Class information for:
Level 1: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION//EXPLANATION

Basic class information

Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
2 4 ECONOMICS//POLITICAL SCIENCE//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 1996300
377 3       HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 34457
1444 2             HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 8106
10271 1                   PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION//EXPLANATION 1108

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Category termType chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 681351 20% 11% 219
2 MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION authKW 414677 2% 54% 27
3 EXPLANATION authKW 414454 10% 13% 109
4 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE WoSSC 374571 64% 2% 705
5 SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION authKW 228890 1% 62% 13
6 EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 222112 3% 23% 34
7 SYNTHESE journal 192995 14% 4% 159
8 PHILOSOPHY address 188329 37% 2% 406
9 IDEALIZATION authKW 148781 3% 17% 30
10 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION authKW 130586 1% 31% 15

Web of Science journal categories



chi_square_rank Category chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 History & Philosophy of Science 374571 64% 2% 705
2 Philosophy 55827 35% 1% 393
3 Ethics 1495 4% 0% 44
4 Logic 37 0% 0% 5
5 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 36 2% 0% 20
6 Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 33 2% 0% 23
7 Social Issues 13 0% 0% 5
8 Education & Educational Research 8 1% 0% 13
9 Psychology, Experimental 7 1% 0% 11
10 Folklore 5 0% 0% 1

Address terms



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 PHILOSOPHY 188329 37% 2% 406
2 DUSSELDORF LOG PHILOSOPHY SCI 63996 0% 75% 3
3 LOG PHILOSOPHY SCI 54065 3% 7% 29
4 TINT EXCELLENCE PHILOSOPHY SOCIAL SCI 37923 0% 67% 2
5 HIST PHILOSOPHY SCI 32961 3% 4% 32
6 PHILOSOPHY NEUROSCI PSYCHOL PROGRAM 32493 1% 14% 8
7 ARCH HENRI POINCARUMR 7117 28443 0% 100% 1
8 ARCH POINCARE 28443 0% 100% 1
9 CIECE 28443 0% 100% 1
10 DPT LOG HIST F CIENCIA 28443 0% 100% 1

Journals



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 681351 20% 11% 219
2 EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 222112 3% 23% 34
3 SYNTHESE 192995 14% 4% 159
4 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 86076 5% 5% 56
5 STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 84296 5% 5% 59
6 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 80818 2% 15% 19
7 BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY 62589 4% 5% 45
8 THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA 56842 2% 8% 24
9 JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 54498 2% 11% 18
10 ERKENNTNIS 26037 3% 3% 30

Author Key Words



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION 414677 2% 54% 27 Search MECHANISTIC+EXPLANATION Search MECHANISTIC+EXPLANATION
2 EXPLANATION 414454 10% 13% 109 Search EXPLANATION Search EXPLANATION
3 SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION 228890 1% 62% 13 Search SCIENTIFIC+REPRESENTATION Search SCIENTIFIC+REPRESENTATION
4 IDEALIZATION 148781 3% 17% 30 Search IDEALIZATION Search IDEALIZATION
5 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION 130586 1% 31% 15 Search SCIENTIFIC+EXPLANATION Search SCIENTIFIC+EXPLANATION
6 SCIENTIFIC MODELS 126480 1% 34% 13 Search SCIENTIFIC+MODELS Search SCIENTIFIC+MODELS
7 COGNITIVE ONTOLOGY 101580 0% 71% 5 Search COGNITIVE+ONTOLOGY Search COGNITIVE+ONTOLOGY
8 MATHEMATICAL EXPLANATION 95799 1% 42% 8 Search MATHEMATICAL+EXPLANATION Search MATHEMATICAL+EXPLANATION
9 CRAVER 91017 0% 80% 4 Search CRAVER Search CRAVER
10 EXPLANATORY PLURALISM 91009 1% 40% 8 Search EXPLANATORY+PLURALISM Search EXPLANATORY+PLURALISM

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



rank cluster_id2 link
1 31716 EROTETIC//ACCIDENTAL INTOLERANCE//ARISTOTLES FOUR CAUSES
2 17332 CAUSATION//COMMON CAUSE//SINGULAR CAUSATION
3 13812 SCIENTIFIC REALISM//PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION//VAN FRAASSEN
4 31447 YIZHIJIANNAO GRANULE//WEAK EMERGENCE//ALKALI HALIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS
5 23504 VALUES IN SCIENCE//INDUCTIVE RISK//SCIENCE AND VALUES
6 5564 PHYSICALISM//PHILOSOPHY//MENTAL CAUSATION
7 34887 STATISTICAL ADEQUACY//BAYESIAN EXPERIMENT//MIS SPECIFICATION TESTING
8 28053 SUPERTASK//LOG FILOSOFIA CIENCIA//NORTON DOME
9 14812 STRUCTURAL REALISM//ONTIC STRUCTURAL REALISM//SHAPE DYNAMICS
10 33699 KATEDRA LOGIKY METODOL VIED//FILOZOFIA//KATEDRA LOG METODOL VIED

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