: 0.09
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 71 55
Reject 201 281
n: 608
p: 0.0223
r: 0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 64 62
Reject 210 268
n: 604
p: 0.0299
r: 0.09
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 72 61
Reject 212 260
n: 605
p: 0.0314
r: 0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 55 82
Reject 182 374
n: 693
p: 0.0217
r: 0.09
Race categories: revise
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 52 70
Reject 165 302
n: 589
p: 0.0365
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 36 88
Reject 109 352
n: 585
p: 0.0393
r: -0.08
External world: non-skeptical realism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 143 29
Reject 561 84
n: 817
p: 0.0161
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 37 116
Reject 106 440
n: 699
p: 0.0279
r: 0.08
Consciousness: functionalism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 55 76
Reject 188 315
n: 634
p: 0.0365
r: -0.08
Vagueness: epistemic
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 35 109
Reject 148 386
n: 678
p: 0.0329
r: 0.08
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 76 72
Reject 241 335
n: 724
p: 0.0284
r: 0.08
Vagueness: semantic
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 87 58
Reject 281 255
n: 681
p: 0.0382
r: 0.07
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 52 86
Reject 186 383
n: 707
p: 0.0485
r: 0.07
Free will: compatibilism
Well-being: desire satisfaction Accept Reject
Accept 116 58
Reject 398 247
n: 819
p: 0.036

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.21
Philosopher: Hume
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 47 81
Reject 76 443
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 6 170
Reject 77 594
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 27 149
Reject 55 616
n: 847
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
AOS: Normative Ethics
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 37 139
Reject 181 490
n: 847
p: 0.0004
r: 0.11
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 49 127
Reject 120 551
n: 847
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 6 170
Reject 44 627
n: 847
p: 0.0016
r: -0.11
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 7 169
Reject 83 594
n: 853
p: 0.0019
r: 0.1
Region of PhD: Oceania
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 13 123
Reject 22 474
n: 632
p: 0.0096
r: 0.1
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 28 148
Reject 64 607
n: 847
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Region of nationality: Canada
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 19 146
Reject 40 592
n: 797
p: 0.0048
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 7 169
Reject 57 614
n: 847
p: 0.0043
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Aristotle
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 25 103
Reject 108 411
n: 647
p: 0.0153
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Quine
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 12 116
Reject 39 480
n: 647
p: 0.0331
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 16 160
Reject 32 645
n: 853
p: 0.0179
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: Canada
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 17 159
Reject 36 641
n: 853
p: 0.0208
r: 0.08
Region of nationality: Oceania
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 17 148
Reject 37 595
n: 797
p: 0.0298
r: 0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Well-being: desire satisfaction Yes No
Accept 11 165
Reject 22 649
n: 847
p: 0.043