B Subject Prominence by Year

There are 138 tables below, one for each year In each table there are 90 rows, one for each subject. In each row, there are 8 columns. This is what each of the columns represents.


Weight
The weighted number of articles in that subject in that year. This is the main data point that’s used throughout the book as the measure of the subject’s prominence in the year.
Raw
The raw number of articles in that subject in that year.
W-Ratio
The weighted number of articles in that subject in that year per 1000 articles published that year.
R-Ratio
The raw number of articles in that subject in that year per 1000 articles published that year.
W-Pages
The weighted number of pages of articles on that subject in that year.
R-Pages
The raw number of pages of articles on that subject in that year.
WP-Ratio
The weighted number of pages of articles in that subject in that year per 1000 pages published that year.
RP-Ratio
The raw number of pages of articles in that subject in that year per 1000 pages published that year.

1876

Table B.1: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1876 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 5.7 7 112 137 70.4 87 148 182
Idealism 4.0 6 79 118 43.0 79 90 166
Life and value 2.1 3 41 59 26.0 36 55 75
Other history 6.7 9 132 176 84.7 115 178 241
Dewey and pragmatism 0.5 0 10 0 5.5 0 12 0
Definitions 0.7 0 13 0 4.2 0 9 0
Propositions and implications 0.6 1 13 20 2.5 2 5 4
Beauty 0.3 1 7 20 4.3 12 9 25
Physicalism 0.4 0 8 0 4.0 0 8 0
History and culture 0.2 0 3 0 1.7 0 4 0
Faith and theism 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 3 0
Self-consciousness 1.3 0 25 0 8.6 0 18 0
Ancient 0.2 0 4 0 2.0 0 4 0
Universals and particulars 0.7 1 14 20 2.9 2 6 4
Verification 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Value 0.3 0 6 0 4.6 0 10 0
Deduction 0.9 0 18 0 5.5 0 12 0
Mechanisms 0.9 1 18 20 5.9 2 12 4
Temporal paradoxes 1.1 1 22 20 5.5 2 12 4
Classical space and time 1.7 2 34 39 18.3 23 38 48
Early modern 0.7 1 14 20 3.6 3 8 6
Meaning and use 0.2 1 4 20 1.4 7 3 15
Marx 0.2 0 5 0 3.4 0 7 0
Ordinary language 1.9 2 36 39 21.9 25 46 52
Moral conscience 1.9 3 37 59 19.4 33 41 69
Methodology of science 1.6 2 31 39 19.0 19 40 40
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 2 0
Emotions 2.5 3 49 59 9.6 7 20 15
Ontological argument 0.2 0 4 0 2.2 0 5 0
Chemistry 0.7 0 15 0 5.6 0 12 0
Social contract theory 1.1 0 22 0 5.6 0 12 0
Kant 0.5 0 11 0 7.4 0 16 0
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 5 0 2.3 0 5 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 3 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Time 0.9 1 18 20 3.0 3 6 6
Color/colour 0.6 1 12 20 5.0 8 10 17
War 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Depiction 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Denoting 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Chance 0.2 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Hume 0.2 0 5 0 1.1 0 2 0
Laws 1.1 3 22 59 5.4 7 11 15
Perception 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 2 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Virtues 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.4 0 8 0 4.9 0 10 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Duties 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Causation 0.2 0 5 0 1.7 0 4 0
Arguments 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Decision theory 1.0 2 21 39 6.3 5 13 10
Minds and machines 0.4 0 8 0 2.6 0 5 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Explanation 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.5 0 11 0 1.5 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.5 0 9 0 2.1 0 4 0
Functions 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Feminism 0.2 0 4 0 3.7 0 8 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.3 0 6 0 1.6 0 3 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.2 0 5 0 2.1 0 4 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 4 0 2.7 0 6 0
Knowledge 0.2 0 4 0 1.4 0 3 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Concepts 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Races and DNA 0.2 0 4 0 1.6 0 3 0
Modality 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Reasons 0.1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 4 0 2.3 0 5 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Norms 0.1 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0

1877

Table B.2: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1877 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.0 8 99 200 50.1 107 108 230
Idealism 3.4 3 86 75 40.4 26 87 56
Life and value 1.5 2 39 50 22.1 28 47 60
Other history 5.5 9 138 225 106.5 174 229 373
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 10 0 3.3 0 7 0
Definitions 0.4 0 10 0 4.2 0 9 0
Propositions and implications 0.3 0 8 0 2.5 0 5 0
Beauty 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Physicalism 0.3 0 8 0 4.1 0 9 0
History and culture 0.3 0 7 0 5.0 0 11 0
Faith and theism 0.5 0 13 0 6.4 0 14 0
Self-consciousness 1.3 2 32 50 11.9 16 26 34
Ancient 0.2 0 4 0 2.1 0 4 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 1 8 25 3.9 17 8 36
Verification 0.3 0 7 0 1.3 0 3 0
Value 1.4 3 35 75 11.2 28 24 60
Deduction 0.4 1 11 25 5.3 9 11 19
Mechanisms 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 1.0 1 24 25 3.0 1 6 2
Classical space and time 0.6 1 16 25 5.7 9 12 19
Early modern 0.7 0 17 0 4.3 0 9 0
Meaning and use 0.3 0 6 0 2.9 0 6 0
Marx 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Ordinary language 1.6 0 40 0 21.9 0 47 0
Moral conscience 1.3 2 32 50 13.4 26 29 56
Methodology of science 0.4 0 10 0 7.2 0 16 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Emotions 1.8 2 45 50 11.4 8 24 17
Ontological argument 1.0 1 24 25 6.6 6 14 13
Chemistry 0.3 0 7 0 3.2 0 7 0
Social contract theory 0.5 0 12 0 8.7 0 19 0
Kant 0.7 0 17 0 8.3 0 18 0
Promises and imperatives 0.7 0 18 0 7.5 0 16 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.3 1 8 25 2.2 5 5 11
Freedom and free will 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Crime and punishment 0.2 0 4 0 3.6 0 8 0
Sets and grue 0.5 1 12 25 3.3 2 7 4
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 4 0 1.7 0 4 0
Time 0.4 0 9 0 6.8 0 15 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 6 0 2.1 0 5 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Depiction 0.6 0 14 0 2.6 0 6 0
Denoting 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 2 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Hume 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 4 0
Laws 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Perception 0.1 0 3 0 2.1 0 4 0
Intention 0.6 1 15 25 2.4 2 5 4
Virtues 0.4 1 9 25 1.0 2 2 4
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 5 0 1.8 0 4 0
Liberal democracy 0.2 0 4 0 3.5 0 7 0
Duties 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Causation 0.3 0 7 0 1.8 0 4 0
Arguments 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 5 0 5.2 0 11 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 4 0 1.3 0 3 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Functions 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Feminism 0.2 0 6 0 3.5 0 8 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.3 0 7 0 0.6 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.3 0 9 0 1.6 0 3 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Knowledge 0.4 0 11 0 3.7 0 8 0
Game theory 0.4 0 9 0 0.8 0 2 0
Justification 0.3 0 8 0 5.5 0 12 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Modality 0.1 0 2 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.4 0 9 0 1.7 0 4 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1878

