When philosophy (of science) meets formal methods: a citation analysis of early approaches between research fields.
The article investigates what happens when philosophy (of science) meets and begins to establish connections with two formal research methods such as game theory and network science. We use citation analysis to identify, among the articles published in Synthese and Philosophy of Science between 1985...
| Published in: | Synthese Vol. 200; no. 2; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Apr2022
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