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
Properties: classes
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 10 17
No 70 541
n: 638
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Interlevel metaphysics: identity
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 11 23
No 70 490
n: 594
p: 0.0022
r: 0.13
Belief or credence: credence
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 21 22
No 208 423
n: 674
p: 0.0011
r: 0.12
Practical reason: Humean
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 25 18
No 237 489
n: 769
p: 0.0006
r: 0.12
Mind uploading: survival
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 26 24
No 231 572
n: 853
p: 0.0004
r: 0.12
Material composition: universalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 12 14
No 138 287
n: 451
p: 0.0117
r: 0.12
Propositions: sets
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 8 28
No 56 585
n: 677
p: 0.0023
r: 0.1
Free will: compatibilism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 64 16
No 900 522
n: 1502
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 23 17
No 250 328
n: 618
p: 0.0108
r: 0.1
Morality: error theory
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 8 43
No 45 796
n: 892
p: 0.0027
r: -0.1
God: theism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 74
No 305 1130
n: 1514
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Morality: naturalist realism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 29 23
No 274 572
n: 898
p: 0.0039
r: 0.1
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 50 16
No 665 516
n: 1247
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 39 35
No 462 862
n: 1398
p: 0.0004
r: 0.09
Other minds: future AI systems
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 34 23
No 371 550
n: 978
p: 0.0042
r: -0.09
Temporal ontology: presentism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 35
No 120 457
n: 617
p: 0.0283
r: -0.09
Logic: classical
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 23 30
No 669 376
n: 1098
p: 0.0035
r: -0.09
Personal identity: biological view
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 62
No 279 883
n: 1233
p: 0.0021
r: -0.09
Politics: capitalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 9 37
No 282 532
n: 860
p: 0.0115
r: 0.09
Consciousness: functionalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 27 22
No 292 507
n: 848
p: 0.0128
r: -0.08
True contradictions: impossible
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 29 19
No 596 180
n: 824
p: 0.0149
r: -0.08
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 8 41
No 214 519
n: 782
p: 0.02
r: 0.08
Race categories: revise
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 19 20
No 265 490
n: 794
p: 0.0229
r: 0.08
Proper names: Fregean
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 31 24
No 381 601
n: 1037
p: 0.0095
r: 0.08
Kant: one world
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 19 9
No 286 297
n: 611
p: 0.049
r: 0.08
Arguments for theism: design
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 17 28
No 156 587
n: 788
p: 0.0254
r: -0.08
Belief or credence: belief
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 36
No 215 416
n: 674
p: 0.0388
r: -0.08
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 14 30
No 310 416
n: 770
p: 0.0274
r: 0.08
Chinese room: understands
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 18 31
No 155 672
n: 876
p: 0.0217
r: 0.08
Mind: physicalism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 56 20
No 775 588
n: 1439
p: 0.0033
r: 0.08
Well-being: desire satisfaction
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 17 37
No 148 595
n: 797
p: 0.0298
r: 0.08
Theory of reference: descriptive
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 16 32
No 164 515
n: 727
p: 0.0406
r: 0.08
Abortion: permissible
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 57 2
No 808 155
n: 1022
p: 0.0156
r: 0.08
Personal identity: psychological view
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 48 23
No 598 564
n: 1233
p: 0.0079
r: -0.07
Consciousness: dualism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 41
No 202 596
n: 846
p: 0.0307
r: 0.07
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 29 18
No 344 435
n: 826
p: 0.0328
r: 0.07
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 18 26
No 177 570
n: 791
p: 0.039
r: -0.07
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 7 57
No 337 853
n: 1254
p: 0.0117
r: 0.07
True contradictions: actual
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 12 36
No 96 680
n: 824
p: 0.0451
r: 0.07
Gender categories: eliminate
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 14 31
No 137 671
n: 853
p: 0.042
r: -0.07
Time: A-theory
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 12 38
No 272 572
n: 894
p: 0.0375
r: -0.07
Gender: biological
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 15 55
No 430 844
n: 1344
p: 0.0127
r: -0.07
Political philosophy: libertarianism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 5 65
No 173 977
n: 1220
p: 0.0183
r: 0.07
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 47 17
No 701 492
n: 1257
p: 0.0204
r: -0.06
Aesthetic value: objective
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 25 50
No 660 644
n: 1379
p: 0.0259
r: 0.06
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 44 26
No 593 560
n: 1223
p: 0.0366
r: -0.06
Normative ethics: deontology
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 22 52
No 488 834
n: 1396
p: 0.0383
r: 0.05
Trolley problem: switch
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 60 12
No 963 310
n: 1345
p: 0.0475
r: 0.05
Science: scientific realism
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 66 11
No 1064 287
n: 1428
p: 0.0468
r: -0.05
Free will: no free will
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 8 72
No 175 1247
n: 1502
p: 0.0428
r: 0.05
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Region of nationality: Oceania Accept Reject
Yes 60 19
No 895 537
n: 1511
p: 0.0434

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.22
Region of PhD: United States
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 19 47
No 747 302
n: 1115
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Region of affiliation: United States
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 14 70
No 898 644
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.08
AOS: Applied Ethics
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 20 63
No 189 1327
n: 1599
p: 0.0022
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Hume
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 15 33
No 194 956
n: 1198
p: 0.0101
r: -0.06
AOS: Epistemology
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 10 73
No 365 1151
n: 1599
p: 0.0118
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Region of nationality: Oceania Yes No
Yes 6 77
No 260 1256
n: 1599
p: 0.0181