Table B.3: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1878 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 5.6 8 139 200 78.3 122 174 271
Idealism 2.4 2 60 50 31.2 30 69 67
Life and value 2.7 3 67 75 27.5 26 61 58
Other history 2.5 5 63 125 46.3 86 103 191
Dewey and pragmatism 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 4 0
Definitions 0.9 1 21 25 5.2 3 12 7
Propositions and implications 0.5 0 12 0 4.6 0 10 0
Beauty 0.7 0 17 0 6.4 0 14 0
Physicalism 0.8 1 19 25 4.5 2 10 4
History and culture 0.3 0 8 0 3.9 0 9 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 8 0 5.5 0 12 0
Self-consciousness 0.3 0 9 0 4.1 0 9 0
Ancient 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 2 0
Universals and particulars 0.4 0 9 0 3.4 0 7 0
Verification 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Value 0.5 0 12 0 4.7 0 10 0
Deduction 2.1 5 53 125 14.2 28 32 62
Mechanisms 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.9 1 22 25 8.4 7 19 16
Classical space and time 1.1 1 29 25 21.2 14 47 31
Early modern 0.5 1 13 25 7.4 18 16 40
Meaning and use 0.5 1 14 25 3.5 2 8 4
Marx 0.5 1 13 25 7.9 15 18 33
Ordinary language 1.9 1 46 25 26.5 14 59 31
Moral conscience 1.1 3 26 75 12.1 39 27 86
Methodology of science 0.7 0 17 0 7.9 0 18 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 1.1 2 27 50 12.2 27 27 60
Ontological argument 0.2 0 5 0 2.8 0 6 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 6 0 3.1 0 7 0
Social contract theory 0.6 0 14 0 8.4 0 19 0
Kant 0.7 0 17 0 9.9 0 22 0
Promises and imperatives 0.6 0 14 0 4.6 0 10 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Freedom and free will 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Crime and punishment 0.3 0 8 0 3.3 0 7 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.3 0 8 0 2.1 0 5 0
Time 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Color/colour 1.5 2 37 50 4.5 6 10 13
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Depiction 1.1 1 28 25 7.7 4 17 9
Denoting 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 2 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Hume 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Laws 0.5 0 11 0 3.5 0 8 0
Perception 0.5 0 13 0 6.0 0 13 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.8 1 19 25 5.4 8 12 18
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 2 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Causation 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 4 0
Arguments 0.2 0 5 0 1.6 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 6 0 2.5 0 5 0
Decision theory 0.5 0 12 0 2.9 0 6 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Truth 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Personal identity 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Functions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Feminism 0.2 0 5 0 2.4 0 5 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 4 0 1.8 0 4 0
Knowledge 0.3 0 7 0 2.2 0 5 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.2 0 6 0 1.9 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.2 0 4 0 0.4 0 1 0
Evolutionary biology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Population ethics 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Formal epistemology 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 2 0
Wide content 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.1 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1879

Table B.4: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1879 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 3.2 6 88 167 54.2 95 113 199
Idealism 2.9 4 82 111 36.9 60 77 126
Life and value 1.9 1 54 28 32.5 22 68 46
Other history 4.0 6 112 167 70.5 96 148 201
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 12 0 3.4 0 7 0
Definitions 0.4 0 12 0 5.8 0 12 0
Propositions and implications 0.3 0 7 0 2.9 0 6 0
Beauty 0.5 0 15 0 9.8 0 21 0
Physicalism 0.3 0 7 0 3.8 0 8 0
History and culture 0.4 0 10 0 6.4 0 13 0
Faith and theism 0.4 1 12 28 7.4 17 15 36
Self-consciousness 1.0 1 27 28 7.9 6 17 13
Ancient 0.3 1 9 28 5.4 22 11 46
Universals and particulars 0.6 0 18 0 5.0 0 10 0
Verification 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Value 0.2 0 7 0 4.2 0 9 0
Deduction 1.4 3 40 83 11.0 19 23 40
Mechanisms 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.2 0 5 0 2.9 0 6 0
Classical space and time 0.8 1 21 28 8.6 5 18 10
Early modern 0.2 0 5 0 2.4 0 5 0
Meaning and use 0.6 0 17 0 4.5 0 9 0
Marx 0.2 0 5 0 2.5 0 5 0
Ordinary language 2.4 3 67 83 40.7 41 85 86
Moral conscience 0.6 1 18 28 8.1 12 17 25
Methodology of science 0.6 0 17 0 6.2 0 13 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Emotions 0.7 0 18 0 12.0 0 25 0
Ontological argument 0.3 0 9 0 3.7 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.6 0 17 0 6.6 0 14 0
Social contract theory 0.4 0 12 0 4.3 0 9 0
Kant 1.1 1 31 28 6.3 3 13 6
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 5 0 2.6 0 5 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 2 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 4 0 2.1 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 7 0 3.2 0 7 0
Origins and purposes 1.6 4 45 111 14.6 43 30 90
Time 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 4 0
Color/colour 1.6 2 43 56 13.1 22 27 46
War 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 3 0
Depiction 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 3 0
Denoting 0.2 0 5 0 2.3 0 5 0
Chance 0.2 0 5 0 2.8 0 6 0
Hume 0.3 0 8 0 1.6 0 3 0
Laws 0.4 0 10 0 4.0 0 8 0
Perception 0.1 0 3 0 2.2 0 5 0
Intention 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Virtues 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Space and time 0.2 0 6 0 1.9 0 4 0
Mathematics 0.0 0 1 0 1.0 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 4 0 2.6 0 5 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Causation 0.2 0 6 0 4.4 0 9 0
Arguments 0.1 0 4 0 1.0 0 2 0
Theory testing 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Decision theory 0.4 0 10 0 5.6 0 12 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 6 0 2.6 0 6 0
Truth 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 4 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.2 1 5 28 2.4 15 5 31
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Feminism 0.1 0 4 0 2.0 0 4 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.2 0 5 0 1.0 0 2 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 1 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.2 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Frankfurt cases 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Concepts 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 3 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Reasons 0.1 0 3 0 2.2 0 5 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1880

Table B.5: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1880 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.2 10 126 303 70.8 155 145 318
Idealism 2.3 2 70 61 41.5 44 85 90
Life and value 3.0 8 92 242 46.0 106 94 217
Other history 1.6 2 48 61 20.7 25 42 51
Dewey and pragmatism 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Definitions 0.3 0 10 0 4.6 0 9 0
Propositions and implications 0.4 1 13 30 6.5 16 13 33
Beauty 0.5 1 14 30 9.5 20 19 41
Physicalism 0.4 0 11 0 2.1 0 4 0
History and culture 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 8 0 5.3 0 11 0
Self-consciousness 0.4 0 13 0 7.2 0 15 0
Ancient 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 4 0
Universals and particulars 0.5 0 15 0 7.6 0 16 0
Verification 0.3 0 8 0 4.0 0 8 0
Value 0.3 0 10 0 4.8 0 10 0
Deduction 0.3 0 10 0 4.9 0 10 0
Mechanisms 0.1 0 4 0 2.6 0 5 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.9 1 27 30 5.5 5 11 10
Classical space and time 0.5 0 16 0 8.5 0 17 0
Early modern 0.7 1 21 30 15.3 23 31 47
Meaning and use 0.4 0 12 0 3.5 0 7 0
Marx 0.1 0 4 0 2.4 0 5 0
Ordinary language 2.2 2 67 61 34.6 39 71 80
Moral conscience 0.7 0 21 0 9.1 0 19 0
Methodology of science 0.4 0 13 0 7.4 0 15 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.6 0 19 0 10.3 0 21 0
Ontological argument 0.3 0 10 0 3.5 0 7 0
Chemistry 0.9 1 28 30 22.1 25 45 51
Social contract theory 0.5 0 15 0 7.4 0 15 0
Kant 0.6 1 18 30 5.2 5 11 10
Promises and imperatives 0.8 0 23 0 10.8 0 22 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Freedom and free will 0.5 0 16 0 9.9 0 20 0
Crime and punishment 0.6 1 19 30 4.4 6 9 12
Sets and grue 0.2 0 5 0 2.6 0 5 0
Origins and purposes 0.8 1 23 30 10.2 16 21 33
Time 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 5 0 2.3 0 5 0
War 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Depiction 0.4 0 11 0 5.1 0 10 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 4 0
Hume 0.1 0 4 0 2.2 0 5 0
Laws 0.3 0 9 0 3.8 0 8 0
Perception 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Intention 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 4 0 2.1 0 4 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 2 0
Duties 0.5 1 15 30 3.1 3 6 6
Causation 0.2 0 6 0 3.6 0 7 0
Arguments 0.2 0 6 0 2.8 0 6 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 5 0 1.8 0 4 0
Decision theory 0.1 0 3 0 2.1 0 4 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 4 0 0.7 0 1 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Speech acts 0.3 0 8 0 1.9 0 4 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.2 0 5 0 1.4 0 3 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Functions 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 3 0
Feminism 0.5 0 14 0 3.3 0 7 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 4 0 1.3 0 3 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 5 0 1.8 0 4 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 4 0 2.8 0 6 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.7 0 20 0 4.8 0 10 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 6 0 3.7 0 8 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Wide content 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 4 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1881

