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: -0.22
Race: social
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 141 133
No 821 285
n: 1380
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Capital punishment: permissible
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 14 192
No 168 633
n: 1007
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Race: unreal
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 78 190
No 156 931
n: 1355
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Race categories: revise
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 37 121
No 247 389
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 177 110
No 867 266
n: 1420
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Race categories: eliminate
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 97 61
No 268 368
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Immortality: yes
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 70 124
No 392 384
n: 970
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 103 71
No 533 206
n: 913
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Morality: expressivism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 35 128
No 70 662
n: 895
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 157 123
No 826 354
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Causation: primitive
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 22 137
No 154 450
n: 763
p: 0.0009
r: -0.12
Units of selection: genes
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 46 63
No 236 208
n: 553
p: 0.0052
r: -0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 31 95
No 176 297
n: 599
p: 0.0055
r: -0.11
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 78 222
No 429 707
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 42 83
No 212 251
n: 588
p: 0.0068
r: 0.11
Consciousness: identity theory
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 35 125
No 93 593
n: 846
p: 0.0015
r: -0.11
Properties: transcendent universals
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 22 114
No 119 384
n: 639
p: 0.0059
r: -0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 10 106
No 123 467
n: 706
p: 0.0045
r: -0.1
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 28 55
No 144 189
n: 416
p: 0.0327
r: 0.1
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 47 78
No 135 326
n: 586
p: 0.0118
r: -0.1
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 94 76
No 489 236
n: 895
p: 0.0025
r: 0.1
Abortion: permissible
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 184 15
No 681 142
n: 1022
p: 0.0017
r: -0.1
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 44 75
No 229 270
n: 618
p: 0.0154
r: -0.1
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 33 129
No 189 431
n: 782
p: 0.0067
r: 0.1
Practical reason: Kantian
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 40 112
No 116 500
n: 768
p: 0.008
r: 0.1
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 47 77
No 123 349
n: 596
p: 0.0195
r: 0.1
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 128 49
No 401 235
n: 813
p: 0.0067
r: -0.09
Morality: naturalist realism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 37 126
No 266 469
n: 898
p: 0.0051
r: 0.09
Philosophical knowledge: a lot
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 128 57
No 454 332
n: 971
p: 0.004
r: 0.09
Belief or credence: belief
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 58 82
No 164 370
n: 674
p: 0.0175
r: -0.09
Other minds: cats
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 160 24
No 737 57
n: 978
p: 0.0046
r: -0.09
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 42 91
No 188 294
n: 615
p: 0.0264
r: 0.09
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 122
No 88 554
n: 794
p: 0.0117
r: 0.08
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 50 207
No 128 835
n: 1220
p: 0.003
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 62 239
No 307 821
n: 1429
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 17 143
No 54 474
n: 688
p: 0.0285
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 50 67
No 191 397
n: 705
p: 0.029
r: -0.08
Philosophical knowledge: a little
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 49 136
No 295 491
n: 971
p: 0.0111
r: -0.08
Race categories: preserve
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 12 146
No 57 578
n: 793
p: 0.0229
r: 0.08
Time: A-theory
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 68 108
No 216 502
n: 894
p: 0.0168
r: -0.08
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 181 137
No 774 419
n: 1511
p: 0.0019
r: -0.08
Concepts: nativism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 41 105
No 186 355
n: 687
p: 0.037
r: -0.08
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 266
No 170 936
n: 1402
p: 0.0029
r: 0.08
Meaning of life: subjective
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 114 136
No 410 620
n: 1280
p: 0.0046
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: moral
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 21 115
No 71 577
n: 784
p: 0.0292
r: 0.08
Gender: biological
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 106 165
No 339 734
n: 1344
p: 0.0048
r: -0.08
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 185
No 155 678
n: 1048
p: 0.0131
r: -0.08
Meaning of life: objective
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 84 165
No 423 606
n: 1278
p: 0.0062
r: 0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 110 165
No 338 743
n: 1356
p: 0.0052
r: 0.08
Normative concepts: ought
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 33 109
No 84 468
n: 694
p: 0.0458
r: -0.08
Belief or credence: neither
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 23 117
No 118 415
n: 673
p: 0.0495
r: -0.08
Well-being: objective list
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 78 73
No 406 239
n: 796
p: 0.033
r: -0.07
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 123
No 165 473
n: 791
p: 0.0413
r: 0.07
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 123 167
No 378 730
n: 1398
p: 0.0072
r: 0.07
Experience machine: yes
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 49 217
No 158 995
n: 1419
p: 0.0069
r: -0.07
Consciousness: dualism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 30 129
No 179 508
n: 846
p: 0.0403
r: -0.07
Epistemic justification: internalism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 92 185
No 442 617
n: 1336
p: 0.0119
r: -0.07
God: theism
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 43 260
No 267 944
n: 1514
p: 0.0077
r: -0.07
Other minds: newborn babies
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 156 28
No 704 90
n: 978
p: 0.0354
r: -0.07
Other minds: future AI systems
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 58 126
No 347 447
n: 978
p: 0.0372
r: -0.07
Trolley problem: switch
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 187 71
No 836 251
n: 1345
p: 0.0166
r: -0.06
A priori knowledge: yes
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 230 78
No 946 265
n: 1519
p: 0.017
r: 0.06
Philosophical methods: conceptual analysis
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 258 60
No 877 316
n: 1511
p: 0.0234
r: -0.06
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Region of nationality: Europe Accept Reject
Yes 99 190
No 486 623
n: 1398
p: 0.0319

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.45
Region of PhD: United States
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 37 141
No 729 208
n: 1115
p < 0.0001
r: -0.45
Region of affiliation: United States
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 36 286
No 876 428
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Frege
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 39 214
No 51 894
n: 1198
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 84 239
No 182 1094
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 50 273
No 92 1184
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: none
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 5 248
No 1 944
n: 1198
p: 0.0002
r: -0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 9 314
No 124 1152
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Region of affiliation: Canada
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 6 316
No 102 1202
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 25 298
No 184 1092
n: 1599
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 5 318
No 71 1205
n: 1599
p: 0.0024
r: -0.07
AOS: Normative Ethics
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 48 275
No 286 990
n: 1599
p: 0.0028
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Popper
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 8 245
No 10 935
n: 1198
p: 0.0145
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Carnap
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 24 229
No 51 894
n: 1198
p: 0.0171
r: -0.06
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 8 314
No 78 1226
n: 1626
p: 0.012
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Aquinas
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 5 248
No 47 898
n: 1198
p: 0.0377
r: 0.06
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 31 147
No 112 825
n: 1115
p: 0.0458
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 30 293
No 76 1200
n: 1599
p: 0.0316
r: -0.05
Tradition: Analytic
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 251 64
No 1072 196
n: 1583
p: 0.0372
r: 0.05
Gender: male
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 273 52
No 1017 272
n: 1614
p: 0.0402
r: -0.05
AOS: Aesthetics
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 10 313
No 76 1200
n: 1599
p: 0.0418
r: -0.05
Gender: female
Region of nationality: Europe Yes No
Yes 51 274
No 265 1024
n: 1614
p: 0.0482