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: 0.35
Method in history of philosophy: analytic/rational reconstruction
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 504 200
No 46 88
n: 838
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
True contradictions: impossible
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 604 144
No 35 62
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
True contradictions: actual
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 66 682
No 48 49
n: 845
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Propositional attitudes: representational
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 336 283
No 19 59
n: 697
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Philosophical methods: formal philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 839 485
No 91 163
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Practical reason: Humean
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 245 422
No 16 101
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Science: scientific realism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 1055 229
No 121 86
n: 1491
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Units of selection: genes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 256 225
No 30 60
n: 571
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Spacetime: relationism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 217 268
No 60 13
n: 558
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
External world: idealism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 72 1293
No 42 167
n: 1574
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Philosophical progress: none
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 28 1319
No 36 197
n: 1580
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Other minds: plants
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 51 832
No 28 109
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Human genetic engineering: permissible
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 604 216
No 58 64
n: 942
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Values in science: necessarily value-laden
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 321 446
No 93 37
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Truth: epistemic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 102 1134
No 56 123
n: 1415
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Response to external-world skepticism: pragmatic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 159 575
No 45 44
n: 823
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Other minds: particles
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 14 869
No 8 129
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
External world: non-skeptical realism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 1200 162
No 147 62
n: 1571
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Knowledge claims: invariantism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 339 784
No 27 169
n: 1319
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Politics: capitalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 294 486
No 21 99
n: 900
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Semantic content: radical contextualism (most or all)
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 144 466
No 49 51
n: 710
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Knowledge claims: contextualism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 618 508
No 159 37
n: 1322
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Values in science: necessarily value-free
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 153 614
No 11 119
n: 897
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Temporal ontology: eternalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 272 309
No 12 44
n: 637
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Other minds: future AI systems
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 379 504
No 40 97
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Principle of sufficient reason: true
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 258 486
No 62 55
n: 861
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Normative ethics: virtue ethics
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 482 759
No 138 81
n: 1460
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 604 720
No 65 189
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Aim of philosophy: wisdom
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 396 850
No 130 120
n: 1496
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Extended mind: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 395 360
No 82 30
n: 867
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Mind: physicalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 786 508
No 83 127
n: 1504
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Time travel: metaphysically possible
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 359 392
No 28 78
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Response to external-world skepticism: dogmatist
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 116 611
No 2 84
n: 813
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosophical methods: intuition-based philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 739 585
No 93 161
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Political philosophy: communitarianism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 295 776
No 110 99
n: 1280
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Other minds: cats
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 828 55
No 112 25
n: 1020
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Logic: classical
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 649 328
No 81 91
n: 1149
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Practical reason: Aristotelian
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 259 407
No 72 46
n: 784
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Law: legal positivism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 211 271
No 24 57
n: 563
p: 0.0004
r: 0.15
Grounds of intentionality: inferential
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 63 493
No 2 77
n: 635
p: 0.0002
r: -0.15
Consciousness: panpsychism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 52 719
No 23 77
n: 871
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
A priori knowledge: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 1071 274
No 158 86
n: 1589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Morality: constructivism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 161 652
No 46 68
n: 927
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Justification: coherentism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 177 544
No 39 50
n: 810
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Vagueness: metaphysical
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 228 900
No 60 96
n: 1284
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Causation: counterfactual/difference-making
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 307 416
