Survey Results

Correlations

Category

Answer

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: 0.23	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	86	64
Reject	121	206

n: 477

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	132	39
Reject	280	177

n: 628

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Propositional attitudes: dispositional
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	36	119
Reject	158	241

n: 554

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	167	61
Reject	337	266

n: 831

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Metaontology: deflationary realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	113
Reject	117	208

n: 475

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Propositional attitudes: representational
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	104	52
Reject	187	212

n: 555

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Knowledge claims: invariantism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	117
Reject	126	383

n: 711

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	133
Reject	122	266

n: 548

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Propositions: nonexistent
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	27	144
Reject	65	295

n: 531

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Method in political philosophy: ideal theory
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	63
Reject	112	261

n: 494

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Moral principles: moral generalism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	118	54
Reject	231	238

n: 641

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Truth: correspondence
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	146	67
Reject	293	249

n: 755

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	140
Reject	259	300

n: 759

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Abstract objects: Platonism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	116	96
Reject	215	319

n: 746

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	125
Reject	61	212

n: 410

p: 0.0005

r: -0.17	Knowledge claims: contextualism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	94	108
Reject	318	193

n: 713

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Knowledge: empiricism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	98
Reject	289	182

n: 661

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Aim of philosophy: truth/knowledge
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	86
Reject	250	330

n: 800

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	A priori knowledge: yes
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	32
Reject	440	159

n: 831

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	142
Reject	133	321

n: 625

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Morality: constructivism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	161
Reject	131	348

n: 663

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Truth: deflationary
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	164
Reject	167	374

n: 754

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Normative concepts: value
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	72
Reject	165	232

n: 546

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Zombies: inconceivable
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	177
Reject	116	405

n: 729

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	118
Reject	32	299

n: 480

p: 0.0017

r: -0.14	Normative concepts: reasons
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	35	113
Reject	121	277

n: 546

p: 0.001

r: 0.13	Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	58
Reject	75	143

n: 336

p: 0.0134

r: -0.13	Temporal ontology: growing block
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	24	127
Reject	75	272

n: 498

p: 0.0038

r: 0.13	Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	175	53
Reject	378	221

n: 827

p: 0.0002

r: 0.13	Free will: no free will
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	188
Reject	56	544

n: 820

p: 0.0003

r: -0.13	Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	60	121
Reject	230	251

n: 662

p: 0.0011

r: 0.12	Values in science: necessarily value-free
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	129
Reject	74	407

n: 662

p: 0.0013

r: -0.12	Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	121
Reject	62	290

n: 490

p: 0.0066

r: 0.12	Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	104
Reject	25	246

n: 407

p: 0.0135

r: -0.12	Theory of reference: deflationary
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	146
Reject	81	313

n: 565

p: 0.0036

r: -0.12	Justification: coherentism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	137
Reject	126	297

n: 591

p: 0.003

r: -0.12	Philosophical knowledge: a little
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	49	143
Reject	210	311

n: 713

p: 0.0015

r: 0.12	Aesthetic experience: pleasure
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	25	92
Reject	46	291

n: 454

p: 0.0116

r: 0.12	Concepts: nativism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	61	83
Reject	128	269

n: 541

p: 0.0064

r: -0.12	Propositions: acts
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	155
Reject	37	324

n: 532

p: 0.0074

r: 0.11	Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	94
Reject	78	254

n: 482

p: 0.0115

r: 0.11	Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	57
Reject	203	185

n: 548

p: 0.008

r: -0.11	Metaontology: anti-realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	17	132
Reject	50	276

n: 475

p: 0.0144

r: 0.11	Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	102
Reject	210	313

n: 731

p: 0.0024

r: -0.11	Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	126
Reject	44	307

n: 489

p: 0.0135

r: 0.11	Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	135	57
Reject	286	235

n: 713

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	58	110
Reject	110	312

n: 590

p: 0.0071

r: 0.11	Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	30	108
Reject	39	232

n: 409

p: 0.0307

r: -0.11	Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	149
Reject	86	358

n: 625

p: 0.0077

r: -0.1	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	148
Reject	186	316

n: 697

p: 0.0057

r: -0.1	Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	141
Reject	91	351

n: 603

p: 0.0105

r: 0.1	Normative ethics: consequentialism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	109
Reject	192	364

n: 757

p: 0.0046

r: -0.1	Quantum mechanics: epistemic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	104
Reject	39	242

n: 396

p: 0.0423

r: 0.1	Philosophical progress: a lot
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	128	97
Reject	265	339

