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: 0.2
Analysis of knowledge: no analysis
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 51 37
No 184 433
n: 705
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 18 46
No 50 355
n: 469
p: 0.0003
r: -0.15
Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 7 81
No 145 473
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Perceptual experience: disjunctivism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 41 85
No 103 566
n: 795
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 24 56
No 292 292
n: 664
p: 0.0003
r: -0.12
Aesthetic experience: perception
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 12 48
No 118 237
n: 415
p: 0.0112
r: 0.12
Aesthetic experience: sui generis
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 33 27
No 147 206
n: 413
p: 0.0186
r: 0.11
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 14 64
No 41 498
n: 617
p: 0.0046
r: -0.11
Causation: process/production
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 11 66
No 135 378
n: 590
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Mental content: internalism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 29 103
No 254 561
n: 947
p: 0.001
r: 0.11
Values in science: can be either
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 36 44
No 175 410
n: 665
p: 0.0065
r: -0.1
Concepts: nativism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 14 59
No 167 292
n: 532
p: 0.017
r: -0.1
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 18 47
No 164 250
n: 479
p: 0.028
r: 0.1
Grounds of intentionality: primitive
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 15 50
No 51 361
n: 477
p: 0.029
r: -0.1
Gender categories: revise
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 34 43
No 336 249
n: 662
p: 0.0135
r: 0.09
Causation: primitive
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 25 52
No 107 402
n: 586
p: 0.0228
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 13 111
No 127 542
n: 793
p: 0.0081
r: 0.09
Gender categories: eliminate
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 20 57
No 100 486
n: 663
p: 0.0157
r: -0.09
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 46 38
No 420 197
n: 701
p: 0.0157
r: -0.09
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 23 65
No 235 382
n: 705
p: 0.0186
r: -0.09
Epistemic justification: internalism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 41 92
No 367 497
n: 997
p: 0.0053
r: -0.09
Capital punishment: permissible
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 12 89
No 125 551
n: 777
p: 0.0151
r: 0.09
Personal identity: biological view
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 45 88
No 166 650
n: 949
p: 0.0076
r: 0.09
Belief or credence: belief
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 25 33
No 140 335
n: 533
p: 0.0467
r: 0.08
Justification: reliabilism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 35 39
No 198 350
n: 622
p: 0.0385
r: 0.08
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 59 21
No 345 203
n: 628
p: 0.0448
r: 0.08
Aesthetic value: objective
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 76 63
No 411 480
n: 1030
p: 0.011
r: -0.08
Race: social
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 86 43
No 671 213
n: 1013
p: 0.0132
r: -0.08
Politics: capitalism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 21 62
No 225 385
n: 693
p: 0.0433
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 32 85
No 164 662
n: 943
p: 0.0197
r: -0.07
God: theism
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 16 140
No 201 784
n: 1141
p: 0.0139
r: 0.06
Race: unreal
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 24 103
No 124 744
n: 995
p: 0.0416
r: 0.06
Zombies: inconceivable
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 34 104
No 146 717
n: 1001
p: 0.0452
r: -0.06
Gender: psychological
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Accept Reject
Yes 23 105
No 212 666
n: 1006
p: 0.0496

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.35
Region of nationality: United States
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 16 127
No 618 354
n: 1115
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Region of affiliation: United States
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 30 130
No 714 340
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
AOS: Metaphilosophy
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 19 136
No 37 1000
n: 1192
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Frege
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 17 98
No 47 705
n: 867
p: 0.0011
r: 0.09
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 22 133
No 73 964
n: 1192
p: 0.0021
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 15 100
No 53 699
n: 867
p: 0.0259
r: 0.07
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 17 138
No 61 976
n: 1192
p: 0.0169
r: 0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 35 120
No 162 875
n: 1192
p: 0.0296
r: 0.06
Region of nationality: Europe
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 31 112
No 147 825
n: 1115
p: 0.0458
r: 0.06
AOS: Metaphysics
Region of PhD: United Kingdom Yes No
Yes 45 110
No 226 811
n: 1192
p: 0.0449