No 19 57
n: 799
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Theory of reference: causal
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 366 310
No 27 48
n: 751
p: 0.0002
r: 0.14
Values in science: can be either
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 263 506
No 25 105
n: 899
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
God: theism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 249 1103
No 71 163
n: 1586
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Time: A-theory
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 244 594
No 47 54
n: 939
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosophical progress: a lot
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 650 698
No 63 170
n: 1581
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Truth: correspondence
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 739 501
No 74 105
n: 1419
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Semantic content: minimalism (no more than a few)
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 68 542
No 1 99
n: 710
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Hume: skeptic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 236 426
No 69 55
n: 786
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Foundations of mathematics: set-theoretic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 82 375
No 6 53
n: 516
p: 0.0031
r: 0.13
Perceptual experience: representationalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 465 506
No 37 90
n: 1098
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Justification: nonreliabilist foundationalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 222 498
No 12 77
n: 809
p: 0.0004
r: -0.12
Foundations of mathematics: constructivism/intuitionism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 64 392
No 23 36
n: 515
p: 0.0052
r: -0.12
Propositions: acts
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 46 574
No 17 58
n: 695
p: 0.0013
r: 0.12
Vagueness: semantic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 650 482
No 70 92
n: 1294
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Possible worlds: abstract
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 518 340
No 47 62
n: 967
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Metaontology: heavyweight realism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 239 297
No 22 50
n: 608
p: 0.0043
r: 0.12
Continuum hypothesis: determinate
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 156 227
No 14 33
n: 430
p: 0.0168
r: 0.11
Mind uploading: survival
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 254 534
No 17 81
n: 886
p: 0.0006
r: 0.11
Race categories: preserve
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 67 642
No 7 106
n: 822
p: 0.001
r: -0.11
Temporal ontology: presentism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 108 473
No 19 37
n: 637
p: 0.0057
r: -0.11
Causation: process/production
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 163 558
No 31 45
n: 797
p: 0.0024
r: -0.11
Arguments for theism: pragmatic
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 109 604
No 33 72
n: 818
p: 0.0026
r: 0.11
Wittgenstein: early
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 207 519
No 23 99
n: 848
p: 0.0022
r: 0.1
Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 860 464
No 142 112
n: 1578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 662 451
No 91 99
n: 1303
p: 0.0003
r: -0.1
Aim of philosophy: happiness
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 151 1061
No 59 190
n: 1461
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
Properties: transcendent universals
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 137 451
No 12 58
n: 658
p: 0.0123
r: -0.1
Other minds: worms
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 205 678
No 53 84
n: 1020
p: 0.0018
r: 0.1
Capital punishment: permissible
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 176 725
No 15 124
n: 1040
p: 0.0017
r: 0.09
Propositions: simple entities
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 51 570
No 1 74
n: 696
p: 0.0134
r: -0.09
Metaontology: anti-realism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 64 469
No 18 54
n: 605
p: 0.0217
r: 0.09
Response to external-world skepticism: abductive
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 187 546
No 16 69
n: 818
p: 0.0077
r: 0.09
Arguments for theism: design
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 166 558
No 11 94
n: 829
p: 0.0079
r: 0.09
Ought implies can: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 584 276
No 73 62
n: 995
p: 0.0037
r: 0.09
Zombies: metaphysically possible
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 346 835
No 38 152
n: 1371
p: 0.0007
r: 0.09
Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 899 424
No 126 97
n: 1546
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
Aim of philosophy: goodness/justice
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 293 946
No 91 158
n: 1488
p: 0.0004
r: -0.09
Experience machine: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 172 1117
No 41 153
n: 1483
p: 0.0005
r: 0.09
Immortality: yes
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 435 436
No 47 85
n: 1003
p: 0.004
r: 0.09
Foundations of mathematics: logicism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 62 391
No 6 53
n: 512
p: 0.0402
r: 0.09
Propositions: structured entities
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 275 347
No 25 49
n: 696
p: 0.0168
r: -0.09
External world: skepticism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 75 1290
No 18 189
n: 1572
p: 0.0003
r: 0.09
Free will: compatibilism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 883 464
No 127 100
n: 1574
p: 0.0003
r: -0.09
Arguments for theism: moral
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 74 645
No 20 85
n: 824
p: 0.01
r: 0.09
Semantic content: moderate contextualism (intermediate)
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 352 258
No 41 59
n: 710
p: 0.0181
r: 0.09
Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 557 515
No 94 116
n: 1282
p: 0.0016
r: -0.09
Justification: infinitism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 12 699
No 6 83
n: 800
p: 0.0127
r: -0.09
Free will: libertarianism
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 245 1099
No 63 164
n: 1571
p: 0.0005
r: -0.09
Possible worlds: nonexistent
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 263 595
No 47 62
n: 967
p: 0.0065
r: 0.09
Trolley problem: switch
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 952 293
No 109 54
n: 1408
p: 0.001
r: -0.09
Grounds of intentionality: interpretational
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 76 481
No 22 57
n: 636
p: 0.0285
r: -0.09
Perceptual experience: qualia theory
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 155 811
No 35 91
n: 1092
p: 0.0042
r: 0.08
Other minds: adult humans
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 876 7
No 133 4
n: 1020
p: 0.0072
r: -0.08
Gender: psychological
Tradition: Analytic Accept Reject
Yes 263 909
No 77 157
n: 1406
p: 0.0017

Strongest correlations with demographic questions

