Epistemic markers in the scientific discourse

Malaterre, C et Léonard, L (2024). « Epistemic markers in the scientific discourse ». Philosophy of Science, 91(1), pp. 151-174.

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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.

Type:	Article de revue scientifique
Mots-clés ou Sujets:	Explication, epistemic concepts—explanation, model, theory
Unité d'appartenance:	Faculté des sciences humaines > Département de philosophie
Déposé par:	Christophe Malaterre
Date de dépôt:	17 avr. 2026 08:04
Dernière modification:	17 avr. 2026 08:04
Adresse URL :	https://archipel.uqam.ca/secure/id/eprint/19698

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