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

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
13331 844 25.6 22%


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
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
175 3       PHILOSOPHY//PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES//SYNTHESE 58071
1132 2             PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//PHILOSOPHY 9620
13331 1                   SCIENTIFIC REALISM//PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION//VAN FRAASSEN 844

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SCIENTIFIC REALISM authKW 666772 6% 38% 48
2 PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION authKW 522765 2% 85% 17
3 VAN FRAASSEN authKW 402119 2% 65% 17
4 TRUTHLIKENESS authKW 301479 1% 83% 10
5 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 266883 14% 6% 121
6 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 257621 10% 8% 85
7 CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM authKW 257494 1% 65% 11
8 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE WoSSC 230995 57% 1% 482
9 NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT authKW 210485 1% 73% 8
10 INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION authKW 164414 2% 23% 20

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 History & Philosophy of Science 230995 57% 1% 482
2 Philosophy 81298 49% 1% 411
3 Ethics 109 1% 0% 11
4 Logic 32 0% 0% 4
5 Religion 26 1% 0% 7
6 Humanities, Multidisciplinary 21 1% 0% 6
7 Psychology, Mathematical 15 0% 0% 3
8 Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods 11 1% 0% 5
9 Social Issues 5 0% 0% 3
10 Language & Linguistics 3 0% 0% 4

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 PHILOSOPHY 66130 25% 1% 207
2 VIENNA CIRCLE 65118 0% 60% 3
3 ARC COMMONWEALTH SPECIAL PL PHILOSOPHY 36178 0% 100% 1
4 CONICEI 36178 0% 100% 1
5 EIITU EIBAR 36178 0% 100% 1
6 ESCOLA ECON 36178 0% 100% 1
7 GHEORGHE ZANE ECON SOCIAL 36178 0% 100% 1
8 OKUS 36178 0% 100% 1
9 PHILOSOPHY A 14 36178 0% 100% 1
10 PHILOSOPHY CULTURAL SCI 36178 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 266883 14% 6% 121
2 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 257621 10% 8% 85
3 STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 132676 8% 6% 65
4 SYNTHESE 113214 13% 3% 106
5 JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 75107 2% 12% 18
6 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 45280 1% 10% 12
7 EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 32167 1% 8% 11
8 MINNESOTA STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 20662 1% 10% 6
9 ERKENNTNIS 20250 3% 2% 23
10 EPISTEMOLOGIA 12050 1% 7% 5

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SCIENTIFIC REALISM 666772 6% 38% 48 Search SCIENTIFIC+REALISM Search SCIENTIFIC+REALISM
2 PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION 522765 2% 85% 17 Search PESSIMISTIC+INDUCTION Search PESSIMISTIC+INDUCTION
3 VAN FRAASSEN 402119 2% 65% 17 Search VAN+FRAASSEN Search VAN+FRAASSEN
4 TRUTHLIKENESS 301479 1% 83% 10 Search TRUTHLIKENESS Search TRUTHLIKENESS
5 CONSTRUCTIVE EMPIRICISM 257494 1% 65% 11 Search CONSTRUCTIVE+EMPIRICISM Search CONSTRUCTIVE+EMPIRICISM
6 NO MIRACLES ARGUMENT 210485 1% 73% 8 Search NO+MIRACLES+ARGUMENT Search NO+MIRACLES+ARGUMENT
7 INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION 164414 2% 23% 20 Search INFERENCE+TO+THE+BEST+EXPLANATION Search INFERENCE+TO+THE+BEST+EXPLANATION
8 VERISIMILITUDE 162118 1% 41% 11 Search VERISIMILITUDE Search VERISIMILITUDE
9 TRUTH APPROXIMATION 144712 0% 100% 4 Search TRUTH+APPROXIMATION Search TRUTH+APPROXIMATION
10 APPROXIMATE TRUTH 144708 1% 67% 6 Search APPROXIMATE+TRUTH Search APPROXIMATE+TRUTH

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.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 MIZRAHI, M , (2015) HISTORICAL INDUCTIONS: NEW CHERRIES, SAME OLD CHERRY-PICKING.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 29. ISSUE 2. P. 129 -148 25 96% 0
2 EGG, M , (2016) EXPANDING OUR GRASP: CAUSAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE PROBLEM OF UNCONCEIVED ALTERNATIVES.BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 67. ISSUE 1. P. 115 -141 18 90% 1
3 CEVOLANI, G , TAMBOLO, L , (2013) PROGRESS AS APPROXIMATION TO THE TRUTH: A DEFENCE OF THE VERISIMILITUDINARIAN APPROACH.ERKENNTNIS. VOL. 78. ISSUE 4. P. 921-935 17 100% 4
4 WRAY, KB , (2015) PESSIMISTIC INDUCTIONS: FOUR VARIETIES.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 29. ISSUE 1. P. 61 -73 17 94% 2
5 PARK, S , (2016) EXTENSIONAL SCIENTIFIC REALISM VS. INTENSIONAL SCIENTIFIC REALISM.STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 59. ISSUE . P. 46 -52 16 100% 0
6 NIINILUOTO, I , (1998) VERISIMILITUDE: THE THIRD PERIOD.BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 49. ISSUE 1. P. 1 -29 25 93% 42
7 DOUVEN, I , (2002) TESTING INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION.SYNTHESE. VOL. 130. ISSUE 3. P. 355-377 22 88% 14
8 RUHMKORFF, S , (2013) GLOBAL AND LOCAL PESSIMISTIC META-INDUCTIONS.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 27. ISSUE 4. P. 409-428 21 68% 3
9 MIZRAHI, M , (2016) HISTORICAL INDUCTIONS, UNCONCEIVED ALTERNATIVES, AND UNCONCEIVED OBJECTIONS.JOURNAL FOR GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 47. ISSUE 1. P. 59 -68 16 80% 0
10 IVANOVA, M , (2015) CONVENTIONALISM ABOUT WHAT? WHERE DUHEM AND POINCARE PART WAYS.STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 54. ISSUE . P. 80 -89 12 100% 0

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 18806 STRUCTURAL REALISM//QUASI SETS//ONTIC STRUCTURAL REALISM
2 18033 SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION//PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//SCIENTIFIC MODELS
3 20519 CONFIRMATION MEASURES//BAYESIAN CONFIRMATION MEASURES//PROBABILISTIC MEASURES OF COHERENCE
4 21103 POST ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY//OTTO NEURATH//QUINE
5 21644 VALUES IN SCIENCE//INDUCTIVE RISK//SCIENCE AND VALUES
6 27653 ACTIVITY OF SCIENCE//COGNITIVE POLICY ANALYSIS//COORDINATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES
7 32222 GENERAL TERMS//CLASSES AS MANY//PREDICATIVE EXPRESSION
8 8482 CAUSAL DECISION THEORY//CONDITIONALIZATION//SLEEPING BEAUTY PROBLEM
9 26569 THOMAS KUHN//KUHN//META INCOMMENSURABILITY
10 30900 DYNAMICS OF REASON//MICHAEL FRIEDMAN//RELATIVIZED A PRIORI

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