evotext and philosophy of science
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Digital Humanities and the Philosophy of Science
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What is the nature of science and how has it changed over the past two centuries?
What drives scientific change, and what accounts for when and why scientists give up cherished views to adopt new ones?
How does science (fairly) reliably produce truths about the world?
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What is the nature of science and how has it changed over the past two centuries?
What drives scientific change, and what accounts for when and why scientists give up cherished views to adopt new ones?
How does science (fairly) reliably produce truths about the world?
Traditional approaches from:Philosophy of scienceThe social sciencesHistory
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DigitalHumanities
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FormalModels
DigitalHumanities
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History andPhilosophy of
Science
FormalModels
DigitalHumanities
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History andPhilosophy of
Science
FormalModels
DigitalHumanities
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evoText andPhilosophy of Science
Charles PenceLouisiana State University
www.charlespence.net
Grant RamseyKU Leuven
www.theramseylab.org
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1. What is evoText?2. How to use evoText3. Preliminary results of evoText
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1. What is evoText?
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e.g.: How has the frequency ofa term changed over time?
What data do youwant to use?
e.g.: Articles in Naturefrom the 1990s
Provide a few moreparameters
e.g.: Look for the term“evolution”
Get your results!
What question do youwant to answer?
(wait for a while)
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2. How to use evoText
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3. Preliminary results from evoText
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• A network of ~100 biologists
• Publishing in Nature from 1869–1940
• Total of ~2,000 articles (or letters)
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• Network of discourse does reflect community structure!
• Paradigm “debaters” or “warriors” pull themselves out of the broader discussion
• Networks of discourse give us a way to draw connections across paradigms at times of crisis
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