Survey Results

Correlations

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: -0.15
Race: social
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 49 39
No 708 217
n: 1013
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 32 17
No 148 216
n: 413
p: 0.0041
r: -0.14
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 45 54
No 692 314
n: 1105
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 25 61
No 110 711
n: 907
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 14 31
No 218 241
n: 504
p: 0.0038
r: 0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 11
No 175 213
n: 429
p: 0.0102
r: 0.12
Morality: constructivism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 21 35
No 142 493
n: 691
p: 0.0021
r: -0.11
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 58 40
No 731 242
n: 1071
p: 0.0002
r: -0.11
Possible worlds: abstract
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 33 39
No 393 260
n: 725
p: 0.0025
r: 0.11
Temporal ontology: growing block
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 15 29
No 75 383
n: 502
p: 0.0129
r: -0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 9 29
No 185 225
n: 448
p: 0.0191
r: 0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 16 22
No 121 287
n: 446
p: 0.0195
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: realization
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 20 27
No 100 324
n: 471
p: 0.0172
r: -0.11
Immortality: yes
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 27 48
No 359 326
n: 760
p: 0.0026
r: -0.11
Race categories: revise
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 15 43
No 212 335
n: 605
p: 0.0086
r: -0.1
Aesthetic experience: perception
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 10 40
No 120 245
n: 415
p: 0.0341
r: -0.1
Abstract objects: Platonism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 29 66
No 402 499
n: 996
p: 0.0013
r: -0.1
Properties: transcendent universals
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 7 39
No 107 348
n: 501
p: 0.0249
r: -0.1
Morality: naturalist realism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 10 46
No 223 415
n: 694
p: 0.0093
r: 0.1
Race: unreal
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 21 63
No 127 784
n: 995
p: 0.0019
r: -0.1
True contradictions: impossible
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 33 19
No 449 131
n: 632
p: 0.0152
r: -0.1
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 43 25
No 473 167
n: 708
p: 0.011
r: -0.09
A priori knowledge: yes
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 76 35
No 816 212
n: 1139
p: 0.0019
r: -0.09
Newcomb's problem: one box
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 12 52
No 229 426
n: 719
p: 0.0136
r: -0.09
Causation: primitive
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 6 49
No 126 405
n: 586
p: 0.0281
r: -0.09
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 33 32
No 433 203
n: 701
p: 0.0175
r: 0.09
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 20 45
No 132 509
n: 706
p: 0.0177
r: -0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 6 52
No 161 441
n: 660
p: 0.0223
r: 0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 34 24
No 227 319
n: 604
p: 0.0319
r: 0.09
True contradictions: actual
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 12 40
No 67 513
n: 632
p: 0.0287
r: 0.09
Gender: biological
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 39 58
No 262 643
n: 1002
p: 0.0069
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 46 45
No 345 519
n: 955
p: 0.0086
r: -0.08
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 10 57
No 130 596
n: 793
p: 0.0168
r: -0.08
Aesthetic value: objective
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 38 56
No 449 487
n: 1030
p: 0.0078
r: 0.08
Race: biological
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 23 65
No 160 764
n: 1012
p: 0.0092
r: -0.08
Trolley problem: switch
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 62 29
No 718 213
n: 1022
p: 0.0118
r: -0.08
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 13 53
No 171 385
n: 622
p: 0.0499
r: -0.08
Capital punishment: permissible
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 9 67
No 128 573
n: 777
p: 0.0291
r: 0.08
Consciousness: functionalism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 26 32
No 232 372
n: 662
p: 0.0442
r: 0.08
Consciousness: identity theory
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 11 48
No 83 518
n: 660
p: 0.0468
r: 0.08
Morality: expressivism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 11 45
No 69 565
n: 690
p: 0.0462
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 50 52
No 331 613
n: 1046
p: 0.0176
r: -0.07
Personal identity: further-fact view
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 7 64
No 157 714
n: 942
p: 0.0247
r: 0.07
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 28 44
No 199 454
n: 725
p: 0.0493
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 96 22
No 729 287
n: 1134
p: 0.0148
r: 0.07
Abortion: permissible
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 67 3
No 597 115
n: 782
p: 0.0498
r: -0.07
Science: scientific realism
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 73 29
No 772 188
n: 1062
p: 0.0318
r: 0.06
Experience machine: yes
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 19 76
No 134 851
n: 1080
p: 0.0351
r: -0.06
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Region of PhD: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 69 49
No 671 345
n: 1134
p: 0.0367

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.38
Region of affiliation: United States
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 5 110
No 739 360
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: -0.09
Tradition: Analytic
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 88 27
No 935 136
n: 1186
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
Tradition: Continental
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 12 103
No 48 1023
n: 1186
p: 0.0056
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Hume
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 9 85
No 149 624
n: 867
p: 0.0214
r: -0.08
Other demographics: YOB
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 46 64
No 554 438
n: 1102
p: 0.0112
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Heidegger
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 5 89
No 15 758
n: 867
p: 0.0394
r: 0.07
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 11 108
No 46 1027
n: 1192
p: 0.0162
r: -0.06
AOS: Normative Ethics
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 17 102
No 243 830
n: 1192
p: 0.0362
r: 0.06
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of PhD: Europe Yes No
Yes 15 104
No 80 993
n: 1192
p: 0.0491