Table B.6: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1881 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 6.3 8 203 258 77.3 81 164 172
Idealism 4.0 10 130 323 76.8 191 163 406
Life and value 2.0 2 65 65 36.8 33 78 70
Other history 1.8 2 57 65 30.0 50 64 106
Dewey and pragmatism 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 4 0
Definitions 0.8 2 25 65 11.8 33 25 70
Propositions and implications 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Beauty 0.4 1 13 32 6.7 17 14 36
Physicalism 0.6 0 21 0 10.5 0 22 0
History and culture 0.3 0 9 0 5.1 0 11 0
Faith and theism 0.1 0 3 0 2.5 0 5 0
Self-consciousness 1.5 1 49 32 17.0 7 36 15
Ancient 0.3 1 10 32 4.5 13 10 28
Universals and particulars 0.2 0 7 0 4.4 0 9 0
Verification 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 3 0
Value 0.4 1 14 32 8.5 20 18 42
Deduction 0.2 0 6 0 3.8 0 8 0
Mechanisms 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.4 0 12 0 5.4 0 11 0
Classical space and time 0.3 0 9 0 4.1 0 9 0
Early modern 0.3 0 10 0 5.6 0 12 0
Meaning and use 0.7 0 22 0 10.0 0 21 0
Marx 0.3 0 9 0 5.7 0 12 0
Ordinary language 1.6 1 51 32 27.9 14 59 30
Moral conscience 0.3 0 11 0 6.2 0 13 0
Methodology of science 0.6 0 19 0 9.9 0 21 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.7 0 22 0 8.9 0 19 0
Ontological argument 0.2 0 6 0 3.5 0 7 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 9 0 3.9 0 8 0
Social contract theory 0.3 0 10 0 4.4 0 9 0
Kant 0.4 0 14 0 5.8 0 12 0
Promises and imperatives 0.6 0 18 0 5.1 0 11 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Freedom and free will 0.4 1 13 32 6.5 8 14 17
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.0 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.5 0 15 0 6.3 0 13 0
Time 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
War 0.0 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Depiction 0.4 0 13 0 2.4 0 5 0
Denoting 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 4 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Hume 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 3 0
Laws 0.2 0 6 0 3.4 0 7 0
Perception 0.2 0 7 0 3.6 0 8 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Causation 0.1 0 5 0 2.8 0 6 0
Arguments 0.2 0 6 0 2.3 0 5 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 6 0 2.3 0 5 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 3 0
Functions 0.0 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Feminism 0.1 0 5 0 0.9 0 2 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.2 1 8 32 1.5 4 3 8
Belief ascriptions 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Thermodynamics 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Knowledge 0.2 0 6 0 1.8 0 4 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Reasons 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 4 0 1.7 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.1 0 4 0 1.3 0 3 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 3 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1882

Table B.7: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1882 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 5.2 9 163 281 58.7 108 135 248
Idealism 4.7 10 147 312 99.9 235 230 540
Life and value 1.8 2 56 62 27.2 20 63 46
Other history 0.9 1 29 31 17.0 24 39 55
Dewey and pragmatism 0.3 0 9 0 5.0 0 11 0
Definitions 0.1 0 4 0 1.7 0 4 0
Propositions and implications 0.8 1 25 31 3.7 2 8 5
Beauty 0.2 0 7 0 2.6 0 6 0
Physicalism 0.8 1 24 31 8.0 5 19 11
History and culture 0.2 0 6 0 3.2 0 7 0
Faith and theism 0.2 0 5 0 2.8 0 6 0
Self-consciousness 0.6 0 20 0 13.6 0 31 0
Ancient 0.4 0 13 0 9.3 0 21 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 8 0 4.6 0 11 0
Verification 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 4 0
Value 0.7 1 23 31 5.5 5 13 11
Deduction 0.6 2 20 62 6.0 13 14 30
Mechanisms 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.3 0 10 0 6.5 0 15 0
Classical space and time 0.7 1 21 31 5.2 4 12 9
Early modern 1.0 1 31 31 10.9 6 25 14
Meaning and use 0.2 0 6 0 1.3 0 3 0
Marx 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Ordinary language 1.4 0 44 0 21.4 0 49 0
Moral conscience 0.7 0 22 0 6.9 0 16 0
Methodology of science 0.5 0 14 0 9.8 0 23 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.5 0 16 0 5.7 0 13 0
Ontological argument 0.3 0 9 0 5.1 0 12 0
Chemistry 0.6 0 19 0 6.3 0 14 0
Social contract theory 0.3 0 10 0 5.0 0 12 0
Kant 0.4 1 14 31 5.8 7 13 16
Promises and imperatives 0.8 1 25 31 7.5 4 17 9
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 6 0 2.4 0 6 0
Freedom and free will 0.0 0 1 0 1.0 0 2 0
Crime and punishment 0.2 0 5 0 1.5 0 3 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 5 0 1.1 0 3 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 3 0
Time 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 2 0 0.6 0 1 0
War 0.1 0 2 0 0.2 0 1 0
Depiction 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Denoting 0.2 0 7 0 0.8 0 2 0
Chance 0.1 0 4 0 0.6 0 1 0
Hume 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 2 0
Laws 0.3 0 8 0 3.7 0 9 0
Perception 0.6 0 20 0 7.3 0 17 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Causation 0.3 0 11 0 6.2 0 14 0
Arguments 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 2 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Decision theory 0.7 1 21 31 2.5 2 6 5
Minds and machines 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 5 0
Truth 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.2 0 6 0 1.5 0 4 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 2 0 0.6 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 3 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Feminism 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 4 0 0.5 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 4 0 2.8 0 6 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Justification 0.2 0 5 0 1.7 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 4 0
Races and DNA 0.5 0 14 0 2.4 0 6 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Reasons 0.3 0 9 0 3.2 0 7 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 2 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.2 0 5 0 0.3 0 1 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 0.6 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 2 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1883

Table B.8: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1883 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 3.2 4 100 125 48.9 54 113 125
Idealism 2.7 3 86 94 48.4 45 112 104
Life and value 2.1 3 67 94 41.2 71 95 164
Other history 0.6 0 19 0 11.5 0 27 0
Dewey and pragmatism 0.3 0 8 0 3.6 0 8 0
Definitions 0.4 0 12 0 5.2 0 12 0
Propositions and implications 0.7 0 21 0 6.5 0 15 0
Beauty 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 4 0
Physicalism 0.3 0 9 0 4.3 0 10 0
History and culture 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Faith and theism 0.9 1 29 31 11.2 3 26 7
Self-consciousness 0.9 0 27 0 10.0 0 23 0
Ancient 0.1 0 3 0 2.7 0 6 0
Universals and particulars 0.9 2 29 62 10.9 32 25 74
Verification 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Value 1.0 1 32 31 5.4 3 12 7
Deduction 0.7 1 21 31 6.8 15 16 35
Mechanisms 0.2 0 5 0 1.6 0 4 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.2 0 7 0 3.5 0 8 0
Classical space and time 0.2 0 5 0 1.8 0 4 0
Early modern 0.9 2 28 62 12.2 20 28 46
Meaning and use 0.5 0 16 0 6.3 0 15 0
Marx 0.3 0 9 0 6.9 0 16 0
Ordinary language 2.8 4 89 125 45.1 69 104 159
Moral conscience 1.1 0 35 0 12.1 0 28 0
Methodology of science 0.5 0 16 0 6.5 0 15 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 1.9 3 60 94 14.9 18 35 42
Ontological argument 0.2 0 5 0 3.3 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Social contract theory 0.5 1 15 31 8.5 19 20 44
Kant 3.0 6 94 188 32.7 80 75 185
Promises and imperatives 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Crime and punishment 0.1 0 4 0 2.4 0 5 0
Sets and grue 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 4 0 2.2 0 5 0
Time 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Depiction 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Chance 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Hume 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Laws 0.2 0 5 0 3.4 0 8 0
Perception 0.2 0 5 0 2.1 0 5 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Virtues 0.3 0 9 0 1.2 0 3 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.9 1 28 31 5.1 4 12 9
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Duties 0.2 0 6 0 2.6 0 6 0
Causation 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Arguments 0.2 0 7 0 2.5 0 6 0
Theory testing 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.6 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.1 0 4 0 0.8 0 2 0
Explanation 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 4 0 2.6 0 6 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.2 0 7 0 3.6 0 8 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Functions 0.0 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Feminism 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.1 0 2 0 0.2 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 4 0 2.1 0 5 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Concepts 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 4 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Reasons 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 3 0 2.1 0 5 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 4 0 1.1 0 3 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1884

