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: 0.19
Race: social
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Yes 638 195
No 400 240
n: 1473
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Capital punishment: permissible
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 131 464
No 64 400
n: 1059
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 56 437
No 65 292
n: 850
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Immortality: yes
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 320 281
No 175 251
n: 1027
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 259 588
No 266 386
n: 1499
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 127 489
No 71 441
n: 1128
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Race: unreal
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 113 701
No 133 496
n: 1443
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 642 253
No 419 260
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Politics: capitalism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 209 318
No 111 279
n: 917
p: 0.0003
r: 0.11
Meaning of life: objective
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 346 430
No 202 389
n: 1367
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 146 210
No 100 193
n: 649
p: 0.0049
r: 0.11
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 662 199
No 464 205
n: 1530
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 157 322
No 81 267
n: 827
p: 0.0022
r: 0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 163 184
No 107 169
n: 623
p: 0.0079
r: -0.11
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 97 248
No 97 179
n: 621
p: 0.0086
r: -0.1
Abortion: permissible
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 506 118
No 399 53
n: 1076
p: 0.0006
r: 0.1
God: theism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 221 704
No 109 599
n: 1633
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 372 171
No 245 163
n: 951
p: 0.0014
r: 0.1
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 250 542
No 140 480
n: 1412
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Properties: classes
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 35 352
No 51 237
n: 675
p: 0.008
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 141 313
No 115 178
n: 747
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
Well-being: objective list
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 318 177
No 195 162
n: 852
p: 0.0031
r: -0.1
Extended mind: yes
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 254 248
No 231 149
n: 882
p: 0.003
r: 0.09
Truth: correspondence
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 499 332
No 342 292
n: 1465
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Concepts: nativism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 153 260
No 87 227
n: 727
p: 0.0106
r: 0.09
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 404 145
No 265 146
n: 960
p: 0.0038
r: 0.09
Race categories: revise
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 185 297
No 114 238
n: 834
p: 0.0089
r: 0.09
Propositions: simple entities
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 37 359
No 19 296
n: 711
p: 0.0163
r: 0.09
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 16 373
No 11 302
n: 702
p: 0.017
r: 0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 146 372
No 77 294
n: 889
p: 0.0074
r: 0.09
True contradictions: impossible
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 397 109
No 258 102
n: 866
p: 0.0095
r: -0.09
Experience machine: yes
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 101 780
No 114 534
n: 1529
p: 0.0006
r: -0.09
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 90 259
No 94 184
n: 627
p: 0.0287
r: -0.09
Law: legal positivism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 134 207
No 109 131
n: 581
p: 0.0354
r: -0.09
Consciousness: functionalism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 179 339
No 156 217
n: 891
p: 0.0109
r: -0.08
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 205 194
No 200 127
n: 726
p: 0.023
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 657 257
No 562 147
n: 1623
p: 0.0007
r: 0.08
Properties: transcendent universals
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 97 292
No 56 231
n: 676
p: 0.0294
r: 0.08
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 114 285
No 80 247
n: 726
p: 0.0257
r: 0.08
Logic: classical
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 447 214
No 304 219
n: 1184
p: 0.0044
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Kantian
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 86 371
No 80 262
n: 799
p: 0.0194
r: 0.08
Aesthetic experience: perception
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 115 211
No 76 191
n: 593
p: 0.0457
r: 0.08
Personal identity: further-fact view
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 148 612
No 89 472
n: 1321
p: 0.0029
r: -0.08
Race categories: eliminate
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 199 283
No 177 174
n: 833
p: 0.0196
r: -0.08
Free will: compatibilism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 553 370
No 474 227
n: 1624
p: 0.0011
r: -0.08
Consciousness: identity theory
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 68 449
No 63 309
n: 889
p: 0.0163
r: -0.08
Justification: reliabilism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 171 310
No 143 205
n: 829
p: 0.0207
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 103 353
No 37 255
n: 748
p: 0.0284
r: -0.08
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 19 487
No 24 336
n: 866
p: 0.0188
r: 0.08
Morality: non-naturalism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 178 385
No 92 286
n: 941
p: 0.0146
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 336 524
No 212 471
n: 1543
p: 0.0021
r: -0.08
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 141 623
No 133 454
n: 1351
p: 0.0053
r: -0.07
