Survey Results

Correlations

Well-being: hedonism/experientialism

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: 0.32
Experience machine: yes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 39 63
Reject 75 608
n: 785
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Meaning of life: objective
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 81
Reject 282 321
n: 703
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 60 38
Reject 224 436
n: 758
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 35 66
Reject 108 488
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 43
Reject 46 336
n: 451
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 46 41
Reject 156 350
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Morality: error theory
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 11 90
Reject 27 558
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Aesthetic value: objective
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 39 69
Reject 356 298
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Footbridge: push
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 44 61
Reject 163 501
n: 769
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Properties: classes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 50
Reject 41 369
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 66 43
Reject 538 145
n: 792
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 35 46
Reject 108 394
n: 583
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Material composition: universalism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 21 26
Reject 89 210
n: 346
p: 0.0002
r: -0.2
A priori knowledge: yes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 72 44
Reject 565 133
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 20 66
Reject 219 287
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Consciousness: dualism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 9 84
Reject 154 384
n: 631
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 77 32
Reject 317 272
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 72 43
Reject 498 196
n: 809
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Free will: no free will
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 90
Reject 78 622
n: 816
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 31 77
Reject 79 547
n: 734
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 25 45
Reject 180 196
n: 446
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Concepts: nativism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 16 69
Reject 156 279
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Knowledge: empiricism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 77 28
Reject 306 266
n: 677
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Material composition: restrictivism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 12 35
Reject 135 164
n: 346
p: 0.0009
r: -0.18
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 6 72
Reject 98 360
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
God: theism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 13 101
Reject 162 537
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Laws of nature: Humean
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 49 55
Reject 187 444
n: 735
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Race categories: eliminate
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 59 32
Reject 210 285
n: 586
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Metaontology: anti-realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 12 58
Reject 47 328
n: 445
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Mind: physicalism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 75 34
Reject 372 305
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Causation: nonexistent
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 7 77
Reject 16 460
n: 560
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 44 72
Reject 416 285
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Propositions: sets
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 57
Reject 36 382
n: 489
p: 0.0002
r: 0.17
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 28 50
Reject 96 360
n: 534
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Abortion: permissible
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 100 9
Reject 507 114
n: 730
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 25 45
Reject 109 266
n: 445
p: 0.0007
r: 0.16
Law: legal positivism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 33 28
Reject 142 235
n: 438
p: 0.001
r: -0.15
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 55 42
Reject 372 190
n: 659
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Abstract objects: Platonism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 28 80
Reject 292 336
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Consciousness: eliminativism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 9 84
Reject 22 516
n: 631
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Gender: unreal
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 7 82
Reject 25 575
n: 689
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
Other minds: adult humans
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 104 2
Reject 594 6
n: 706
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Race: unreal
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 31 80
Reject 98 527
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Material composition: nihilism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 7 40
Reject 28 271
n: 346
p: 0.0138
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: subjective
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 50 51
Reject 220 383
n: 704
p: 0.0005
r: 0.13
Morality: expressivism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 87
Reject 67 521
n: 689
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Gender categories: eliminate
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 64
Reject 84 447
n: 621
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Properties: nonexistent
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 9 55
Reject 41 367
n: 472
p: 0.0045
r: -0.13
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 69 48
Reject 471 209
n: 797
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 22 70
Reject 208 362
n: 662
p: 0.0008
r: 0.13
External world: skepticism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 11 101
Reject 42 661
n: 815
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Free will: libertarianism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 101
Reject 158 541
n: 814
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Morality: non-naturalism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 82
Reject 180 406
n: 687
p: 0.0007
r: 0.13
Truth: epistemic
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 84
Reject 57 581
n: 741
p: 0.0005
r: -0.13
Normative ethics: deontology
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 18 79
Reject 267 394
n: 758
p: 0.0005
r: 0.12
Possible worlds: concrete
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 10 86
Reject 31 533
n: 660
p: 0.0019
r: 0.12
Normative concepts: value
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 50 29
Reject 197 290
n: 566
p: 0.0042
r: 0.12
Consciousness: identity theory
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 20 73
Reject 76 461
n: 630
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Personal identity: psychological view
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 63 34
Reject 289 306
n: 692
p: 0.0022
r: -0.12
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 43 37
Reject 255 168
n: 503
p: 0.0092
r: 0.11
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 54
Reject 95 328
n: 503
p: 0.0101
r: 0.11
Belief or credence: credence
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 34 38
Reject 144 297
n: 513
p: 0.0096
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 36 52
Reject 155 394
n: 637
p: 0.0046
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 17 36
Reject 63 234
n: 350
p: 0.0374
r: 0.11
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 5 75
Reject 13 419
n: 512
p: 0.012
r: 0.11
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 8 76
Reject 25 488
n: 597
p: 0.0071
r: -0.11
Personal identity: further-fact view
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 8 87
Reject 120 470
n: 685
p: 0.0045
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 22 57
Reject 137 378
n: 594
p: 0.0099
r: 0.11
True contradictions: actual
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 14 75
Reject 62 458
n: 609
p: 0.0091
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 25 47
Reject 105 282
n: 459
p: 0.0241
r: 0.1
Consciousness: functionalism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 40 53
Reject 203 337
n: 633
p: 0.0091
r: -0.1
Gender categories: preserve
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 15 75
Reject 128 400
n: 618
p: 0.01
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 37 55
Reject 172 398
n: 662
p: 0.0079
r: -0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 64 25
Reject 404 116
n: 609
p: 0.0117
r: 0.1
Units of selection: genes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 44 31
Reject 164 185
n: 424
p: 0.0392
r: -0.1
External world: non-skeptical realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 91 21
Reject 610 92
n: 814
p: 0.0043
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 21 57
Reject 69 390
n: 537
p: 0.0225
r: -0.1
Other minds: newborn babies
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 87 19
Reject 532 68
n: 706
p: 0.0093
r: 0.1
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 6 83
Reject 22 498
n: 609
p: 0.0161
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 19 52
Reject 93 293
n: 457
p: 0.0379
r: -0.1
Immortality: yes
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 45 58
Reject 302 300
n: 705
p: 0.0102
r: -0.1
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 20 49
Reject 163 217
n: 449
p: 0.0415
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 20 51
Reject 138 252
n: 461
p: 0.0435
r: -0.09
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 26 73
Reject 184 393
n: 676
p: 0.0149
r: -0.09
Race: social
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 70 41
Reject 445 192
n: 748
p: 0.0108
r: 0.09
Chinese room: understands
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 23 67
Reject 101 446
n: 637
p: 0.0187
r: 0.09
Truth: deflationary
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 33 70
Reject 166 473
n: 742
p: 0.0122
r: -0.09
Truth: correspondence
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 53 51
Reject 389 250
n: 743
p: 0.0159
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: contextualist
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 10 70
Reject 59 435
n: 574
p: 0.0375
r: -0.08
Capital punishment: permissible
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 16 87
Reject 124 494
n: 721
p: 0.0231
r: 0.08
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 44 72
Reject 223 478
n: 817
p: 0.0161
r: -0.08
Science: scientific realism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 83 28
Reject 539 134
n: 784
p: 0.0219
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 80 20
Reject 409 163
n: 672
p: 0.0341
r: -0.08
Race categories: revise
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 25 66
Reject 191 305
n: 587
p: 0.0488
r: 0.08
Morality: constructivism
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 20 81
Reject 130 458
n: 689
p: 0.0345
r: 0.08
Gender: psychological
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 28 69
Reject 131 498
n: 726
p: 0.034
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 84 32
Reject 545 156
n: 817
p: 0.0245
r: 0.08
Other minds: future AI systems
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 47 59
Reject 249 351
n: 706
p: 0.0386
r: -0.08
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Accept Reject
Accept 36 61
Reject 272 390
n: 759
p: 0.036