Table B.9: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1884 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.5 9 174 346 89.8 178 208 413
Idealism 3.4 6 129 231 62.5 110 145 255
Life and value 1.6 3 62 115 29.6 52 69 121
Other history 0.6 0 22 0 11.3 0 26 0
Dewey and pragmatism 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Definitions 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 4 0
Propositions and implications 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Beauty 0.1 0 5 0 1.7 0 4 0
Physicalism 0.1 0 5 0 1.7 0 4 0
History and culture 0.1 0 4 0 0.9 0 2 0
Faith and theism 0.2 0 8 0 4.9 0 11 0
Self-consciousness 0.6 0 23 0 13.7 0 32 0
Ancient 0.1 0 5 0 3.3 0 8 0
Universals and particulars 0.2 0 6 0 3.3 0 8 0
Verification 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Value 0.1 0 5 0 2.5 0 6 0
Deduction 0.2 0 6 0 1.7 0 4 0
Mechanisms 0.2 0 9 0 3.2 0 7 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.2 0 6 0 3.3 0 8 0
Classical space and time 0.5 0 19 0 7.5 0 17 0
Early modern 0.5 1 18 38 9.1 29 21 67
Meaning and use 0.1 0 4 0 1.8 0 4 0
Marx 0.2 0 7 0 2.0 0 5 0
Ordinary language 2.6 2 100 77 37.8 25 88 58
Moral conscience 0.3 0 11 0 4.7 0 11 0
Methodology of science 0.7 1 26 38 9.8 10 23 23
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 1.5 1 57 38 22.5 5 52 12
Ontological argument 0.1 0 5 0 2.0 0 5 0
Chemistry 0.5 0 20 0 7.8 0 18 0
Social contract theory 0.2 0 10 0 5.2 0 12 0
Kant 0.5 0 20 0 7.2 0 17 0
Promises and imperatives 0.5 0 19 0 7.8 0 18 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 5 0 1.3 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 5 0 1.8 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 4 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 7 0 2.7 0 6 0
Time 0.1 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 6 0 2.3 0 5 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Depiction 0.4 1 16 38 1.6 3 4 7
Denoting 0.0 0 2 0 1.1 0 3 0
Chance 0.3 1 13 38 4.5 13 10 30
Hume 0.2 0 7 0 3.3 0 8 0
Laws 0.1 0 5 0 2.1 0 5 0
Perception 0.4 0 15 0 2.8 0 7 0
Intention 0.2 0 9 0 3.5 0 8 0
Virtues 0.0 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Duties 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Causation 0.3 0 11 0 5.1 0 12 0
Arguments 0.1 0 4 0 1.4 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 7 0 1.9 0 4 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 8 0 3.2 0 7 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Functions 0.1 0 4 0 1.9 0 4 0
Feminism 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 2 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Justification 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 2 0
Races and DNA 0.5 1 20 38 3.6 6 8 14
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Reasons 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Evolutionary biology 0.3 0 12 0 5.6 0 13 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1885

Table B.10: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1885 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 6.1 10 276 455 119.6 194 303 491
Idealism 2.2 3 101 136 39.4 40 100 101
Life and value 1.5 3 69 136 20.6 35 52 89
Other history 0.4 0 20 0 3.5 0 9 0
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 20 0 7.3 0 18 0
Definitions 0.1 0 5 0 2.3 0 6 0
Propositions and implications 0.3 0 13 0 2.4 0 6 0
Beauty 0.0 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Physicalism 0.2 0 9 0 3.1 0 8 0
History and culture 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Faith and theism 0.1 0 5 0 1.4 0 3 0
Self-consciousness 0.5 0 23 0 10.2 0 26 0
Ancient 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 13 0 3.2 0 8 0
Verification 0.1 0 4 0 1.4 0 4 0
Value 0.3 1 15 45 7.8 27 20 68
Deduction 0.1 0 6 0 1.1 0 3 0
Mechanisms 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.7 1 32 45 11.4 16 29 41
Classical space and time 0.9 0 40 0 16.9 0 43 0
Early modern 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Meaning and use 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Marx 0.1 0 5 0 2.0 0 5 0
Ordinary language 1.1 0 49 0 23.6 0 60 0
Moral conscience 0.4 0 19 0 8.8 0 22 0
Methodology of science 0.3 0 14 0 3.2 0 8 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Emotions 0.4 1 20 45 10.2 26 26 66
Ontological argument 0.5 1 23 45 3.9 4 10 10
Chemistry 0.5 0 21 0 8.4 0 21 0
Social contract theory 0.1 0 7 0 3.3 0 8 0
Kant 0.3 1 13 45 7.0 28 18 71
Promises and imperatives 0.3 0 16 0 7.1 0 18 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.0 0 2 0 1.0 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.3 1 15 45 7.0 25 18 63
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 2 0 1.1 0 3 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 3 0 1.8 0 5 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 5 0 1.3 0 3 0
Time 0.1 0 6 0 1.3 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 8 0 3.9 0 10 0
War 0.0 0 2 0 1.1 0 3 0
Depiction 0.2 0 8 0 4.4 0 11 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Hume 0.0 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Laws 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 4 0
Perception 0.3 0 15 0 7.6 0 19 0
Intention 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 4 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 5 0 2.2 0 6 0
Duties 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Causation 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 4 0
Arguments 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 7 0 2.1 0 5 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 7 0 2.2 0 6 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 7 0 1.6 0 4 0
Truth 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 2 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 2 0 0.6 0 2 0
Theories and realism 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Functions 0.1 0 4 0 1.1 0 3 0
Feminism 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 2 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 2 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 5 0 1.3 0 3 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Justification 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Reasons 0.1 0 3 0 1.9 0 5 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 6 0 2.6 0 6 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Wide content 0.0 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 3 0 0.5 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1886

Table B.11: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1886 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.7 8 163 276 67.7 126 165 307
Idealism 3.4 5 116 172 64.0 100 156 244
Life and value 1.9 2 64 69 29.7 38 72 93
Other history 1.0 0 36 0 9.7 0 24 0
Dewey and pragmatism 0.6 1 20 34 5.2 4 13 10
Definitions 0.1 0 4 0 1.3 0 3 0
Propositions and implications 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Beauty 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Physicalism 0.4 0 14 0 3.2 0 8 0
History and culture 0.2 0 7 0 4.4 0 11 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 11 0 4.9 0 12 0
Self-consciousness 0.9 0 32 0 16.3 0 40 0
Ancient 0.7 2 23 69 12.2 32 30 78
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 10 0 2.5 0 6 0
Verification 0.1 0 4 0 1.8 0 4 0
Value 0.2 0 7 0 4.7 0 11 0
Deduction 0.1 0 4 0 1.4 0 3 0
Mechanisms 0.4 0 12 0 3.5 0 9 0
Temporal paradoxes 2.0 3 70 103 23.5 23 57 56
Classical space and time 0.8 1 26 34 12.0 16 29 39
Early modern 0.5 1 16 34 7.0 15 17 37
Meaning and use 0.4 0 14 0 3.8 0 9 0
Marx 0.3 1 11 34 2.8 6 7 15
Ordinary language 1.2 0 40 0 18.4 0 45 0
Moral conscience 0.8 1 29 34 11.4 8 28 20
Methodology of science 0.8 1 29 34 11.2 17 27 41
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.9 2 31 69 10.3 18 25 44
Ontological argument 0.2 0 6 0 2.8 0 7 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 11 0 7.8 0 19 0
Social contract theory 0.1 0 5 0 1.7 0 4 0
Kant 0.2 0 7 0 3.0 0 7 0
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 7 0 3.4 0 8 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Sets and grue 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Origins and purposes 0.4 0 12 0 4.7 0 11 0
Time 0.1 0 4 0 1.3 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.4 0 13 0 5.8 0 14 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 0
Depiction 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Denoting 0.1 0 4 0 1.2 0 3 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 3 0
Hume 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Laws 0.5 1 17 34 4.2 7 10 17
Perception 0.2 0 8 0 3.1 0 8 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 7 0 1.9 0 5 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Duties 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Causation 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Arguments 0.1 0 4 0 1.9 0 5 0
Theory testing 0.6 0 20 0 6.4 0 16 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 1 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.3 0 11 0 2.0 0 5 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.1 0 4 0 1.1 0 3 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 3 0
Functions 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Feminism 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Justification 0.0 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Concepts 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Modality 0.1 0 4 0 0.5 0 1 0
Reasons 0.1 0 2 0 0.6 0 2 0
Evolutionary biology 0.3 0 9 0 2.9 0 7 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 2 0 0.3 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1887

