6.3 Statistics

Keywords: statistical, coherence, inductive, inferences, inference, deductive, acceptance, induction, accepted, accepting, credal, statements, criterion, rules, commitment

Number of articles: 44
Weighted number of articles: 51.43776

A scatterplot showing the raw number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic statistics each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.63, and the median value is 0. It reaches a peak value of 4 in 1999, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1946.

Figure 6.17: Raw number of articles in topic 3, statistics.

A scatterplot showing the weighted number of articles that are in the epistemology subtopic statistics each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.74, and the median value is 0.51. It reaches a peak value of 2.69 in 1999, and has a minimum value of 0 in 1950.

Figure 6.18: Weighted number of articles in topic 3, statistics.

A scatterplot showing the proportion of philosophy articles that are in the epistemology subtopic statistics each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 0.2%, and the median value is 0.1%. It reaches a peak value of 0.7% in 1999, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.19: Percentage of philosophy articles in topic 3, statistics.

A scatterplot showing the percentage of epistemology articles that are in the epistemology subtopic statistics each year from 1945-2013. The average value is 3.4%, and the median value is 1.8%. It reaches a peak value of 22.1% in 1958, and has a minimum value of 0.0% in 1950.

Figure 6.20: Percentage of epistemology articles in topic 3, statistics.

Characteristic Articles

  1. Sidney Morgenbesser, 1961, “A Note on Justification,” Journal of Philosophy 58:748–9.
  2. Isaac Levi, 1974, “On Indeterminate Probabilities,” Journal of Philosophy 71:391–418.
  3. Howard Smokler, 1965, “Consistency and Rationality: A Comment,” Journal of Philosophy 62:77–80.
  4. Earl Conee and Richard Feldman, 1983, “Stich and Nisbett on Justifying Inference Rules,” Philosophy of Science 50:326–31.
  5. Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., 1963, “A Further Note on Rationality and Consistency,” Journal of Philosophy 60:463–5.
  6. Keith Lehrer, 1969, “Induction: A Consistent Gamble,” Noûs 3:285–97.
  7. David Miller, 1966, “On a so-Called so-Called Paradox: A Reply to Professor J. L. Mackie,” British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 17:147–9.
  8. Tomoji Shogenji, 1999, “Is Coherence Truth Conducive?,” Analysis 59:338–45.
  9. Isaac Levi, 1981, “Direct Inference and Confirmational Conditionalization,” Philosophy of Science 48:532–52.
  10. Isaac Levi, 1978, “Confirmational Conditionalization,” Journal of Philosophy 75:730–7.

Highly Cited Articles

  1. Tomoji Shogenji, 1999, “Is Coherence Truth Conducive?,” Analysis 59:338–45. (0.9033069)