Has philosophy become more ‘Scientific’? A citation analysis.
Many philosophers agree that philosophical inquiry has become more reliant on scientific research in recent decades. Some go so far as to speak of a methodological revolution. However, there is almost no systematic evidence about when, where and in what way these changes took place—if indeed, they d...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 205; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Jan2025
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=182201978&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 182201978 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2025 vid: 205 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 182201978 10.1007/s11229-024-04896-2 ppf: 1 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Has philosophy become more ‘Scientific’? A citation analysis. aug: au: Rehren, Paul Armbruster, Till affil: https://ror.org/04pp8hn57 Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ethics Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands https://ror.org/03e8s1d88 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany https://ror.org/03v4gjf40 Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany sug: keyword: Citation analysis Experimental philosophy History of philosophy Meta-philosophy Philosophical method Philosophy and Religious Studies Philosophy ab: Many philosophers agree that philosophical inquiry has become more reliant on scientific research in recent decades. Some go so far as to speak of a methodological revolution. However, there is almost no systematic evidence about when, where and in what way these changes took place—if indeed, they did. To change this, we made use of citation analysis. We collected a large corpus of 9954 articles published in three high-profile generalist philosophy journals (Noûs; Philosophical Studies; Synthese) since 1971. We then extracted reference lists from these articles and associated references to articles with their academic discipline(s) based on the publication they appeared in. We find that the overall proportions of articles from the sciences broadly understood and of articles from disciplines that primarily output empirical research referenced in these journals has seen little change over the last 50 years. At the same time, we also find that there have been major changes with respect to the specific disciplines philosophers cite from: disciplines that focus on the (empirical) study of human thought and behaviour have gained in importance, while the importance of the formal and physical sciences has been declining. We discuss the implications of our findings, and address potential criticisms and limitations of our research and the conclusions we draw from it. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2025. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|