n: 829

p: 0.0044

r: 0.1	True contradictions: impossible
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	152	39
Reject	322	113

n: 626

p: 0.014

r: 0.1	Gender categories: eliminate
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	31	131
Reject	70	401

n: 633

p: 0.0138

r: -0.1	Truth: epistemic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	195
Reject	68	471

n: 752

p: 0.0076

r: 0.1	Arguments for theism: ontological
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	134
Reject	44	399

n: 605

p: 0.0171

r: 0.1	Temporal ontology: eternalism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	73
Reject	132	216

n: 499

p: 0.031

r: -0.1	Meaning of life: subjective
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	120
Reject	219	298

n: 701

p: 0.0108

r: -0.1	Belief or credence: neither
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	117
Reject	79	284

n: 509

p: 0.0306

r: 0.1	Propositions: structured entities
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	87
Reject	149	212

n: 533

p: 0.0279

r: -0.09	Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	117
Reject	95	237

n: 481

p: 0.0398

r: 0.09	Belief or credence: credence
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	89
Reject	109	255

n: 510

p: 0.0383

r: -0.09	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	142
Reject	31	361

n: 546

p: 0.0347

r: -0.09	Aim of philosophy: understanding
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	119	99
Reject	381	201

n: 800

p: 0.0111

r: 0.09	Possible worlds: concrete
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	22	173
Reject	19	484

n: 698

p: 0.0197

r: 0.09	Theory of reference: descriptive
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	119
Reject	94	308

n: 573

p: 0.0355

r: 0.09	Morality: naturalist realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	115
Reject	154	327

n: 665

p: 0.0239

r: 0.09	Science: scientific realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	188	38
Reject	443	124

n: 793

p: 0.0143

r: -0.09	Well-being: objective list
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	77
Reject	269	175

n: 604

p: 0.0332

r: -0.09	Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	130
Reject	180	304

n: 673

p: 0.0255

r: -0.09	True contradictions: actual
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	20	171
Reject	66	369

n: 626

p: 0.0326

r: 0.09	Vagueness: epistemic
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	138
Reject	123	382

n: 709

p: 0.0232

r: -0.08	Consciousness: eliminativism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	6	170
Reject	25	433

n: 634

p: 0.0336

r: 0.08	Human genetic engineering: permissible
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	48
Reject	346	149

n: 688

p: 0.0404

r: 0.08	Immortality: yes
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	105	87
Reject	247	279

n: 718

p: 0.0363

r: -0.08	Philosophical progress: a little
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	90	135
Reject	310	294

n: 829

p: 0.0275

r: -0.07	Race: social
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	131	69
Reject	396	160

n: 756

p: 0.0414

r: 0.07	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	98
Reject	308	295

n: 831

p: 0.0339

r: 0.07	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Wittgenstein: early	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	66
Reject	381	193

n: 799

p: 0.0393

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.2	Philosopher: Lewis
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	39	144
Reject	37	462

n: 682

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	AOS: Metaphysics
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	87	144
Reject	130	503

n: 864

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Philosopher: Frege
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	33	150
Reject	30	469

n: 682

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	12	171
Reject	64	435

n: 682

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	38	193
Reject	49	584

n: 864

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	19	212
Reject	103	530

n: 864

p: 0.0004

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Russell
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	23	160
Reject	31	468

n: 682

p: 0.003

r: 0.11	Tradition: Analytic
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	207	23
Reject	519	99

n: 848

p: 0.0022

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Plato
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	17	166
Reject	29	470

n: 682

p: 0.0094

r: -0.1	Region of nationality: United States
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	95	129
Reject	322	279

n: 825

p: 0.0055

r: 0.09	Region of affiliation: Asia
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	16	220
Reject	17	616

n: 869

p: 0.0084

r: -0.08	AOS: Continental Philosophy
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	7	224
Reject	33	600

n: 864

p: 0.0138

r: 0.08	Philosopher: Leibniz
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	8	175
Reject	13	486

n: 682

p: 0.0429

r: -0.08	AOS: Aesthetics
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	9	222
Reject	47	586

n: 864

p: 0.0262

r: -0.07	Tradition: Continental
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	8	222
Reject	31	587

n: 848

p: 0.033

r: -0.07	Tradition: Other tradition
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	15	215
Reject	68	550

n: 848

p: 0.0344

r: -0.07	Region of affiliation: United States
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	118	118
Reject	365	268

n: 869

p: 0.0415

r: 0.07	AOS: Metaphilosophy
Wittgenstein: early	Yes	No
Accept	14	217
Reject	21	612

n: 864

p: 0.0435