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Correlations with: Personal identity:biological view

N = 931 (target faculty). Cut-off = +/-0.05

n < 10 omitted. Some redundant or trivial correlations are not shown.

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Main Survey questions

Answer Corrrelation coefficient
Teletransporter:death0.346
death survival
biological view
71%(103/145)
13.7%(20/145)
not biological view
29.1%(130/446)
57.3%(256/446)
Response pairs: 744   p-value: < 0.001
Mind:physicalism0.167
physicalism non-physicalism
biological view
69.6%(108/155)
18.7%(29/155)
not biological view
51.7%(250/483)
38%(184/483)
Response pairs: 805   p-value: < 0.001
Epistemic justification:externalism0.144
externalism internalism
biological view
65%(95/146)
22.6%(33/146)
not biological view
49.5%(231/466)
34.1%(159/466)
Response pairs: 770   p-value: < 0.001
Perceptual experience:disjunctivism0.126
disjunctivism not disjunctivism
biological view
24.2%(31/128)
64%(82/128)
not biological view
12.6%(50/396)
74.7%(296/396)
Response pairs: 653   p-value: 0.001
Zombies:conceivable but not metaphysically possible0.121
conceivable but not metaphysically possible not conceivable but not metaphysically possible
biological view
51%(76/149)
42.2%(63/149)
not biological view
37.2%(164/440)
51.1%(225/440)
Response pairs: 736   p-value: 0.001
Knowledge:empiricism0.106
rationalism empiricism
biological view
27.5%(43/156)
49.3%(77/156)
not biological view
39.3%(191/485)
40.2%(195/485)
Response pairs: 805   p-value: 0.002
Mental content:externalism0.099
externalism internalism
biological view
69.8%(102/146)
17.1%(25/146)
not biological view
58.1%(265/456)
30%(137/456)
Response pairs: 758   p-value: 0.006
Metaphilosophy:naturalism0.098
naturalism non-naturalism
biological view
60.9%(92/151)
21.1%(32/151)
not biological view
53.5%(244/456)
35%(160/456)
Response pairs: 760   p-value: 0.006
not External world:idealism0.097
idealism not idealism
biological view
~0.6%(~1/155)
96.7%(150/155)
not biological view
6.6%(32/484)
90.7%(439/484)
Response pairs: 803   p-value: 0.005
External world:non-skeptical realism0.096
non-skeptical realism not non-skeptical realism
biological view
87.7%(136/155)
10.3%(16/155)
not biological view
81.6%(395/484)
15.7%(76/484)
Response pairs: 803   p-value: 0.006
not Zombies:metaphysically possible0.096
metaphysically possible not metaphysically possible
biological view
19.4%(29/149)
73.8%(110/149)
not biological view
30.2%(133/440)
58.1%(256/440)
Response pairs: 736   p-value: 0.009
God:atheism0.086
atheism theism
biological view
78.7%(122/155)
13.5%(21/155)
not biological view
70.9%(339/478)
21.1%(101/478)
Response pairs: 801   p-value: 0.014
A priori knowledge:no0.075
no yes
biological view
24.5%(38/155)
69.6%(108/155)
not biological view
15.7%(76/484)
77.8%(377/484)
Response pairs: 802   p-value: 0.033
not Truth:epistemic0.072
epistemic not epistemic
biological view
6.2%(9/143)
90.9%(130/143)
not biological view
8.7%(40/456)
87%(397/456)
Response pairs: 759   p-value: 0.047
Science:scientific realism0.066
scientific realism scientific anti-realism
biological view
82.5%(128/155)
10.9%(17/155)
not biological view
77.7%(371/477)
17.6%(84/477)
Response pairs: 794   p-value: 0.063
Truth:correspondence0.058
correspondence not correspondence
biological view
58.7%(84/143)
38.4%(55/143)
not biological view
56.5%(258/456)
39.2%(179/456)
Response pairs: 759   p-value: 0.11
Normative ethics:virtue ethics0.054
virtue ethics not virtue ethics
biological view
24%(32/133)
63.9%(85/133)
not biological view
20.9%(89/425)
68%(289/425)
Response pairs: 705   p-value: 0.152

