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: 0.72	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	124	54
Reject	11	519

n: 708

p < 0.0001

r: -0.65	Abortion: permissible
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	89	125
Reject	758	44

n: 1016

p < 0.0001

r: -0.52	Mind: physicalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	250
Reject	806	368

n: 1477

p < 0.0001

r: 0.5	Meaning of life: objective
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	239	58
Reject	280	734

n: 1311

p < 0.0001

r: -0.47	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	59	209
Reject	676	326

n: 1270

p < 0.0001

r: 0.45	Free will: libertarianism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	167	147
Reject	134	1083

n: 1531

p < 0.0001

r: 0.43	Consciousness: dualism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	72
Reject	114	562

n: 850

p < 0.0001

r: -0.38	Human genetic engineering: permissible
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	108
Reject	551	166

n: 904

p < 0.0001

r: -0.35	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	158
Reject	226	304

n: 707

p < 0.0001

r: 0.35	Immortality: yes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	49
Reject	325	446

n: 979

p < 0.0001

r: 0.34	Morality: non-naturalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	115	84
Reject	149	550

n: 898

p < 0.0001

r: -0.34	Practical reason: Humean
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	152
Reject	242	338

n: 751

p < 0.0001

r: 0.34	Principle of sufficient reason: true
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	122	70
Reject	183	457

n: 832

p < 0.0001

r: -0.33	Other minds: future AI systems
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	172
Reject	368	408

n: 987

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Aesthetic value: objective
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	225	75
Reject	462	643

n: 1405

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Meta-ethics: moral realism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	279	38
Reject	729	456

n: 1502

p < 0.0001

r: -0.3	Meaning of life: nonexistent
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	277
Reject	252	751

n: 1296

p < 0.0001

r: -0.3	Free will: compatibilism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	126	189
Reject	851	368

n: 1534

p < 0.0001

r: 0.3	Practical reason: Aristotelian
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	114	57
Reject	199	382

n: 752

p < 0.0001

r: -0.29	Consciousness: functionalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	28	146
Reject	293	386

n: 853

p < 0.0001

r: 0.29	Arguments for theism: cosmological
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	92	111
Reject	111	479

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Law: legal positivism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	95
Reject	201	232

n: 551

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Well-being: objective list
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	147	29
Reject	339	299

n: 814

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Arguments for theism: moral
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	146
Reject	35	553

n: 788

p < 0.0001

r: -0.28	Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	163
Reject	147	381

n: 704

p < 0.0001

r: 0.28	Gender categories: preserve
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	79	102
Reject	114	553

n: 848

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Personal identity: further-fact view
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	160
Reject	124	880

n: 1260

p < 0.0001

r: 0.27	Normative ethics: virtue ethics
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	200	104
Reject	394	724

n: 1422

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Normative ethics: consequentialism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	243
Reject	442	679

n: 1420

p < 0.0001

r: -0.26	Meaning of life: subjective
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	50	247
Reject	485	531

n: 1313

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Gender: biological
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	154	135
Reject	298	775

n: 1362

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Mind uploading: survival
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	167
Reject	234	417

n: 847

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Knowledge: empiricism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	159
Reject	618	377

n: 1250

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Hume: skeptic
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	93	64
Reject	196	400

n: 753

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Moral judgment: cognitivism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	273	31
Reject	792	350

n: 1446

p < 0.0001

r: -0.24	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	78	173
Reject	567	432

n: 1250

p < 0.0001

r: 0.24	Time: A-theory
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	103	96
Reject	183	530

n: 912

p < 0.0001

r: -0.23	Units of selection: genes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	72
Reject	249	195

n: 549

p < 0.0001

r: 0.23	Aim of philosophy: wisdom
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	162	138
Reject	343	816

n: 1459

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Footbridge: push
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	37	249
Reject	325	805

n: 1416

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Well-being: desire satisfaction
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	14	162
Reject	157	482

n: 815

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Laws of nature: Humean
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	47	236
Reject	405	686

n: 1374

p < 0.0001

r: -0.22	Gender: social
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	153	135
Reject	812	276

n: 1376

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Personal identity: psychological view
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	166
Reject	581	432

n: 1270

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Morality: expressivism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	9	189
Reject	94	610

