Class information for:
Level 1: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//EXPLANATION//HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
7714 1337 28.9 31%


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
7714 1                   PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//EXPLANATION//HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 1337

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 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 582620 17% 11% 225
2 EXPLANATION authKW 296797 7% 13% 100
3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE WoSSC 256880 48% 2% 640
4 CAUSATION authKW 203474 6% 12% 77
5 MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION authKW 179199 1% 41% 19
6 PHILOSOPHY address 173741 32% 2% 422
7 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE journal 140413 6% 8% 79
8 SYNTHESE journal 137410 11% 4% 147
9 ERKENNTNIS journal 99075 5% 7% 64
10 BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY journal 92263 4% 7% 60

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 256880 48% 2% 640
2 Philosophy 129553 49% 1% 653
3 Ethics 1284 3% 0% 45
4 Logic 201 1% 0% 12
5 Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 110 3% 0% 40
6 Social Issues 68 1% 0% 11
7 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 43 1% 0% 16
8 Psychology, Experimental 23 1% 0% 18
9 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 15 1% 0% 17
10 Social Sciences, Biomedical 14 1% 0% 8

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 173741 32% 2% 422
2 DCLPS 91348 0% 100% 4
3 PHILOSOPHY SECL 68511 0% 100% 3
4 PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY SCI 41104 0% 60% 3
5 COGNITIVE COMPUTING SCI 30448 0% 67% 2
6 DUSSELDORF LOG PHILOSOPHY SCI 30448 0% 67% 2
7 LOGOS GRP 30444 0% 33% 4
8 LOG PHILOSOPHY SCI 23825 2% 5% 21
9 AIP TCOIC4 22837 0% 100% 1
10 ARCH POINCARE 22837 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 582620 17% 11% 225
2 BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 140413 6% 8% 79
3 SYNTHESE 137410 11% 4% 147
4 ERKENNTNIS 99075 5% 7% 64
5 BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY 92263 4% 7% 60
6 EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 67134 1% 15% 20
7 INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE 57362 1% 15% 17
8 THEORIA-REVISTA DE TEORIA HISTORIA Y FUNDAMENTOS DE LA CIENCIA 40007 2% 8% 22
9 JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY 31617 3% 4% 39
10 PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES 24724 4% 2% 58

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 EXPLANATION 296797 7% 13% 100 Search EXPLANATION Search EXPLANATION
2 CAUSATION 203474 6% 12% 77 Search CAUSATION Search CAUSATION
3 MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION 179199 1% 41% 19 Search MECHANISTIC+EXPLANATION Search MECHANISTIC+EXPLANATION
4 SINGULAR CAUSATION 91348 0% 100% 4 Search SINGULAR+CAUSATION Search SINGULAR+CAUSATION
5 BIOLOGICAL LAWS 82209 0% 60% 6 Search BIOLOGICAL+LAWS Search BIOLOGICAL+LAWS
6 REDUNDANT CAUSATION 68511 0% 100% 3 Search REDUNDANT+CAUSATION Search REDUNDANT+CAUSATION
7 WEAK CAUSE 68511 0% 100% 3 Search WEAK+CAUSE Search WEAK+CAUSE
8 DIFFERENCE MAKING 63432 0% 56% 5 Search DIFFERENCE+MAKING Search DIFFERENCE+MAKING
9 COUNTERFACTUAL DEPENDENCE 60896 0% 67% 4 Search COUNTERFACTUAL+DEPENDENCE Search COUNTERFACTUAL+DEPENDENCE
10 SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION 60055 1% 24% 11 Search SCIENTIFIC+EXPLANATION Search SCIENTIFIC+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.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 RAERINNE, J , (2013) STABILITY AND LAWLIKENESS.BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY. VOL. 28. ISSUE 5. P. 833-851 26 84% 3
2 OTSUKA, J , (2016) A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE STATISTICALIST DEBATE.BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY. VOL. 31. ISSUE 4. P. 459 -482 27 71% 0
3 GLYNN, L , (2011) A PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS OF CAUSATION.BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 62. ISSUE 2. P. 343-392 26 81% 2
4 LEURIDAN, B , (2014) THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES, EXPLANATION, AND UNIFICATION. A CAUSAL-STRUCTURAL ACCOUNT.BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 65. ISSUE 4. P. 717 -771 27 73% 0
5 BANGU, S , (2017) SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION AND UNDERSTANDING: UNIFICATIONISM RECONSIDERED.EUROPEAN JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. VOL. 7. ISSUE 1. P. 103 -126 19 95% 0
6 GALLOW, JD , (2016) A THEORY OF STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION.PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES. VOL. 173. ISSUE 1. P. 159 -186 18 100% 0
7 GLYNN, L , (2013) CAUSAL FOUNDATIONALISM, PHYSICAL CAUSATION, AND DIFFERENCE-MAKING.SYNTHESE. VOL. 190. ISSUE 6. P. 1017-1037 20 95% 1
8 VAN ECK, D , (2015) RECONCILING ONTIC AND EPISTEMIC CONSTRAINTS ON MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION, EPISTEMICALLY.AXIOMATHES. VOL. 25. ISSUE 1. P. 5 -22 19 83% 3
9 NICKEL, B , (2014) THE ROLE OF KINDS IN THE SEMANTICS OF CETERIS PARIBUS LAWS.ERKENNTNIS. VOL. 79. ISSUE . P. 1729 -1744 23 72% 1
10 HOCHSTEIN, E , (2016) ONE MECHANISM, MANY MODELS: A DISTRIBUTED THEORY OF MECHANISTIC EXPLANATION.SYNTHESE. VOL. 193. ISSUE 5. P. 1387 -1407 23 64% 1

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 18033 SCIENTIFIC REPRESENTATION//PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE//SCIENTIFIC MODELS
2 7521 MENTAL CAUSATION//NONREDUCTIVE PHYSICALISM//SUPERVENIENCE
3 21574 DISPOSITIONS//FINKS//DISPOSITIONAL ESSENTIALISM
4 28937 BRANCHING SPACE TIMES//COMMON CAUSE//REICHENBACHIAN COMMON CAUSE
5 23935 INDICATIVE CONDITIONALS//CONDITIONALS//CONDITIONAL ELEMENTS
6 17714 TELEOSEMANTICS//TECHNICAL ARTEFACT//ETIOLOGICAL THEORY
7 20805 GENE CONCEPT//BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY//INNATENESS
8 13331 SCIENTIFIC REALISM//PESSIMISTIC INDUCTION//VAN FRAASSEN
9 8482 CAUSAL DECISION THEORY//CONDITIONALIZATION//SLEEPING BEAUTY PROBLEM
10 26510 SUPERTASK//LOG FILOSOFIA CIENCIA//NORTON DOME

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