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: 0.16
Practical reason: Humean
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 21 9
No 192 370
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Properties: classes
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 11 14
No 51 424
n: 500
p: 0.0003
r: 0.15
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 28
No 25 574
n: 632
p: 0.0002
r: -0.14
True contradictions: impossible
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 17 16
No 465 134
n: 632
p: 0.0003
r: 0.14
Proper names: Fregean
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 24 10
No 301 460
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Morality: error theory
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 8 28
No 32 621
n: 689
p: 0.0006
r: 0.13
Theory of reference: descriptive
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 13 15
No 130 412
n: 570
p: 0.0024
r: 0.12
Belief or credence: credence
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 15 15
No 176 327
n: 533
p: 0.0048
r: 0.12
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 29 19
No 352 646
n: 1046
p: 0.0002
r: -0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 12
No 198 212
n: 429
p: 0.0158
r: 0.11
Propositions: sets
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 16
No 46 452
n: 523
p: 0.0091
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 19 16
No 206 432
n: 673
p: 0.0033
r: 0.11
Quantum mechanics: hidden-variables
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 8
No 81 286
n: 382
p: 0.0272
r: -0.11
Logic: classical
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 13 22
No 504 266
n: 805
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 24 8
No 293 319
n: 644
p: 0.0056
r: 0.1
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 13 22
No 123 474
n: 632
p: 0.0096
r: -0.1
Well-being: objective list
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 15 20
No 354 242
n: 631
p: 0.0098
r: -0.1
Meaning of life: objective
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 35
No 370 539
n: 953
p: 0.0016
r: -0.1
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 24
No 235 328
n: 594
p: 0.0155
r: -0.1
Theory of reference: causal
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 11 17
No 286 256
n: 570
p: 0.0181
r: 0.1
Race categories: revise
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 16 13
No 211 365
n: 605
p: 0.0168
r: 0.1
Consciousness: identity theory
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 10 24
No 84 542
n: 660
p: 0.0137
r: 0.09
Mental content: internalism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 18 23
No 265 641
n: 947
p: 0.0035
r: 0.09
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 31 9
No 522 394
n: 956
p: 0.0041
r: -0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 22
No 254 321
n: 604
p: 0.0249
r: 0.09
Extended mind: yes
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 26 11
No 331 296
n: 664
p: 0.0197
r: 0.09
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 34 9
No 523 371
n: 937
p: 0.0068
r: 0.09
True contradictions: actual
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 24
No 70 529
n: 632
p: 0.0263
r: 0.09
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 17 29
No 179 718
n: 943
p: 0.0071
r: 0.09
Other minds: future AI systems
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 24 17
No 294 424
n: 759
p: 0.0185
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 14 15
No 170 364
n: 563
p: 0.0465
r: -0.08
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 36
No 261 602
n: 908
p: 0.0128
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 21 22
No 302 656
n: 1001
p: 0.0128
r: 0.08
Footbridge: push
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 19 28
No 255 749
n: 1051
p: 0.0128
r: -0.08
Rational disagreement: non-permissivism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 34
No 139 503
n: 681
p: 0.0492
r: 0.07
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 41 12
No 699 382
n: 1134
p: 0.0119
r: 0.07
Teletransporter: survival
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 22 19
No 377 525
n: 943
p: 0.0219
r: -0.07
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 40
No 130 732
n: 907
p: 0.0304
r: 0.07
Experience machine: yes
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 11 38
No 142 889
n: 1080
p: 0.0319
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: experimental philosophy
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 25 28
No 375 706
n: 1134
p: 0.0319
r: -0.06
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 13 35
No 419 579
n: 1046
p: 0.041
r: 0.06
Free will: compatibilism
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 38 13
No 697 384
n: 1132
p: 0.0344
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Region of PhD: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 43 10
No 782 299
n: 1134
p: 0.0421

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.2
Region of affiliation: United States
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 9 45
No 735 425
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 11 44
No 84 1053
n: 1192
p: 0.0007
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Lewis
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 8 22
No 85 752
n: 867
p: 0.0041
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hume
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 10 20
No 148 689
n: 867
p: 0.0291
r: 0.07
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 15 40
No 167 970
n: 1192
p: 0.0112
r: 0.06
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 6 49
No 51 1086
n: 1192
p: 0.0292
r: 0.06
AOS: Applied Ethics
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 13 42
No 152 985
n: 1192
p: 0.0313
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Region of PhD: Oceania Yes No
Yes 7 48
No 290 847
n: 1192
p: 0.0324