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
Race: social
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 563 167
No 399 251
n: 1380
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Capital punishment: permissible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 125 402
No 57 423
n: 1007
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Immortality: yes
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 281 239
No 181 269
n: 970
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Properties: transcendent universals
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 91 251
No 50 247
n: 639
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 111 413
No 74 450
n: 1048
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
God: theism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 206 585
No 104 619
n: 1514
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 97 303
No 36 270
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Race: unreal
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 95 625
No 139 496
n: 1355
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Interlevel metaphysics: supervenience
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 67 240
No 103 186
n: 596
p: 0.0005
r: -0.14
Well-being: hedonism/experientialism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 50 381
No 68 295
n: 794
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 140 276
No 82 284
n: 782
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Moral judgment: cognitivism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 579 166
No 465 210
n: 1420
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 146 156
No 108 178
n: 588
p: 0.0014
r: 0.13
Politics: capitalism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 181 284
No 110 285
n: 860
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Meta-ethics: moral realism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 560 214
No 423 263
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Normative ethics: consequentialism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 223 499
No 278 398
n: 1398
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Hard problem of consciousness: yes
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 331 143
No 252 169
n: 895
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Meaning of life: objective
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 307 379
No 200 392
n: 1278
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Justification: reliabilism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 138 280
No 158 208
n: 784
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 64 407
No 87 295
n: 853
p: 0.0002
r: -0.13
Abortion: permissible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 447 108
No 418 49
n: 1022
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Properties: classes
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 24 316
No 56 242
n: 638
p: 0.0018
r: 0.12
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 298 438
No 209 491
n: 1436
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Spacetime: relationism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 124 162
No 142 111
n: 539
p: 0.0054
r: 0.12
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 219 460
No 150 481
n: 1310
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Well-being: objective list
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 283 150
No 201 162
n: 796
p: 0.0014
r: 0.11
Material composition: restrictivism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 118 142
No 69 122
n: 451
p: 0.0188
r: 0.11
Concepts: nativism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 132 224
No 95 236
n: 687
p: 0.0037
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 35 277
No 31 270
n: 613
p: 0.0077
r: 0.11
Grounds of intentionality: phenomenal
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 47 266
No 37 263
n: 613
p: 0.0078
r: -0.11
Meaning of life: nonexistent
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 119 559
No 146 441
n: 1265
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Interlevel metaphysics: grounding
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 119 190
No 88 202
n: 599
p: 0.0099
r: -0.1
Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 28 394
No 45 316
n: 783
p: 0.0037
r: -0.1
Consciousness: identity theory
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 54 400
No 74 318
n: 846
p: 0.0027
r: -0.1
Experience machine: yes
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 89 668
No 118 544
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Free will: compatibilism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 471 316
No 493 222
n: 1502
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 116 282
No 125 182
n: 705
p: 0.0082
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: phenomenal
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 29 308
No 21 320
n: 678
p: 0.01
r: 0.1
Gender categories: revise
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 280 191
No 194 187
n: 852
p: 0.0039
r: 0.1
Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 187 294
No 123 289
n: 893
p: 0.0037
r: 0.1
Propositional attitudes: nonexistent
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 12 322
No 12 328
n: 674
p: 0.0118
r: -0.1
Wittgenstein: early
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 95 322
No 129 279
n: 825
p: 0.0055
r: -0.1
Knowledge: empiricism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 344 302
No 354 215
n: 1215
p: 0.0009
r: 0.1
Race categories: revise
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 159 268
No 125 242
n: 794
p: 0.0071
r: 0.09
Aesthetic experience: perception
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 94 179
No 88 210
n: 571
p: 0.0235
r: 0.09
Abstract objects: Platonism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 318 374
No 250 393
n: 1335
p: 0.0008
r: 0.09
Grounds of intentionality: causal/teleological
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 122 191
No 108 194
n: 615
p: 0.0234
r: -0.09
Race categories: eliminate
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 176 250
No 189 179
n: 794
p: 0.0111
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: moral
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 49 401
No 43 291
n: 784
p: 0.0118
r: -0.09
Morality: expressivism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 47 452
No 58 338
n: 895
p: 0.0085
r: 0.09
Consciousness: dualism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 121 334
No 88 303
n: 846
p: 0.0107
r: -0.09
Metaontology: deflationary realism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 84 217
No 98 187
n: 586
p: 0.0346
r: 0.09
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 120 600
No 80 602
n: 1402
p: 0.0012
