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- Title
Specialization in philosophy: a preliminary study.
- Authors
Wray, K.
- Abstract
I examine the degree of specialization in various sub-fields of philosophy, drawing on data from the PhilPapers Survey. The following three sub-fields are highly specialized: Ancient philosophy, seventeenth/eighteenth century philosophy, and philosophy of physics. The following sub-fields have a low level of specialization: metaphilosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of probability, philosophy of the social sciences, decision theory, and philosophy of race and gender. Highly specialized sub-fields tend to require extensive knowledge in some area beyond the typical training of a philosopher, and outside of philosophy proper. In addition, there is a correlation between sub-field size and degree of specialization. Larger sub-fields tend to be more specialized.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHICAL research; EXPERTISE; PHILOSOPHY of religion; ANCIENT philosophy; DECISION theory; PHILOSOPHERS
- Publication
Scientometrics, 2014, Vol 98, Issue 3, p1763
- ISSN
0138-9130
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s11192-013-1102-9