Class information for:
Level 1: SCIENTIFIC REALISM//PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION//VAN FRAASSEN

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
13812 1                   SCIENTIFIC REALISM//PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION//VAN FRAASSEN 841

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Category termType chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 SCIENTIFIC REALISM authKW 920096 7% 42% 58
2 PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION authKW 681341 2% 91% 20
3 VAN FRAASSEN authKW 433614 2% 64% 18
4 CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM authKW 421574 2% 75% 15
5 TRUTHLIKENESS authKW 385443 1% 86% 12
6 NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT authKW 252945 1% 75% 9
7 PESSIMISTIC META INDUCTION authKW 229526 1% 88% 7
8 ENTITY REALISM authKW 224844 1% 100% 6
9 APPROXIMATE TRUTH authKW 218026 1% 73% 8
10 INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION authKW 208636 3% 24% 23

Web of Science journal categories



chi_square_rank Category chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 History & Philosophy of Science 187717 52% 1% 435
2 Philosophy 95165 53% 1% 446
3 Ethics 352 2% 0% 19
4 Logic 52 1% 0% 5
5 Humanities, Multidisciplinary 42 1% 0% 8
6 Religion 18 1% 0% 6
7 History of Social Sciences 13 0% 0% 3
8 Language & Linguistics 7 1% 0% 5
9 Social Issues 5 0% 0% 3
10 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 5 1% 0% 9

Address terms



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 VIENNA CIRCLE 67451 0% 60% 3
2 PHILOSOPHY 47008 21% 1% 177
3 ARC COMMONWEALTH SPECIAL PL PHILOSOPHY 37474 0% 100% 1
4 CONICEI 37474 0% 100% 1
5 EIITU EIBAR 37474 0% 100% 1
6 ESCOLA ECON 37474 0% 100% 1
7 HIST MS42 37474 0% 100% 1
8 PHILOSOPHY CULTURAL SCI 37474 0% 100% 1
9 PHILOSOPHY LANGUAGES LITERATU 37474 0% 100% 1
10 PHILOSOPHY POST PROGRAMME 37474 0% 100% 1

Journals



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass
1 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 192810 9% 7% 73
2 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 190849 12% 5% 101
3 SYNTHESE 126147 13% 3% 112
4 STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 103688 7% 5% 57
5 JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 88660 2% 12% 20
6 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 49844 2% 10% 13
7 ERKENNTNIS 23826 3% 3% 25
8 EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 16190 1% 5% 8
9 MINNESOTA STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 14861 1% 8% 5
10 CRITICA-REVISTA HISPANOAMERICANA DE FILOSOFIA 10785 1% 3% 9

Author Key Words



chi_square_rank term chi_square shrOfCwithTerm shrOfTermInClass termInClass LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SCIENTIFIC REALISM 920096 7% 42% 58 Search SCIENTIFIC+REALISM Search SCIENTIFIC+REALISM
2 PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION 681341 2% 91% 20 Search PESSIMISTIC+INDUCTION Search PESSIMISTIC+INDUCTION
3 VAN FRAASSEN 433614 2% 64% 18 Search VAN+FRAASSEN Search VAN+FRAASSEN
4 CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM 421574 2% 75% 15 Search CONSTRUCTIVE+EMPIRICISM Search CONSTRUCTIVE+EMPIRICISM
5 TRUTHLIKENESS 385443 1% 86% 12 Search TRUTHLIKENESS Search TRUTHLIKENESS
6 NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT 252945 1% 75% 9 Search NO+MIRACLES+ARGUMENT Search NO+MIRACLES+ARGUMENT
7 PESSIMISTIC META INDUCTION 229526 1% 88% 7 Search PESSIMISTIC+META+INDUCTION Search PESSIMISTIC+META+INDUCTION
8 ENTITY REALISM 224844 1% 100% 6 Search ENTITY+REALISM Search ENTITY+REALISM
9 APPROXIMATE TRUTH 218026 1% 73% 8 Search APPROXIMATE+TRUTH Search APPROXIMATE+TRUTH
10 INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION 208636 3% 24% 23 Search INFERENCE+TO+THE+BEST+EXPLANATION Search INFERENCE+TO+THE+BEST+EXPLANATION

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 29471 THOMAS KUHN//KUHN//INCOMMENSURABILITY
2 16749 BAYESIANISM//PROBABILISTIC MEASURES OF COHERENCE//CONFIRMATION
3 24813 QUINE//INSCRUTABILITY OF REFERENCE//ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY
4 14812 STRUCTURAL REALISM//ONTIC STRUCTURAL REALISM//SHAPE DYNAMICS
5 28286 MODEL THEORETIC ARGUMENT//ABSTRACT SINGULAR TERMS//ACTIVITY OF SCIENCE
6 23504 VALUES IN SCIENCE//INDUCTIVE RISK//SCIENCE AND VALUES
7 10271 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION//EXPLANATION
8 31716 EROTETIC//ACCIDENTAL INTOLERANCE//ARISTOTLES FOUR CAUSES
9 17544 SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE//STRONG PROGRAMME//STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10 32617 LOGIC OF DISCOVERY//NUCLEIN//AREA LOG PHILOSOPHY SCI

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