r: -0.49
AOS: Continental Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 6 1399
No 84 192
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
AOS: 19th Century Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 32 1373
No 54 222
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Philosopher: Heidegger
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 5 996
No 28 216
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
AOS: 20th Century Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 67 1338
No 63 213
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Philosopher: Foucault
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 5 996
No 21 223
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Philosopher: Husserl
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 8 993
No 23 221
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Philosopher: Marx
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 24 977
No 28 216
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Philosopher: Hegel
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 16 985
No 22 222
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Philosopher: Hume
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 199 802
No 12 232
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Philosopher: Lewis
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 113 888
No 2 242
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Philosopher: Russell
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 79 922
No 0 244
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
AOS: Epistemology
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 363 1042
No 31 245
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.13
Other demographics: YOB
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 659 647
No 88 171
n: 1565
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Philosopher: Beauvoir
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 12 989
No 14 230
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Frege
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 91 910
No 2 242
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Dewey
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 25 976
No 20 224
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Normative Ethics
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 322 1083
No 27 249
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
Philosopher: Carnap
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 76 925
No 1 243
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: 0.12
AOS: Philosophy of Language
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 256 1149
No 18 258
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.12
Philosopher: Nietzsche
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 20 981
No 17 227
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
Philosopher: Kierkegaard
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 9 992
No 11 233
n: 1245
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Asian Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 20 1385
No 16 260
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.11
AOS: Social and Political Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 206 1199
No 71 205
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
AOS: Metaphysics
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 329 1076
No 32 244
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.11
Philosopher: Quine
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 99 902
No 6 238
n: 1245
p: 0.0002
r: 0.1
AOS: Philosophy of Mind
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 315 1090
No 31 245
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.1
AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 31 1374
No 19 257
n: 1681
p < 0.0001
r: 0.1
Philosopher: Mill
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 63 938
No 2 242
n: 1245
p: 0.0006
r: -0.09
Region of PhD: Europe
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 88 935
No 27 136
n: 1186
p: 0.0014
r: 0.09
Philosopher: Anscombe
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 38 963
No 0 244
n: 1245
p: 0.002
r: -0.09
Philosopher: Spinoza
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 19 982
No 13 231
n: 1245
p: 0.0024
r: 0.08
AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 150 1255
No 11 265
n: 1681
p: 0.0005
r: -0.08
AOS: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 66 1339
No 27 249
n: 1681
p: 0.0007
r: -0.08
Philosopher: Nāgārjuna
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 7 994
No 7 237
n: 1245
p: 0.0039
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Locke
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 32 969
No 0 244
n: 1245
p: 0.0046
r: 0.08
AOS: Meta-Ethics
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 201 1204
No 20 256
n: 1681
p: 0.0015
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Moore
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 38 963
No 1 243
n: 1245
p: 0.0064
r: 0.08
Philosopher: Rawls
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 65 936
No 5 239
n: 1245
p: 0.0069
r: 0.08
AOS: Decision Theory
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 47 1358
No 0 276
n: 1681
p: 0.002
r: 0.07
Region of nationality: United Kingdom
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 146 1177
No 13 247
n: 1583
p: 0.0031
r: 0.07
Gender: male
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 1113 276
No 198 77
n: 1664
p: 0.0026
r: -0.07
Philosopher: Peirce
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 15 986
No 10 234
n: 1245
p: 0.0094
r: 0.07
Region of affiliation: United Kingdom
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 174 1242
No 17 263
n: 1696
p: 0.0026
r: -0.07
AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 58 1347
No 23 253
n: 1681
p: 0.0028
r: -0.07
AOS: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 38 1367
No 17 259
n: 1681
p: 0.0032
r: -0.07
Gender: female
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 270 1119
No 74 201
n: 1664
p: 0.0052
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Parfit
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 43 958
No 3 241
n: 1245
p: 0.0228
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Reid
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 29 972
No 1 243
n: 1245
p: 0.0231
r: -0.06
AOS: Aesthetics
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 67 1338
No 24 252
n: 1681
p: 0.0084
r: -0.06
Philosopher: James
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 30 971
No 14 230
n: 1245
p: 0.0376
r: 0.06
Philosopher: Davidson
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 39 962
No 3 241
n: 1245
p: 0.0386
r: -0.06
Region of PhD: Canada
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 36 987
No 11 152
n: 1186
p: 0.0497
r: 0.05
AOS: Philosophy of Action
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 101 1304
No 10 266
n: 1681
p: 0.0292
r: -0.05
Region of nationality: Europe
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 251 1072
No 64 196
n: 1583
p: 0.0372
r: -0.05
Region of nationality: Canada
Tradition: Analytic Yes No
Yes 95 1228
No 28 232
n: 1583
p: 0.0482