Table B.12: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1887 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 8.0 15 257 484 163.7 314 369 709
Idealism 2.1 2 66 65 28.8 21 65 47
Life and value 0.8 0 25 0 11.1 0 25 0
Other history 3.5 5 114 161 21.9 39 50 88
Dewey and pragmatism 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Definitions 0.3 0 10 0 4.7 0 11 0
Propositions and implications 0.0 0 1 0 0.1 0 0 0
Beauty 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Physicalism 0.1 0 3 0 1.9 0 4 0
History and culture 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 9 0 6.1 0 14 0
Self-consciousness 1.2 1 39 32 12.6 7 28 16
Ancient 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 2 0
Universals and particulars 0.9 3 30 97 7.3 30 17 68
Verification 0.2 0 5 0 1.5 0 3 0
Value 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Deduction 0.3 0 9 0 2.1 0 5 0
Mechanisms 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.6 1 20 32 5.4 5 12 11
Classical space and time 1.3 0 42 0 36.0 0 81 0
Early modern 0.3 0 11 0 2.9 0 6 0
Meaning and use 0.2 0 6 0 1.6 0 4 0
Marx 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 4 0
Ordinary language 1.8 0 59 0 40.7 0 92 0
Moral conscience 0.4 1 14 32 6.4 14 14 32
Methodology of science 0.5 0 16 0 4.9 0 11 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 1.0 1 33 32 9.8 4 22 9
Ontological argument 0.2 0 5 0 2.0 0 5 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 8 0 3.7 0 8 0
Social contract theory 0.6 0 20 0 5.0 0 11 0
Kant 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 8 0 3.5 0 8 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 6 0 1.0 0 2 0
Freedom and free will 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 6 0 1.5 0 3 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 4 0 2.2 0 5 0
Time 0.5 1 17 32 2.5 4 6 9
Color/colour 0.0 0 1 0 1.2 0 3 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Depiction 0.5 0 15 0 3.5 0 8 0
Denoting 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 2 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 0.5 0 1 0
Hume 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Laws 0.7 1 22 32 5.9 5 13 11
Perception 0.2 0 7 0 5.3 0 12 0
Intention 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 4 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 6 0 1.1 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Causation 0.2 0 6 0 3.1 0 7 0
Arguments 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theory testing 0.5 0 15 0 3.4 0 8 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 6 0 1.2 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 2 0
Truth 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 4 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 3 0
Feminism 0.2 0 5 0 1.0 0 2 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.1 0 3 0 0.5 0 1 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Game theory 0.2 0 7 0 1.4 0 3 0
Justification 0.0 0 2 0 0.3 0 1 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Concepts 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Reasons 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 5 0 1.5 0 3 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 4 0 1.1 0 2 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1888

Table B.13: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1888 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 7.4 12 176 286 117.6 185 226 356
Idealism 5.0 8 118 190 80.5 131 155 252
Life and value 1.6 1 37 24 23.4 30 45 58
Other history 2.2 4 53 95 19.3 52 37 100
Dewey and pragmatism 0.5 0 12 0 6.1 0 12 0
Definitions 0.6 1 14 24 9.9 20 19 38
Propositions and implications 0.4 0 11 0 2.0 0 4 0
Beauty 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Physicalism 1.2 2 29 48 9.0 5 17 10
History and culture 0.7 0 17 0 3.3 0 6 0
Faith and theism 0.5 0 11 0 5.5 0 11 0
Self-consciousness 1.4 0 33 0 21.1 0 41 0
Ancient 0.4 0 10 0 2.3 0 4 0
Universals and particulars 0.9 2 22 48 4.9 6 9 12
Verification 0.1 0 1 0 1.1 0 2 0
Value 0.2 0 6 0 3.1 0 6 0
Deduction 0.4 0 9 0 6.4 0 12 0
Mechanisms 0.2 0 4 0 1.9 0 4 0
Temporal paradoxes 1.3 2 31 48 10.7 19 21 37
Classical space and time 0.7 0 17 0 12.2 0 23 0
Early modern 1.4 2 34 48 6.6 7 13 13
Meaning and use 0.2 0 5 0 3.1 0 6 0
Marx 0.4 1 10 24 5.9 11 11 21
Ordinary language 1.6 0 38 0 32.9 0 63 0
Moral conscience 0.7 1 16 24 9.6 23 19 44
Methodology of science 0.9 0 21 0 11.8 0 23 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 1.5 2 36 48 18.5 12 36 23
Ontological argument 0.1 0 3 0 3.0 0 6 0
Chemistry 0.5 0 12 0 2.7 0 5 0
Social contract theory 0.3 0 7 0 2.2 0 4 0
Kant 0.4 0 10 0 3.8 0 7 0
Promises and imperatives 0.5 0 13 0 9.3 0 18 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 2 0
Freedom and free will 0.4 1 9 24 4.3 8 8 15
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 5 0 2.0 0 4 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Time 0.5 0 11 0 3.3 0 6 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 5 0 1.4 0 3 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Depiction 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 0.3 0 1 0
Hume 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Laws 0.3 0 7 0 3.2 0 6 0
Perception 0.5 0 11 0 4.9 0 9 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 4 0 2.9 0 5 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Duties 0.1 0 3 0 2.1 0 4 0
Causation 0.5 1 11 24 3.4 5 7 10
Arguments 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.7 1 17 24 3.0 3 6 6
Decision theory 0.2 0 4 0 1.8 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.3 0 8 0 3.5 0 7 0
Truth 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 4 0 2.5 0 5 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 3 0 1.4 0 3 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Feminism 0.2 0 4 0 0.7 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 2 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 5 0 1.8 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.4 0 10 0 2.4 0 5 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.3 1 7 24 1.1 3 2 6
Frankfurt cases 0.1 0 3 0 0.6 0 1 0
Concepts 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 3 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.4 0 9 0 5.7 0 11 0
Evolutionary biology 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Population ethics 0.1 0 3 0 0.7 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 3 0 0.4 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1889

Table B.14: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1889 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 7.8 11 299 423 116.5 170 298 435
Idealism 2.7 5 105 192 57.6 105 147 269
Life and value 0.9 1 35 38 17.7 23 45 59
Other history 0.6 0 22 0 7.2 0 18 0
Dewey and pragmatism 0.1 0 5 0 2.0 0 5 0
Definitions 0.3 0 11 0 1.8 0 5 0
Propositions and implications 0.1 0 4 0 2.0 0 5 0
Beauty 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Physicalism 0.2 0 7 0 2.4 0 6 0
History and culture 0.2 0 6 0 0.6 0 1 0
Faith and theism 0.1 0 4 0 1.5 0 4 0
Self-consciousness 0.8 0 30 0 11.1 0 28 0
Ancient 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Universals and particulars 0.1 0 5 0 2.9 0 7 0
Verification 0.1 0 5 0 2.3 0 6 0
Value 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 4 0
Deduction 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 3 0
Mechanisms 0.0 0 2 0 1.0 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.6 0 22 0 9.0 0 23 0
Classical space and time 1.3 2 52 77 19.6 38 50 97
Early modern 0.1 0 5 0 1.2 0 3 0
Meaning and use 0.3 0 10 0 3.8 0 10 0
Marx 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 4 0
Ordinary language 1.4 1 53 38 26.9 16 69 41
Moral conscience 0.5 1 20 38 9.3 15 24 38
Methodology of science 0.2 0 8 0 2.3 0 6 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Emotions 1.2 2 47 77 17.6 18 45 46
Ontological argument 0.2 0 6 0 3.1 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.1 0 5 0 2.2 0 6 0
Social contract theory 0.1 0 5 0 3.0 0 8 0
Kant 0.3 0 10 0 4.6 0 12 0
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 6 0 3.4 0 9 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.1 0 4 0 2.2 0 6 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 3 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 5 0 3.3 0 8 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 9 0 2.4 0 6 0
Time 0.0 0 2 0 0.9 0 2 0
Color/colour 0.8 1 30 38 0.9 1 2 3
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Depiction 0.2 0 6 0 1.5 0 4 0
Denoting 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Hume 0.0 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Laws 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 3 0
Perception 0.7 1 28 38 4.8 2 12 5
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Virtues 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 4 0 0.6 0 1 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Duties 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Causation 0.4 0 14 0 1.8 0 5 0
Arguments 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 4 0 2.1 0 5 0
Decision theory 0.1 0 3 0 1.3 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 6 0 1.9 0 5 0
Truth 0.1 0 3 0 1.1 0 3 0
Radical translation 0.1 0 2 0 0.6 0 1 0
Explanation 0.4 0 15 0 1.7 0 4 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 5 0 1.5 0 4 0
Functions 0.1 0 4 0 1.6 0 4 0
Feminism 0.2 1 8 38 1.2 3 3 8
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.3 0 10 0 1.9 0 5 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 2 0 0.2 0 1 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Reasons 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 3 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 5 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 5 0 2.6 0 7 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.1 0 3 0 1.9 0 5 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1890

