Epistemic Markers in the Scientific Discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10704692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christophe Malaterre (0000-0003-1413-6710, Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author), Martin Léonard (Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 151-174 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/psa.2023.97 |
| OpenAlex | W4386051954 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
The central role of such epistemic concepts as theory , explanation , model , or mechanism is rarely questioned in philosophy of science. Yet, what is their actual use in the practice of science? Here, we deploy text-mining methods to investigate the usage of 61 epistemic notions in a corpus of full-text articles from the biological and biomedical sciences ( N = 73,771). The influence of disciplinary context is also examined by splitting the corpus into subdisciplinary clusters. The results reveal the intricate semantic networks that these concepts actually form in the scientific discourse, not always following our intuitions, at least in some parts of science
Biology · Context (archaeology) · Discipline · Epistemology · Mechanism (biology) · Philosophy of science · Social science · Sociology · Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
Models as Mediators
Fixing Language
Explaining the Brain
Ockham's Razors
The New Mechanical Philosophy
Idealization and the Aims of Science
The Structure of Science
Explanation and Scientific Understanding
Gephi
Aspects of Scientific Explanation
Proof, Explanation, and Justification in Mathematical Practice
Explanation
Re-thinking organisms
Confirmation and explaining how possible
Using models to correct data
The visibility of philosophy of science in the sciences, 1980–2018
Explain” in scientific discourse
Modeling the structure of recent philosophy
How could models possibly provide how-possibly explanations
Coherence, Truth, and the Development of Scientific Knowledge
Natural Selection as a Mechanism
Thinking about Mechanisms
How to Do Digital Philosophy of Science
Model Organisms are Not (Theoretical) Models
Theoretical Virtues in Scientific Practice
Charting the Territories of Epistemic Concepts in the Practice of Science
Laws of Biology, Laws of Nature
| Highly cited | No |
|---|