Survey Results

Correlations

Well-being: objective list

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: 0.46
Meaning of life: objective
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 256 166
Reject 49 234
n: 705
p < 0.0001
r: -0.4
Practical reason: Humean
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 75 278
Reject 125 115
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Aesthetic value: objective
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 298 160
Reject 98 208
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Experience machine: yes
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 35 449
Reject 78 224
n: 786
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 183 170
Reject 58 181
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.32
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 397 94
Reject 176 145
n: 812
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 94 226
Reject 11 207
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 177 224
Reject 215 82
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Consciousness: dualism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 129 236
Reject 34 231
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 126 332
Reject 158 144
n: 760
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
God: theism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 147 339
Reject 29 299
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Mind: physicalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 212 248
Reject 234 93
n: 787
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Meaning of life: subjective
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 123 298
Reject 148 137
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Law: legal positivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 83 183
Reject 92 79
n: 437
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Footbridge: push
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 91 376
Reject 116 187
n: 770
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 403 81
Reject 203 107
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Abortion: permissible
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 340 98
Reject 267 27
n: 732
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Laws of nature: Humean
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 104 335
Reject 132 165
n: 736
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Abstract objects: Platonism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 225 203
Reject 96 213
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Morality: non-naturalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 162 258
Reject 39 229
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Personal identity: psychological view
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 179 239
Reject 173 103
n: 694
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Material composition: universalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 56 151
Reject 54 87
n: 348
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Knowledge: empiricism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 198 210
Reject 185 85
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Morality: expressivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 38 383
Reject 42 227
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Personal identity: further-fact view
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 105 307
Reject 25 251
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Causation: primitive
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 95 229
Reject 37 202
n: 563
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Morality: error theory
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 13 407
Reject 25 242
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Belief or credence: credence
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 82 209
Reject 97 125
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 317 173
Reject 146 183
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Properties: classes
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 16 264
Reject 40 154
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Material composition: restrictivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 102 105
Reject 45 96
n: 348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Belief or credence: belief
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 109 182
Reject 54 168
n: 513
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Chinese room: understands
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 55 321
Reject 68 196
n: 640
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Free will: libertarianism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 136 355
Reject 38 287
n: 816
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Normative ethics: deontology
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 213 246
Reject 73 228
n: 760
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Time: A-theory
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 112 195
Reject 52 162
n: 521
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 268 125
Reject 221 59
n: 673
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Concepts: nativism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 119 170
Reject 53 178
n: 520
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 217 242
Reject 94 208
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 107 155
Reject 52 146
n: 460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 27 244
Reject 45 135
n: 451
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 64 352
Reject 78 204
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Other minds: future AI systems
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 148 276
Reject 147 137
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
A priori knowledge: yes
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 405 79
Reject 234 97
n: 815
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 135 120
Reject 71 121
n: 447
p: 0.0002
r: -0.17
Morality: constructivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 73 349
Reject 77 191
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Mind uploading: survival
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 99 295
Reject 91 154
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 101 175
Reject 102 90
n: 468
p: 0.0004
r: -0.16
Free will: no free will
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 43 448
Reject 61 266
n: 818
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 71 274
Reject 29 225
n: 599
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Quantum mechanics: many-worlds
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 32 169
Reject 48 103
n: 352
p: 0.0043
r: 0.15
Arguments for theism: cosmological
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 114 250
Reject 46 186
n: 596
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 64 274
Reject 79 167
n: 584
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
External world: skepticism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 21 470
Reject 32 294
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 112 216
Reject 111 131
n: 570
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 94 224
Reject 86 133
n: 537
p: 0.0007
r: 0.14
Properties: transcendent universals
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 71 210
Reject 29 166
n: 476
p: 0.0021
r: -0.14
Consciousness: identity theory
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 43 321
Reject 53 212
n: 629
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Temporal ontology: presentism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 66 210
Reject 30 163
n: 469
p: 0.0032
r: -0.13
Units of selection: genes
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 107 130
Reject 99 88
n: 424
p: 0.0054
r: -0.13
Propositions: sets
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 21 272
Reject 29 168
n: 490
p: 0.0029
r: 0.13
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 264 99
Reject 135 95
n: 593
p: 0.0011
r: 0.13
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 271 112
Reject 158 119
n: 660
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 134 301
Reject 75 210
n: 720
p: 0.0004
r: 0.13
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 134 263
Reject 76 205
n: 678
p: 0.0007
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 53 325
Reject 56 189
n: 623
p: 0.0012
r: -0.13
Statue and lump: one thing
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 108 211
Reject 95 125
n: 539
p: 0.0026
r: -0.13
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 68 186
Reject 66 126
n: 446
p: 0.0068
r: -0.13
Consciousness: eliminativism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 10 355
Reject 21 244
n: 630
p: 0.0015
r: 0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 123 224
Reject 53 188
n: 588
p: 0.0021
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 186 276
Reject 83 212
n: 757
p: 0.0006
r: -0.12
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 68 193
Reject 62 135
n: 458
p: 0.0095
r: -0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 60 258
Reject 64 154
n: 536
p: 0.0053
r: -0.12
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 146 344
Reject 123 206
n: 819
p: 0.0007
r: 0.12
Gender categories: preserve
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 100 276
Reject 44 200
n: 620
p: 0.0033
r: -0.12
Possible worlds: concrete
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 19 370
Reject 22 251
n: 662
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Race categories: preserve
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 35 308
Reject 12 231
n: 586
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 137 324
Reject 62 231
n: 754
p: 0.0021
r: 0.11
External world: non-skeptical realism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 437 52
Reject 266 61
n: 816
p: 0.0014
r: -0.11
Race categories: eliminate
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 139 205
Reject 130 114
n: 588
p: 0.009
r: 0.11
Practical reason: Kantian
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 88 262
Reject 28 211
n: 589
p: 0.0089
r: -0.11
Mental content: internalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 103 304
Reject 95 192
n: 694
p: 0.0052
r: -0.11
Consciousness: functionalism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 129 238
Reject 113 152
n: 632
p: 0.0078
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 41 278
Reject 49 171
n: 539
p: 0.0154
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 48 211
Reject 23 180
n: 462
p: 0.0254
r: 0.1
Personal identity: biological view
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 110 308
Reject 56 220
n: 694
p: 0.0063
r: 0.1
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 120 149
Reject 63 117
n: 449
p: 0.0309
r: -0.1
Metaontology: anti-realism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 28 226
Reject 31 161
n: 446
p: 0.0374
r: -0.1
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 300 190
Reject 231 98
n: 819
p: 0.0047
r: -0.1
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 159 216
Reject 113 119
n: 607
p: 0.0154
r: 0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 67 269
Reject 25 216
n: 577
p: 0.0184
r: 0.1
Arguments for theism: moral
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 55 303
Reject 11 220
n: 589
p: 0.0192
r: -0.1
Justification: coherentism
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 87 260
Reject 77 165
n: 589
p: 0.0198
r: -0.09
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 149 210
Reject 124 120
n: 603
p: 0.0221
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 26 266
Reject 15 207
n: 514
p: 0.0366
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 56 204
Reject 54 142
n: 456
p: 0.0499
r: 0.09
Other minds: newborn babies
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 379 45
Reject 243 41
n: 708
p: 0.0145
r: -0.09
Race: unreal
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 68 371
Reject 61 238
n: 738
p: 0.0132
r: 0.09
Vagueness: metaphysical
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 97 304
Reject 51 223
n: 675
p: 0.0184
r: 0.09
Race: social
Well-being: objective list Accept Reject
Accept 318 130
Reject 199 103
n: 750
p: 0.0133