Table B.15: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1890 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 9.3 17 198 362 149.4 266 219 390
Idealism 6.5 8 139 170 103.1 151 151 221
Life and value 3.2 5 69 106 48.8 79 72 116
Other history 1.8 2 37 43 22.5 27 33 40
Dewey and pragmatism 0.3 0 7 0 6.0 0 9 0
Definitions 0.3 0 6 0 4.8 0 7 0
Propositions and implications 0.5 1 11 21 7.8 14 11 21
Beauty 1.6 3 35 64 28.8 50 42 73
Physicalism 1.3 1 27 21 10.3 2 15 3
History and culture 0.4 0 9 0 5.5 0 8 0
Faith and theism 0.9 1 19 21 11.9 12 17 18
Self-consciousness 1.6 0 34 0 22.7 0 33 0
Ancient 0.4 1 9 21 5.8 14 9 21
Universals and particulars 0.5 0 11 0 7.8 0 11 0
Verification 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Value 0.5 1 11 21 3.6 3 5 4
Deduction 0.5 0 10 0 8.8 0 13 0
Mechanisms 0.4 1 9 21 4.4 7 6 10
Temporal paradoxes 0.8 1 17 21 11.1 13 16 19
Classical space and time 0.7 0 14 0 10.1 0 15 0
Early modern 0.5 0 10 0 5.8 0 9 0
Meaning and use 0.2 0 4 0 2.7 0 4 0
Marx 0.3 1 7 21 2.6 7 4 10
Ordinary language 2.7 2 58 43 39.5 16 58 23
Moral conscience 0.9 2 20 43 9.8 21 14 31
Methodology of science 0.7 0 16 0 11.3 0 17 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.7 0 14 0 9.1 0 13 0
Ontological argument 0.4 0 9 0 5.5 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.2 0 4 0 2.5 0 4 0
Social contract theory 0.3 0 6 0 4.3 0 6 0
Kant 0.5 0 10 0 7.0 0 10 0
Promises and imperatives 0.5 0 12 0 8.5 0 12 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 4 0 2.1 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.3 0 6 0 3.2 0 5 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 5 0 4.7 0 7 0
Time 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 2 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 5 0 3.2 0 5 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Depiction 0.2 0 4 0 3.7 0 5 0
Denoting 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 3 0
Chance 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 2 0
Hume 0.2 0 5 0 2.9 0 4 0
Laws 0.4 0 8 0 6.4 0 9 0
Perception 0.4 0 8 0 5.8 0 9 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 3 0 1.9 0 3 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 1 0
Liberal democracy 0.2 0 4 0 1.6 0 2 0
Duties 0.1 0 3 0 0.5 0 1 0
Causation 0.2 0 5 0 3.9 0 6 0
Arguments 0.2 0 3 0 2.4 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.4 0 8 0 4.9 0 7 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 4 0 1.7 0 2 0
Truth 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 1 0
Explanation 0.1 0 1 0 1.1 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.2 0 4 0 1.0 0 2 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 3 0
Functions 0.4 0 8 0 5.0 0 7 0
Feminism 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 2 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.2 0 4 0 2.1 0 3 0
Game theory 0.1 0 3 0 1.2 0 2 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.2 0 4 0 3.3 0 5 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Modality 0.2 0 5 0 2.0 0 3 0
Reasons 0.3 0 6 0 3.7 0 5 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 5 0 4.5 0 7 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0

1891

Table B.16: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1891 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 7.2 13 232 419 147.4 274 289 537
Idealism 4.4 8 142 258 60.3 108 118 212
Life and value 1.5 1 49 32 21.4 8 42 16
Other history 1.5 2 50 65 27.9 34 55 67
Dewey and pragmatism 0.3 0 10 0 5.5 0 11 0
Definitions 0.1 0 4 0 1.9 0 4 0
Propositions and implications 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Beauty 1.0 2 33 65 7.5 17 15 33
Physicalism 0.4 0 12 0 7.6 0 15 0
History and culture 0.2 0 6 0 3.1 0 6 0
Faith and theism 0.2 0 7 0 2.7 0 5 0
Self-consciousness 0.6 0 19 0 9.4 0 18 0
Ancient 0.2 0 7 0 2.9 0 6 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 9 0 5.1 0 10 0
Verification 0.3 0 11 0 4.8 0 9 0
Value 0.3 0 10 0 3.0 0 6 0
Deduction 0.6 1 18 32 8.3 14 16 27
Mechanisms 0.2 0 6 0 1.4 0 3 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.2 0 6 0 2.5 0 5 0
Classical space and time 0.4 0 12 0 8.5 0 17 0
Early modern 0.4 1 12 32 7.9 23 15 45
Meaning and use 0.4 0 14 0 9.0 0 18 0
Marx 0.1 0 4 0 2.2 0 4 0
Ordinary language 1.4 1 47 32 23.0 12 45 24
Moral conscience 0.4 1 12 32 5.3 14 10 27
Methodology of science 0.9 0 29 0 14.7 0 29 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Emotions 1.2 1 38 32 21.9 6 43 12
Ontological argument 0.2 0 5 0 2.9 0 6 0
Chemistry 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 2 0
Social contract theory 0.2 0 8 0 3.7 0 7 0
Kant 0.5 0 17 0 9.3 0 18 0
Promises and imperatives 0.6 0 19 0 9.3 0 18 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 7 0 4.2 0 8 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 7 0 3.3 0 6 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 8 0 3.0 0 6 0
Time 0.2 0 5 0 0.9 0 2 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Depiction 0.3 0 10 0 3.2 0 6 0
Denoting 0.1 0 2 0 0.5 0 1 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Hume 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Laws 0.2 0 6 0 3.4 0 7 0
Perception 0.3 0 9 0 5.6 0 11 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Virtues 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Causation 0.2 0 5 0 2.1 0 4 0
Arguments 0.0 0 2 0 0.8 0 2 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.1 0 4 0 1.7 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Truth 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 2 0
Speech acts 0.2 0 6 0 1.8 0 4 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.1 0 4 0 2.4 0 5 0
Functions 0.1 0 3 0 2.3 0 5 0
Feminism 0.1 0 2 0 0.7 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.1 0 3 0 1.0 0 2 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 7 0 5.1 0 10 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 5 0 2.0 0 4 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.2 0 5 0 1.9 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.1 0 3 0 2.5 0 5 0
Races and DNA 0.2 0 8 0 2.0 0 4 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Reasons 0.2 0 5 0 1.6 0 3 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 5 0 2.3 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 1 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 2.1 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.1 0 4 0 0.5 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1892

Table B.17: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1892 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 11.6 20 193 333 195.1 352 211 381
Idealism 9.3 16 155 267 154.3 266 167 288
Life and value 3.9 5 65 83 56.9 56 62 61
Other history 1.6 2 27 33 25.6 19 28 21
Dewey and pragmatism 0.5 1 9 17 7.4 6 8 6
Definitions 0.6 0 10 0 10.6 0 11 0
Propositions and implications 1.4 3 23 50 22.7 62 25 67
Beauty 1.0 1 17 17 14.6 2 16 2
Physicalism 0.9 0 15 0 13.0 0 14 0
History and culture 0.3 0 5 0 5.5 0 6 0
Faith and theism 0.6 1 10 17 9.4 17 10 18
Self-consciousness 1.7 0 29 0 25.7 0 28 0
Ancient 0.7 1 11 17 8.7 13 9 14
Universals and particulars 0.9 0 15 0 12.4 0 13 0
Verification 0.2 0 4 0 3.4 0 4 0
Value 0.5 1 9 17 8.5 25 9 27
Deduction 0.8 1 13 17 10.3 4 11 4
Mechanisms 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 3 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.8 0 14 0 12.7 0 14 0
Classical space and time 0.8 0 13 0 10.4 0 11 0
Early modern 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 2 0
Meaning and use 0.6 0 10 0 5.5 0 6 0
Marx 0.3 0 5 0 6.1 0 7 0
Ordinary language 2.2 0 37 0 35.9 0 39 0
Moral conscience 0.7 0 12 0 11.3 0 12 0
Methodology of science 0.9 0 16 0 12.7 0 14 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 1 0
Emotions 3.1 3 51 50 44.6 29 48 31
Ontological argument 0.3 0 5 0 4.6 0 5 0
Chemistry 0.7 0 12 0 10.4 0 11 0
Social contract theory 0.3 0 4 0 3.3 0 4 0
Kant 0.5 0 8 0 8.0 0 9 0
Promises and imperatives 0.5 0 9 0 9.4 0 10 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.3 0 4 0 4.1 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.4 1 6 17 11.2 29 12 31
Sets and grue 0.5 1 9 17 6.5 9 7 10
Origins and purposes 0.3 0 6 0 3.9 0 4 0
Time 0.2 0 3 0 2.3 0 3 0
Color/colour 0.5 0 9 0 6.3 0 7 0
War 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Depiction 1.0 1 17 17 16.3 25 18 27
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Chance 0.3 0 5 0 5.5 0 6 0
Hume 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Laws 0.3 0 5 0 5.5 0 6 0
Perception 0.5 0 9 0 8.9 0 10 0
Intention 0.2 0 4 0 1.9 0 2 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Space and time 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 3 0 2.0 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
Duties 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Causation 0.3 0 6 0 5.7 0 6 0
Arguments 0.5 0 9 0 6.1 0 7 0
Theory testing 0.5 1 8 17 4.8 6 5 6
Decision theory 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.3 0 5 0 3.1 0 3 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 2.8 0 3 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 3 0 2.3 0 2 0
Speech acts 0.3 0 5 0 1.4 0 2 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Theories and realism 0.3 0 4 0 4.5 0 5 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 2.8 0 3 0
Feminism 0.3 0 5 0 3.8 0 4 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.3 0 4 0 5.0 0 5 0
Knowledge 0.2 0 3 0 2.9 0 3 0
Game theory 0.2 0 4 0 1.4 0 1 0
Justification 0.2 0 3 0 2.1 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Concepts 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Reasons 0.5 1 9 17 4.9 4 5 4
Evolutionary biology 0.3 0 4 0 4.0 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Wide content 0.2 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Models 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 2 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1893