Gender categories: eliminate
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 81 451
No 78 283
n: 893
p: 0.0278
r: -0.07
True contradictions: actual
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 57 449
No 56 304
n: 866
p: 0.0392
r: 0.07
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 254 271
No 163 227
n: 915
p: 0.0341
r: -0.07
Wittgenstein: early
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 118 365
No 118 268
n: 869
p: 0.0415
r: 0.07
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 202 343
No 127 275
n: 947
p: 0.0385
r: 0.07
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 252 483
No 160 422
n: 1317
p: 0.0178
r: -0.06
Laws of nature: Humean
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 250 573
No 230 404
n: 1457
p: 0.0132
r: -0.06
Truth: deflationary
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 205 625
No 194 438
n: 1462
p: 0.0152
r: 0.06
Free will: libertarianism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 211 710
No 119 581
n: 1621
p: 0.0123
r: -0.06
Knowledge: empiricism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 400 339
No 346 224
n: 1309
p: 0.0274
r: 0.06
Vagueness: metaphysical
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 176 567
No 120 455
n: 1318
p: 0.0361
r: -0.06
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 100 634
No 105 477
n: 1316
p: 0.0389
r: -0.06
Aim of philosophy: understanding
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 518 357
No 459 247
n: 1581
p: 0.0235
r: -0.06
Meaning of life: subjective
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 300 477
No 264 328
n: 1369
p: 0.0394
r: 0.06
Mental content: internalism
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 219 518
No 174 435
n: 1346
p: 0.0428
r: 0.05
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 391 459
No 247 404
n: 1501
p: 0.0347
r: -0.05
Truth: epistemic
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 84 747
No 80 550
n: 1461
p: 0.0407
r: 0.05
Trolley problem: switch
Region of affiliation: United States Accept Reject
Yes 642 195
No 449 163
n: 1449
p: 0.0475

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.45
Region of nationality: Europe
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 36 876
No 286 428
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.38
Region of PhD: Europe
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 5 739
No 110 360
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 30 714
No 130 340
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 39 873
No 124 590
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Region of PhD: Oceania
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 9 735
No 45 425
n: 1214
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Region of nationality: Oceania
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 14 898
No 70 644
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Region of nationality: Canada
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 39 873
No 87 627
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 106 861
No 34 715
n: 1716
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Region of nationality: Asia
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 10 902
No 33 681
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Philosopher: Frege
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 37 687
No 57 484
n: 1265
p: 0.0003
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Aquinas
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 44 680
No 11 530
n: 1265
p: 0.0005
r: -0.08
Region of nationality: Latin America
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 6 906
No 20 694
n: 1626
p: 0.0006
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Sellars
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 15 709
No 1 540
n: 1265
p: 0.0029
r: -0.08
Region of PhD: Canada
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 20 724
No 28 442
n: 1214
p: 0.0044
r: 0.08
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 39 928
No 10 739
n: 1716
p: 0.0009
r: -0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 130 837
No 144 605
n: 1716
p: 0.0012
r: -0.08
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 67 900
No 85 664
n: 1716
p: 0.0014
r: 0.08
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 71 896
No 28 721
n: 1716
p: 0.0015
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Socrates
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 37 687
No 12 529
n: 1265
p: 0.0083
r: -0.07
AOS: Metaphilosophy
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 31 936
No 47 702
n: 1716
p: 0.0025
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Plato
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 51 673
No 21 520
n: 1265
p: 0.0163
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 54 670
No 60 481
n: 1265
p: 0.0256
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 50 917
No 61 688
n: 1716
p: 0.013
r: 0.06
Philosopher: ramsey
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 6 718
No 0 541
n: 1265
p: 0.0338
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Reid
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 24 700
No 8 533
n: 1265
p: 0.0397
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Augustine
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 18 706
No 5 536
n: 1265
p: 0.0397
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Carnap
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 37 687
No 43 498
n: 1265
p: 0.0402
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 179 788
No 173 576
n: 1716
p: 0.0196
r: -0.05
Gender: male
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 747 224
No 610 139
n: 1720
p: 0.023
r: 0.05
Gender: female
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 218 753
No 136 613
n: 1720
p: 0.029
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Region of affiliation: United States Yes No
Yes 38 929
No 16 733
n: 1716
p: 0.0348