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.24
Philosopher: Hume
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 48 342
Reject 75 182
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Philosopher: Aquinas
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 33 357
Reject 1 256
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 71 437
Reject 12 326
n: 846
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Aristotle
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 100 290
Reject 33 224
n: 647
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Region of nationality: Canada
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 24 460
Reject 35 277
n: 796
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Region of affiliation: Canada
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 20 493
Reject 33 306
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 54 454
Reject 10 328
n: 846
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Dewey
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 5 385
Reject 14 243
n: 647
p: 0.0016
r: -0.12
Region of PhD: Canada
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 7 362
Reject 17 245
n: 631
p: 0.003
r: 0.11
Region of nationality: United States
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 283 201
Reject 150 162
n: 796
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Reid
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 15 375
Reject 1 256
n: 647
p: 0.0042
r: 0.11
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 23 485
Reject 3 335
n: 846
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Anscombe
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 18 372
Reject 1 256
n: 647
p: 0.0061
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Augustine
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 15 375
Reject 2 255
n: 647
p: 0.0071
r: -0.1
Region of PhD: Oceania
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 15 354
Reject 20 242
n: 631
p: 0.0098
r: -0.1
AOS: General Philosophy of Science
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 40 468
Reject 51 287
n: 846
p: 0.003
r: 0.1
Region of affiliation: United States
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 318 195
Reject 177 162
n: 852
p: 0.0031
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Lewis
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 32 358
Reject 39 218
n: 647
p: 0.0113
r: -0.09
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 14 494
Reject 19 319
n: 846
p: 0.0058
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 35 473
Reject 47 291
n: 846
p: 0.0061
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Plato
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 32 358
Reject 12 245
n: 647
p: 0.0167
r: 0.09
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 38 470
Reject 12 326
n: 846
p: 0.0065
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Carnap
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 14 376
Reject 25 232
n: 647
p: 0.0178
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Leibniz
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 16 374
Reject 6 251
n: 647
p: 0.0199
r: 0.09
AOS: Normative Ethics
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 155 353
Reject 63 275
n: 846
p: 0.0086
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 9 381
Reject 0 257
n: 647
p: 0.0219
r: 0.09
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 50 434
Reject 19 293
n: 796
p: 0.011
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: Europe
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 62 451
Reject 66 273
n: 852
p: 0.0086
r: 0.09
AOS: Metaphysics
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 131 377
Reject 65 273
n: 846
p: 0.0132
r: 0.08
Region of PhD: United States
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 270 99
Reject 167 95
n: 631
p: 0.0359
r: 0.08
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 62 451
Reject 28 311
n: 852
p: 0.0162
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Rawls
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 31 359
Reject 12 245
n: 647
p: 0.0466
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Arendt
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 5 385
Reject 0 257
n: 647
p: 0.0489
r: -0.08
AOS: Decision Theory
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 11 497
Reject 18 320
n: 846
p: 0.0259
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Europe
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 78 406
Reject 73 239
n: 796
p: 0.033
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Law
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 26 482
Reject 7 331
n: 846
p: 0.0292
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 16 492
Reject 20 318
n: 846
p: 0.0303
r: 0.07
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Well-being: objective list Yes No
Accept 103 405
Reject 42 296
n: 846
p: 0.0434