Table B.18: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1893 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 8.9 15 136 231 110.6 191 133 230
Idealism 13.3 24 205 369 176.9 310 213 374
Life and value 2.6 3 40 46 37.2 35 45 42
Other history 3.2 3 50 46 37.7 37 45 45
Dewey and pragmatism 0.7 0 11 0 11.8 0 14 0
Definitions 1.1 1 17 15 11.2 8 14 10
Propositions and implications 0.6 1 9 15 6.3 16 8 19
Beauty 0.5 0 7 0 7.7 0 9 0
Physicalism 0.9 0 13 0 12.1 0 15 0
History and culture 0.3 0 4 0 4.9 0 6 0
Faith and theism 0.6 1 8 15 10.7 23 13 28
Self-consciousness 2.2 0 33 0 30.3 0 37 0
Ancient 0.8 1 12 15 10.4 12 13 14
Universals and particulars 1.1 1 18 15 8.3 5 10 6
Verification 0.2 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Value 0.3 0 5 0 3.7 0 4 0
Deduction 0.5 1 8 15 7.0 15 8 18
Mechanisms 0.7 1 10 15 4.6 6 6 7
Temporal paradoxes 1.0 0 16 0 13.3 0 16 0
Classical space and time 1.0 1 16 15 6.7 3 8 4
Early modern 0.3 0 4 0 4.1 0 5 0
Meaning and use 0.9 0 14 0 8.2 0 10 0
Marx 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 2 0
Ordinary language 2.3 1 35 15 31.2 6 38 7
Moral conscience 1.0 2 15 31 13.7 22 17 27
Methodology of science 2.3 0 36 0 29.8 0 36 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 2 0 2.9 0 3 0
Emotions 1.1 0 17 0 13.4 0 16 0
Ontological argument 0.5 0 8 0 7.5 0 9 0
Chemistry 1.0 1 15 15 11.5 8 14 10
Social contract theory 0.4 1 6 15 6.7 19 8 23
Kant 1.6 2 25 31 32.6 47 39 57
Promises and imperatives 0.5 1 8 15 7.4 14 9 17
Analytic/synthetic 0.3 0 5 0 7.6 0 9 0
Freedom and free will 0.3 1 4 15 3.8 15 5 18
Crime and punishment 0.3 0 4 0 4.1 0 5 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 2 0 2.1 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Time 0.3 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Color/colour 0.5 0 7 0 6.8 0 8 0
War 0.1 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Depiction 1.2 1 18 15 7.7 5 9 6
Denoting 0.5 0 7 0 2.1 0 3 0
Chance 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Hume 0.2 0 4 0 3.5 0 4 0
Laws 0.9 1 13 15 11.9 12 14 14
Perception 0.8 0 12 0 12.9 0 16 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Space and time 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 2 0 2.1 0 3 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Causation 0.5 1 8 15 8.9 20 11 24
Arguments 0.4 0 6 0 3.2 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.5 0 7 0 5.0 0 6 0
Decision theory 0.1 0 1 0 1.5 0 2 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 2 0 2.4 0 3 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.8 0 12 0 4.3 0 5 0
Speech acts 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.4 0 6 0 4.0 0 5 0
Theories and realism 0.4 0 6 0 3.7 0 4 0
Functions 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Feminism 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.6 0 10 0 9.0 0 11 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Concepts 0.2 0 4 0 3.4 0 4 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Reasons 0.2 0 2 0 2.1 0 3 0
Evolutionary biology 0.3 0 5 0 1.3 0 2 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.2 0 4 0 3.1 0 4 0
Vagueness 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0

1894

Table B.19: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1894 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 8.9 12 129 174 140.1 208 154 229
Idealism 14.1 25 205 362 208.2 378 229 415
Life and value 2.8 2 40 29 49.7 36 55 40
Other history 1.4 1 21 14 16.9 18 19 20
Dewey and pragmatism 0.6 0 8 0 7.6 0 8 0
Definitions 0.7 0 10 0 10.3 0 11 0
Propositions and implications 2.0 3 29 43 13.2 33 14 36
Beauty 0.6 0 9 0 9.0 0 10 0
Physicalism 1.3 2 19 29 13.6 13 15 14
History and culture 0.5 1 7 14 8.6 17 9 19
Faith and theism 1.1 1 16 14 16.0 14 18 15
Self-consciousness 3.1 2 45 29 39.0 18 43 20
Ancient 0.8 1 12 14 9.5 9 10 10
Universals and particulars 1.2 1 17 14 12.4 4 14 4
Verification 0.3 0 5 0 3.7 0 4 0
Value 0.5 1 7 14 7.5 17 8 19
Deduction 0.4 0 6 0 6.4 0 7 0
Mechanisms 0.3 0 4 0 2.7 0 3 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.7 0 11 0 10.8 0 12 0
Classical space and time 0.9 2 13 29 4.6 5 5 5
Early modern 0.8 1 12 14 10.7 20 12 22
Meaning and use 0.8 0 11 0 10.1 0 11 0
Marx 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Ordinary language 3.3 1 48 14 53.7 8 59 9
Moral conscience 1.1 0 16 0 16.2 0 18 0
Methodology of science 0.8 0 12 0 11.2 0 12 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Emotions 2.3 2 33 29 21.5 24 24 26
Ontological argument 0.6 0 9 0 9.3 0 10 0
Chemistry 0.5 0 7 0 5.8 0 6 0
Social contract theory 0.5 0 7 0 6.6 0 7 0
Kant 1.1 1 16 14 14.0 16 15 18
Promises and imperatives 0.9 1 13 14 10.3 4 11 4
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 1.6 3 22 43 16.9 17 19 19
Crime and punishment 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 1 0 1.7 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 2 0 2.3 0 3 0
Time 0.2 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Color/colour 0.9 1 14 14 7.7 7 8 8
War 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Depiction 0.4 0 6 0 2.9 0 3 0
Denoting 0.2 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Chance 0.0 0 0 0 0.6 0 1 0
Hume 0.6 1 9 14 10.3 17 11 19
Laws 0.4 0 6 0 5.9 0 6 0
Perception 0.5 0 8 0 4.9 0 5 0
Intention 0.4 0 6 0 1.9 0 2 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Duties 0.3 1 4 14 3.9 14 4 15
Causation 0.9 0 14 0 11.5 0 13 0
Arguments 0.4 0 6 0 5.6 0 6 0
Theory testing 0.4 0 6 0 4.0 0 4 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 3 0
Truth 0.9 1 12 14 3.5 1 4 1
Radical translation 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Explanation 0.2 0 2 0 2.2 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.3 0 4 0 2.8 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.3 0 4 0 3.8 0 4 0
Functions 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Feminism 0.1 0 1 0 1.7 0 2 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.2 0 2 0 0.6 0 1 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.4 0 6 0 2.3 0 3 0
Knowledge 0.6 0 8 0 7.4 0 8 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Justification 0.2 0 3 0 3.3 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.3 0 4 0 2.7 0 3 0
Concepts 0.1 0 2 0 2.1 0 2 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 2 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.5 0 7 0 5.4 0 6 0
Evolutionary biology 0.4 1 5 14 4.5 11 5 12
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.4 1 6 14 0.4 1 0 1
Wide content 0.2 0 3 0 1.4 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0