n: 902

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Abstract objects: Platonism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	184	104
Reject	415	665

n: 1368

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	69
Reject	139	331

n: 607

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Politics: capitalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	89
Reject	216	483

n: 883

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	16	114
Reject	32	503

n: 665

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Hard problem of consciousness: yes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	37
Reject	446	273

n: 901

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Material composition: universalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	98
Reject	123	208

n: 455

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Material composition: restrictivism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	55
Reject	120	211

n: 455

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	164
Reject	102	429

n: 708

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Metaontology: heavyweight realism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	84	53
Reject	177	276

n: 590

p < 0.0001

r: -0.19	Chinese room: understands
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	15	178
Reject	154	534

n: 881

p < 0.0001

r: 0.19	Political philosophy: communitarianism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	129
Reject	268	728

n: 1246

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Belief or credence: credence
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	109
Reject	194	338

n: 674

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	119
Reject	270	342

n: 771

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Trolley problem: switch
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	179	89
Reject	869	248

n: 1385

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	13	162
Reject	101	537

n: 813

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Gender categories: revise
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	107
Reject	395	276

n: 852

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	213	102
Reject	569	649

n: 1533

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	102
Reject	154	456

n: 786

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Truth: deflationary
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	43	243
Reject	334	774

n: 1394

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Propositions: simple entities
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	125
Reject	26	494

n: 671

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Properties: classes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	10	151
Reject	74	411

n: 646

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Temporal ontology: presentism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	45	95
Reject	80	404

n: 624

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Concepts: nativism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	80
Reject	162	385

n: 692

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Free will: no free will
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	11	303
Reject	174	1045

n: 1533

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Causation: primitive
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	100
Reject	120	485

n: 762

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Belief or credence: belief
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	76
Reject	161	371

n: 674

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Experience machine: yes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	23	273
Reject	189	962

n: 1447

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	29	285
Reject	275	942

n: 1531

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Gender categories: eliminate
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	19	162
Reject	128	543

n: 852

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Morality: naturalist realism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	150
Reject	256	446

n: 905

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Properties: transcendent universals
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	104
Reject	90	396

n: 647

p < 0.0001

r: -0.15	Temporal ontology: eternalism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	94
Reject	231	253

n: 624

p: 0.0003

r: -0.15	Consciousness: identity theory
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	161
Reject	115	562

n: 850

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	External world: idealism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	46	274
Reject	60	1163

n: 1543

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Aim of philosophy: happiness
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	64	226
Reject	133	1000

n: 1423

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Grounds of intentionality: primitive
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	34	97
Reject	55	421

n: 607

p: 0.0005

r: -0.14	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	156	150
Reject	807	410

n: 1523

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Truth: correspondence
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	201	85
Reject	605	505

n: 1396

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Extended mind: yes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	98
Reject	374	288

n: 831

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	215
Reject	544	673

n: 1523

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	A priori knowledge: yes
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	276	43
Reject	924	301

n: 1544

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	102	193
Reject	262	893

n: 1450

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Zombies: metaphysically possible
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	111	168
Reject	266	791

n: 1336

p < 0.0001

r: 0.13	Vagueness: metaphysical
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	170
Reject	198	805

n: 1244

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Teletransporter: survival
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	182
Reject	457	555

n: 1271

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Perceptual experience: qualia theory
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	56	164
Reject	135	719

n: 1074

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Capital punishment: permissible
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	55	150
Reject	131	666

n: 1002

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	193	113
Reject	610	607

n: 1523

p < 0.0001

r: -0.12	Morality: constructivism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	168
Reject	162	540

n: 903

p: 0.0004

r: -0.11	Other minds: cats
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	180	31
Reject	725	51

n: 987

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Political philosophy: libertarianism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	53	196
Reject	138	859

n: 1246

p < 0.0001

r: -0.11	Metaontology: deflationary realism
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	105
Reject	149	302

n: 588

p: 0.007

r: 0.11	Proper names: Fregean
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	96	97
Reject	331	539

n: 1063

p: 0.0003

r: 0.11	Theory of reference: descriptive
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	48	96
Reject	133	454

n: 731

p: 0.0032

r: 0.11	Logic: classical
God: theism	Accept	Reject
Accept	199	60
Reject	520	336

n: 1115

p: 0.0003

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: 0.4	AOS: Philosophy of Religion
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	98	227
Reject	35	1244

n: 1604

p < 0.0001

r: 0.38	Philosopher: Aquinas
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	50	205
Reject	5	909