Philosophical orientation

Answer Corrrelation coefficient
AOS:Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy0.138
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy not Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
biological view
6.3%(10/157)
93.6%(147/157)
not biological view
0.6%(3/487)
99.3%(484/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: < 0.001
AOS:Philosophy of Biology0.124
Philosophy of Biology not Philosophy of Biology
biological view
8.9%(14/157)
91%(143/157)
not biological view
2.4%(12/487)
97.5%(475/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: < 0.001
AOS:General Philosophy of Science0.109
General Philosophy of Science not General Philosophy of Science
biological view
15.9%(25/157)
84%(132/157)
not biological view
6.9%(34/487)
93%(453/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.001
xian:Carnap0.092
Carnap not Carnap
biological view
6.3%(10/157)
93.6%(147/157)
not biological view
2.6%(13/487)
97.3%(474/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.008
xian:Aristotle0.076
Aristotle not Aristotle
biological view
19.7%(31/157)
80.2%(126/157)
not biological view
11.7%(57/487)
88.2%(430/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.03
not xian:Kant0.075
Kant not Kant
biological view
8.9%(14/157)
91%(143/157)
not biological view
14.1%(69/487)
85.8%(418/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.032
not AOS:Normative Ethics0.072
Normative Ethics not Normative Ethics
biological view
10.8%(17/157)
89.1%(140/157)
not biological view
17.8%(87/487)
82.1%(400/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.04
xian:Russell0.07
Russell not Russell
biological view
10.1%(16/157)
89.8%(141/157)
not biological view
5.9%(29/487)
94%(458/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.046
not AOS:Social and Political Philosophy0.069
Social and Political Philosophy not Social and Political Philosophy
biological view
6.3%(10/157)
93.6%(147/157)
not biological view
12.3%(60/487)
87.6%(427/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.049
not AOS:Meta-Ethics0.065
Meta-Ethics not Meta-Ethics
biological view
7%(11/157)
92.9%(146/157)
not biological view
12.7%(62/487)
87.2%(425/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.063
not xian:Spinoza0.061
Spinoza not Spinoza
biological view
~0.6%(~1/157)
~99.3%(~156/157)
not biological view
3%(15/487)
96.9%(472/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.082
xian:Moore0.06
Moore not Moore
biological view
5.7%(9/157)
94.2%(148/157)
not biological view
2.4%(12/487)
97.5%(475/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.087
not xian:Rawls0.06
Rawls not Rawls
biological view
2.5%(4/157)
97.4%(153/157)
not biological view
5.9%(29/487)
94%(458/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.087
not xian:Frege0.059
Frege not Frege
biological view
6.3%(10/157)
93.6%(147/157)
not biological view
8%(39/487)
91.9%(448/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.092
not xian:Plato0.054
Plato not Plato
biological view
2.5%(4/157)
97.4%(153/157)
not biological view
5.1%(25/487)
94.8%(462/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.123

Background questions

Answer Corrrelation coefficient
not affil:region:United States0.072
United States not United States
biological view
52.2%(82/157)
47.7%(75/157)
not biological view
63.4%(309/487)
36.5%(178/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.04
phd_region:United Kingdom0.061
United Kingdom not United Kingdom
biological view
19.7%(31/157)
80.2%(126/157)
not biological view
11.2%(55/487)
88.7%(432/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.082
nationality_region:United Kingdom0.059
United Kingdom not United Kingdom
biological view
24.2%(38/157)
75.7%(119/157)
not biological view
16.8%(82/487)
83.1%(405/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.092
not phd_region:Australasia0.052
Australasia not Australasia
biological view
~0.6%(~1/157)
~99.3%(~156/157)
not biological view
4.1%(20/487)
95.8%(467/487)
Response pairs: 813   p-value: 0.138




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