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Note: set response grain to "fine" for details on "other" responses.

Population

AOS

Response details

A priori knowledge: yes or no?

Accept: yes	13 / 31 (41.9%)
Lean toward: yes	7 / 31 (22.6%)
The question is too unclear to answer	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Lean toward: no	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: no	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Abstract objects: Platonism or nominalism?

Lean toward: nominalism	11 / 31 (35.5%)
Lean toward: Platonism	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: nominalism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: Platonism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject both	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Aesthetic value: objective or subjective?

Lean toward: subjective	11 / 31 (35.5%)
Lean toward: objective	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Accept: subjective	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: objective	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Analytic-synthetic distinction: yes or no?

Accept: yes	12 / 31 (38.7%)
Lean toward: yes	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: no	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: no	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?

Lean toward: externalism	11 / 31 (35.5%)
Lean toward: internalism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept: internalism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept an intermediate view	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: externalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept both	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?

Accept: non-skeptical realism	23 / 31 (74.2%)
Lean toward: non-skeptical realism	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: skepticism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: skepticism	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Free will: compatibilism, libertarianism, or no free will?

Accept: compatibilism	14 / 31 (45.2%)
Lean toward: compatibilism	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: no free will	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Reject one, undecided between others	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: libertarianism	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: no free will	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: libertarianism	1 / 31 (3.2%)

God: theism or atheism?

Accept: atheism	24 / 31 (77.4%)
Lean toward: theism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: theism	1 / 31 (3.2%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: atheism	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?

Lean toward: contextualism	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: invariantism	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Agnostic/undecided	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: relativism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: invariantism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject one, undecided between others	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: contextualism	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: relativism	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Knowledge: empiricism or rationalism?

Accept: empiricism	9 / 31 (29.0%)
The question is too unclear to answer	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: empiricism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: rationalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept another alternative	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept both	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: rationalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject both	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?

Lean toward: Humean	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: non-Humean	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Accept: non-Humean	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: Humean	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Logic: classical or non-classical?

Accept: classical	11 / 31 (35.5%)
Lean toward: classical	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: non-classical	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept both	4 / 31 (12.9%)
There is no fact of the matter	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: non-classical	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Mental content: internalism or externalism?

Lean toward: externalism	10 / 31 (32.3%)
Accept: externalism	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: internalism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept: internalism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept both	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Meta-ethics: moral realism or moral anti-realism?

Lean toward: moral realism	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Accept: moral anti-realism	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Accept: moral realism	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: moral anti-realism	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Reject both	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Metaphilosophy: naturalism or non-naturalism?

Accept: naturalism	16 / 31 (51.6%)
Lean toward: naturalism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept: non-naturalism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
The question is too unclear to answer	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Lean toward: non-naturalism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Mind: physicalism or non-physicalism?

Accept: physicalism	19 / 31 (61.3%)
Lean toward: physicalism	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Accept: non-physicalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: non-physicalism	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Moral judgment: cognitivism or non-cognitivism?

Accept: cognitivism	10 / 31 (32.3%)
Lean toward: cognitivism	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: non-cognitivism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Accept: non-cognitivism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept an intermediate view	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept both	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Moral motivation: internalism or externalism?

Accept: internalism	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: externalism	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: internalism	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: externalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Newcomb's problem: one box or two boxes?

Accept: two boxes	13 / 31 (41.9%)
Accept: one box	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: two boxes	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Other	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: one box	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Normative ethics: deontology, consequentialism, or virtue ethics?

Accept: consequentialism	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: consequentialism	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: virtue ethics	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Lean toward: deontology	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: deontology	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject all	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept more than one	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
There is no fact of the matter	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Perceptual experience: disjunctivism, qualia theory, representationalism, or sense-datum theory?

Insufficiently familiar with the issue	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: representationalism	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: qualia theory	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Agnostic/undecided	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: representationalism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Reject one or two, undecided between others	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept more than one	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: qualia theory	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: sense-datum theory	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: sense-datum theory	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject all	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Personal identity: biological view, psychological view, or further-fact view?

Lean toward: psychological view	11 / 31 (35.5%)
There is no fact of the matter	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Lean toward: biological view	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: biological view	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: psychological view	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: further-fact view	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept more than one	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Politics: communitarianism, egalitarianism, or libertarianism?

Lean toward: egalitarianism	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: egalitarianism	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Reject all	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept an intermediate view	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept more than one	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: libertarianism	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept another alternative	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: communitarianism	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject one, undecided between others	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Proper names: Fregean or Millian?

Lean toward: Millian	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: Fregean	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: Fregean	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept: Millian	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Reject both	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept both	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Skip	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Science: scientific realism or scientific anti-realism?

Accept: scientific realism	13 / 31 (41.9%)
Lean toward: scientific realism	11 / 31 (35.5%)
Lean toward: scientific anti-realism	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Accept an intermediate view	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept another alternative	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Teletransporter (new matter): survival or death?

Lean toward: survival	6 / 31 (19.4%)
There is no fact of the matter	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: survival	5 / 31 (16.1%)
Accept: death	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Lean toward: death	4 / 31 (12.9%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Skip	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Time: A-theory or B-theory?

Insufficiently familiar with the issue	10 / 31 (32.3%)
Accept: B-theory	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Skip	3 / 31 (9.7%)
Lean toward: B-theory	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Agnostic/undecided	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: A-theory	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept an intermediate view	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject both	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept both	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Other	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Trolley problem (five straight ahead, one on side track, turn requires switching, what ought one do?): switch or don't switch?

Accept: switch	20 / 31 (64.5%)
Lean toward: switch	4 / 31 (12.9%)
There is no fact of the matter	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Lean toward: don't switch	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Truth: correspondence, deflationary, or epistemic?

Accept: correspondence	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Lean toward: deflationary	8 / 31 (25.8%)
Lean toward: correspondence	7 / 31 (22.6%)
Lean toward: epistemic	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Accept: deflationary	1 / 31 (3.2%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept more than one	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: epistemic	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Other	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

Zombies: inconceivable, conceivable but not metaphysically possible, or metaphysically possible?

Accept: conceivable but not metaphysically possible	9 / 31 (29.0%)
Lean toward: inconceivable	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Lean toward: conceivable but not metaphysically possible	6 / 31 (19.4%)
Accept: metaphysically possible	2 / 31 (6.5%)
Insufficiently familiar with the issue	2 / 31 (6.5%)
The question is too unclear to answer	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Reject one, undecided between others	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Accept: inconceivable	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Lean toward: metaphysically possible	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Other	1 / 31 (3.2%)
Agnostic/undecided	1 / 31 (3.2%)

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