r: -0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 181 168
No 202 137
n: 688
p: 0.0255
r: 0.08
Perceptual experience: sense-datum theory
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 30 489
No 31 494
n: 1044
p: 0.0069
r: 0.08
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 74 349
No 40 322
n: 785
p: 0.0199
r: 0.08
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 358 130
No 278 147
n: 913
p: 0.0121
r: -0.08
Chinese room: understands
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 79 399
No 94 304
n: 876
p: 0.0151
r: 0.08
Free will: libertarianism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 176 609
No 117 597
n: 1499
p: 0.0015
r: -0.08
Laws of nature: Humean
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 210 496
No 238 412
n: 1356
p: 0.0028
r: 0.08
Personal identity: further-fact view
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 124 518
No 93 488
n: 1223
p: 0.0053
r: 0.08
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 209 524
No 160 536
n: 1429
p: 0.0034
r: 0.07
True contradictions: impossible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 356 97
No 269 102
n: 824
p: 0.0347
r: -0.07
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 263 157
No 266 127
n: 813
p: 0.0364
r: 0.07
Logic: classical
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 375 187
No 317 219
n: 1098
p: 0.0164
r: -0.07
True contradictions: possible but non-actual
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 14 439
No 25 346
n: 824
p: 0.0435
r: -0.07
Extended mind: yes
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 216 213
No 235 163
n: 827
p: 0.046
r: 0.07
Morality: non-naturalism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 154 344
No 101 293
n: 892
p: 0.0402
r: -0.07
Morality: error theory
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 24 474
No 29 365
n: 892
p: 0.0452
r: -0.06
Zombies: conceivable but not metaphysically possible
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 256 425
No 285 347
n: 1313
p: 0.0195
r: 0.06
Truth: correspondence
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 422 290
No 359 286
n: 1357
p: 0.0191
r: -0.06
Mind: physicalism
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 416 344
No 415 264
n: 1439
p: 0.0184
r: 0.06
Aesthetic value: objective
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 367 346
No 318 348
n: 1379
p: 0.0252
r: -0.06
Footbridge: push
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 175 564
No 180 465
n: 1384
p: 0.0271
r: -0.06
Gender: biological
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 216 493
No 229 406
n: 1344
p: 0.0354
r: 0.06
Vagueness: metaphysical
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 154 484
No 123 467
n: 1228
p: 0.049
r: 0.05
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Region of nationality: United States Accept Reject
Yes 328 398
No 257 415
n: 1398
p: 0.0463

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.42
Region of affiliation: Europe
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 12 844
No 250 520
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Region of PhD: United Kingdom
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 16 618
No 127 354
n: 1115
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 31 825
No 151 619
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Region of affiliation: Oceania
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 9 847
No 77 693
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Region of affiliation: Canada
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 24 832
No 84 686
n: 1626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
AOS: Philosophy of Religion
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 103 734
No 30 732
n: 1599
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Philosopher: Frege
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 24 610
No 66 498
n: 1198
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Region of PhD: Canada
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 10 624
No 30 451
n: 1115
p < 0.0001
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Reid
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 26 608
No 6 558
n: 1198
p: 0.0011
r: -0.09
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 112 725
No 154 608
n: 1599
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Region of affiliation: Asia
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 14 842
No 37 733
n: 1626
p: 0.0002
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Carnap
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 27 607
No 48 516
n: 1198
p: 0.0024
r: -0.09
AOS: Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 55 782
No 87 675
n: 1599
p: 0.0007
r: 0.08
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 62 775
No 28 734
n: 1599
p: 0.0012
r: 0.08
AOS: Normative Ethics
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 201 636
No 133 629
n: 1599
p: 0.0013
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Aquinas
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 37 597
No 15 549
n: 1198
p: 0.0071
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Socrates
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 32 602
No 12 552
n: 1198
p: 0.0073
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Dewey
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 32 602
No 12 552
n: 1198
p: 0.0073
r: -0.07
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 49 788
No 75 687
n: 1599
p: 0.0029
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Wittgenstein
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 46 588
No 65 499
n: 1198
p: 0.0109
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 16 618
No 4 560
n: 1198
p: 0.0144
r: 0.07
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 34 803
No 13 749
n: 1599
p: 0.0053
r: -0.07
AOS: Metaphilosophy
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 26 811
No 45 717
n: 1599
p: 0.0066
r: 0.07
Philosopher: Sellars
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 13 621
No 3 561
n: 1198
p: 0.0223
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Davidson
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 15 619
No 27 537
n: 1198
p: 0.0229
r: -0.06
Philosopher: Popper
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 5 629
No 13 551
n: 1198
p: 0.0313
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 151 686
No 175 587
n: 1599
p: 0.0146
r: 0.06
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 50 787
No 26 736
n: 1599
p: 0.0162
r: -0.06
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 44 793
No 62 700
n: 1599
p: 0.0208
r: 0.05
AOS: Applied Ethics
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 124 713
No 85 677
n: 1599
p: 0.0301
r: -0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Region of nationality: United States Yes No
Yes 66 771
No 84 678
n: 1599
p: 0.0316