Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2025
Идентификатор DOI: 10.5937/bpa2502025b
Аннотация: <jats:p>Darwin's theory has been one of the most influential narratives in both scientific literature and public discourse since publishing his foundational work. His name consistently appears in the list of ten most well-known scientists worldwide. But how has the popularity of his name been changing through the years? Has this chПоказать полностьюange in his name's popularity occurred alongside the similar changes in popularity of major concepts introduced or studied by Charles Darwin? Text mining enables visual tracking of word usage trends in published texts. In this study, we applied frequency analysis to detect changes in the number of Charles Darwin's name mentions in several language corpora over a period of 150 years. By comparing the popularity peaks of Darwin's name and the most important concepts associated with it, such as Darwinism, evolution, natural selection, and variability, in different languages, we explore and visualize similarities and differences in their frequency across literature published in several languages. Based on the results of our analysis, we formulate several hypotheses regarding the potential reasons for the rise and fall of Darwin's popularity in textual sources, drawing on comparisons across linguistic and temporal contexts by comparing different language corpora in specific time periods.</jats:p>
Журнал: Belgrade Philosophical Annual
Выпуск журнала: Т.38, №2
Номера страниц: 25-38
ISSN журнала: 03533891
Издатель: Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)