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.25	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	37	288
Reject	11	1268

n: 1604

p < 0.0001

r: 0.22	Philosopher: Augustine
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	20	235
Reject	2	912

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.2	Philosopher: Kierkegaard
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	17	238
Reject	4	910

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: -0.2	Philosopher: Hume
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	17	238
Reject	196	718

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Philosopher: Reid
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	22	233
Reject	10	904

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.18	Philosopher: Aristotle
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	82	173
Reject	141	773

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.16	Philosopher: Plato
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	32	223
Reject	39	875

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: 0.15	Region of nationality: United States
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	206	104
Reject	585	619

n: 1514

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Leibniz
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	21	234
Reject	19	895

n: 1169

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Tradition: Analytic
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	249	71
Reject	1103	163

n: 1586

p < 0.0001

r: 0.12	Region of PhD: United States
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	178	39
Reject	599	325

n: 1141

p < 0.0001

r: 0.11	Tradition: Other tradition
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	42	278
Reject	100	1166

n: 1586

p < 0.0001

r: 0.1	Region of affiliation: United States
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	221	109
Reject	704	599

n: 1633

p < 0.0001

r: -0.1	Region of nationality: Oceania
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	5	305
Reject	74	1130

n: 1514

p: 0.0002

r: 0.1	Philosopher: Husserl
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	13	242
Reject	16	898

n: 1169

p: 0.001

r: -0.09	Philosopher: Lewis
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	13	242
Reject	98	816

n: 1169

p: 0.0019

r: 0.09	AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	28	297
Reject	60	1219

n: 1604

p: 0.0003

r: -0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Mind
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	48	277
Reject	281	998

n: 1604

p: 0.0011

r: 0.08	AOS: Metaphysics
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	92	233
Reject	250	1029

n: 1604

p: 0.0015

r: -0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Language
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	31	294
Reject	231	1048

n: 1604

p: 0.0018

r: -0.08	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	14	311
Reject	139	1140

n: 1604

p: 0.0025

r: 0.07	Tradition: Continental
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	29	291
Reject	63	1203

n: 1586

p: 0.003

r: -0.07	Region of affiliation: Oceania
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	10	320
Reject	73	1230

n: 1633

p: 0.0032

r: -0.07	Region of PhD: United Kingdom
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	16	201
Reject	140	784

n: 1141

p: 0.0139

r: 0.07	Philosopher: Anscombe
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	12	243
Reject	24	890

n: 1169

p: 0.0147

r: -0.07	Region of nationality: Europe
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	43	267
Reject	260	944

n: 1514

p: 0.0077

r: -0.07	Philosopher: Russell
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	10	245
Reject	66	848

n: 1169

p: 0.0246

r: -0.07	AOS: Metaphilosophy
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	8	317
Reject	65	1214

n: 1604

p: 0.0086

r: -0.06	AOS: General Philosophy of Science
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	25	300
Reject	158	1121

n: 1604

p: 0.01

r: 0.06	AOS: Continental Philosophy
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	24	301
Reject	54	1225

n: 1604

p: 0.0106

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Quine
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	15	240
Reject	89	825

n: 1169

p: 0.0376

r: 0.06	Philosopher: Socrates
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	12	243
Reject	28	886

n: 1169

p: 0.0391

r: -0.06	Region of nationality: Canada
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	16	294
Reject	99	1105

n: 1514

p: 0.0189

r: -0.06	AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	36	289
Reject	225	1054

n: 1604

p: 0.0207

r: -0.06	Philosopher: Frege
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	12	243
Reject	79	835

n: 1169

p: 0.049

r: -0.05	AOS: Philosophy of Physical Science
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	7	318
Reject	48	1231

n: 1604

p: 0.0379

r: -0.05	Region of affiliation: Canada
God: theism	Yes	No
Accept	15	315
Reject	97	1206

n: 1633

p: 0.0432