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.14
Region of affiliation: United States
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 56 65
Reject 437 292
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of nationality: United States
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 50 68
Reject 381 295
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Aristotle
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 12 77
Reject 119 437
n: 645
p: 0.002
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Dewey
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 8 81
Reject 11 545
n: 645
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Carnap
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 9 80
Reject 30 526
n: 645
p: 0.0058
r: 0.11
Region of PhD: Canada
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 6 85
Reject 18 521
n: 630
p: 0.0068
r: 0.1
Region of affiliation: Asia
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 10 111
Reject 18 711
n: 850
p: 0.0024
r: 0.1
Region of affiliation: Europe
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 26 95
Reject 103 626
n: 850
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 18 101
Reject 115 610
n: 844
p: 0.0059
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 8 111
Reject 73 652
n: 844
p: 0.006
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: Canada
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 14 104
Reject 44 632
n: 794
p: 0.0092
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: Europe
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 30 88
Reject 122 554
n: 794
p: 0.0117
r: -0.09
AOS: Normative Ethics
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 28 91
Reject 190 535
n: 844
p: 0.0096
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 5 114
Reject 59 666
n: 844
p: 0.0161
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Quine
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 8 81
Reject 43 513
n: 645
p: 0.0478
r: 0.08
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 8 111
Reject 25 700
n: 844
p: 0.0275
r: -0.07
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism Yes No
Accept 6 113
Reject 44 681
n: 844
p: 0.0306