1895

Table B.20: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1895 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 9.9 15 140 211 162.3 253 165 257
Idealism 11.5 19 162 268 170.4 272 173 276
Life and value 4.1 5 58 70 66.8 95 68 97
Other history 1.7 1 24 14 24.2 14 25 14
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 5 0 6.4 0 6 0
Definitions 1.1 0 15 0 17.3 0 18 0
Propositions and implications 0.8 1 11 14 5.6 2 6 2
Beauty 1.0 1 14 14 10.6 15 11 15
Physicalism 0.7 0 10 0 8.9 0 9 0
History and culture 0.2 0 3 0 3.3 0 3 0
Faith and theism 1.1 1 16 14 16.0 11 16 11
Self-consciousness 2.5 0 35 0 28.4 0 29 0
Ancient 1.2 1 16 14 12.8 10 13 10
Universals and particulars 0.6 0 8 0 7.1 0 7 0
Verification 0.4 0 5 0 4.0 0 4 0
Value 0.7 2 10 28 14.4 42 15 43
Deduction 1.0 1 14 14 18.5 17 19 17
Mechanisms 0.2 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Temporal paradoxes 1.8 1 26 14 21.5 3 22 3
Classical space and time 1.2 2 16 28 18.2 34 18 35
Early modern 1.0 1 14 14 8.2 2 8 2
Meaning and use 0.5 0 8 0 6.0 0 6 0
Marx 0.5 1 7 14 6.2 4 6 4
Ordinary language 4.8 6 68 85 74.4 76 76 77
Moral conscience 1.8 1 25 14 20.3 8 21 8
Methodology of science 1.1 0 16 0 14.5 0 15 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Emotions 3.0 4 43 56 34.8 27 35 27
Ontological argument 0.6 0 8 0 7.9 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.6 0 9 0 9.1 0 9 0
Social contract theory 1.4 3 20 42 27.1 63 28 64
Kant 0.6 0 9 0 6.4 0 7 0
Promises and imperatives 0.7 0 10 0 9.0 0 9 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.8 1 11 14 2.4 1 2 1
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 3 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.3 0 4 0 3.9 0 4 0
Time 0.3 0 4 0 4.5 0 5 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
War 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Depiction 0.6 1 9 14 4.6 4 5 4
Denoting 0.4 1 6 14 7.9 18 8 18
Chance 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Hume 0.3 0 4 0 4.0 0 4 0
Laws 0.7 0 10 0 7.2 0 7 0
Perception 0.7 0 9 0 11.1 0 11 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Virtues 0.3 0 4 0 2.1 0 2 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 0.3 0 0 0
Duties 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Causation 0.6 0 9 0 7.5 0 8 0
Arguments 0.3 0 5 0 3.7 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.4 0 6 0 7.8 0 8 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.4 0 6 0 5.0 0 5 0
Truth 0.6 0 8 0 3.5 0 4 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.3 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 1 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 2 0 2.3 0 2 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.4 0 5 0 2.3 0 2 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.4 0 6 0 4.6 0 5 0
Functions 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 1 0
Feminism 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.4 1 5 14 0.8 2 1 2
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 2 0 2.5 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.4 0 6 0 5.8 0 6 0
Game theory 0.1 0 2 0 2.4 0 2 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Concepts 0.2 0 2 0 2.1 0 2 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Reasons 0.3 0 4 0 4.7 0 5 0
Evolutionary biology 0.4 1 6 14 5.7 11 6 11
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.3 0 4 0 0.8 0 1 0
Wide content 0.1 0 1 0 1.5 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0

1896

Table B.21: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1896 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 5.4 7 83 108 76.1 88 82 94
Idealism 11.1 17 171 262 178.6 272 191 291
Life and value 4.4 2 68 31 67.2 35 72 37
Other history 1.9 2 29 31 17.7 7 19 7
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 6 0 6.9 0 7 0
Definitions 1.2 1 18 15 15.9 14 17 15
Propositions and implications 0.6 1 9 15 6.3 3 7 3
Beauty 0.6 1 9 15 9.6 16 10 17
Physicalism 0.6 0 9 0 7.2 0 8 0
History and culture 0.6 0 9 0 7.8 0 8 0
Faith and theism 1.7 3 26 46 24.4 29 26 31
Self-consciousness 2.1 2 32 31 19.6 9 21 10
Ancient 1.1 2 17 31 20.8 28 22 30
Universals and particulars 0.4 0 6 0 6.1 0 7 0
Verification 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 3 0
Value 0.4 0 7 0 5.7 0 6 0
Deduction 0.7 0 11 0 12.3 0 13 0
Mechanisms 0.7 0 11 0 9.1 0 10 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.7 0 11 0 9.9 0 11 0
Classical space and time 3.2 4 49 62 44.8 66 48 71
Early modern 1.8 3 28 46 30.5 60 33 64
Meaning and use 0.7 0 11 0 9.9 0 11 0
Marx 0.6 0 9 0 5.7 0 6 0
Ordinary language 3.7 4 57 62 59.5 66 64 71
Moral conscience 2.9 8 44 123 39.9 117 43 125
Methodology of science 1.6 2 25 31 19.4 22 21 24
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 1 0 0.3 0 0 0
Emotions 1.1 2 18 31 21.4 37 23 40
Ontological argument 0.9 1 13 15 14.0 19 15 20
Chemistry 0.3 0 5 0 4.2 0 5 0
Social contract theory 0.5 0 8 0 8.6 0 9 0
Kant 1.2 1 19 15 17.0 8 18 9
Promises and imperatives 0.9 0 14 0 13.1 0 14 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.7 0 10 0 7.3 0 8 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Crime and punishment 0.3 1 5 15 5.2 15 6 16
Sets and grue 0.2 0 4 0 4.7 0 5 0
Origins and purposes 0.5 1 7 15 8.4 23 9 25
Time 0.3 0 5 0 3.9 0 4 0
Color/colour 0.3 0 5 0 3.1 0 3 0
War 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 2 0
Depiction 0.3 0 5 0 5.7 0 6 0
Denoting 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Hume 0.3 0 5 0 2.7 0 3 0
Laws 0.4 0 6 0 5.0 0 5 0
Perception 0.6 0 9 0 5.2 0 6 0
Intention 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Virtues 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.3 0 4 0 4.6 0 5 0
Liberal democracy 0.2 0 3 0 0.7 0 1 0
Duties 0.2 0 3 0 2.5 0 3 0
Causation 0.4 0 7 0 6.9 0 7 0
Arguments 0.5 0 8 0 9.0 0 10 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 3 0 2.2 0 2 0
Minds and machines 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Truth 0.2 0 2 0 2.5 0 3 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 3 0 2.9 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.3 0 5 0 4.3 0 5 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Feminism 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 2 0 2.3 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.6 0 9 0 6.7 0 7 0
Game theory 0.1 0 2 0 1.1 0 1 0
Justification 0.2 0 4 0 3.8 0 4 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Concepts 0.3 0 5 0 5.1 0 6 0
Races and DNA 0.2 0 3 0 2.3 0 2 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Reasons 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 3 0 3.4 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 2 0 0.9 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.4 0 6 0 3.5 0 4 0
Norms 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0

1897

Table B.22: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1897 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 6.8 9 119 158 92.3 120 114 149
Idealism 11.0 19 192 333 169.5 317 210 393
Life and value 4.5 6 79 105 66.0 113 82 140
Other history 1.5 1 26 18 10.8 2 13 2
Dewey and pragmatism 0.9 0 15 0 14.1 0 18 0
Definitions 0.5 0 8 0 8.3 0 10 0
Propositions and implications 1.0 2 17 35 11.4 23 14 29
Beauty 0.7 1 12 18 6.9 15 9 19
Physicalism 0.9 1 16 18 8.5 6 10 7
History and culture 0.2 0 3 0 3.6 0 4 0
Faith and theism 0.7 0 13 0 9.2 0 11 0
Self-consciousness 2.4 1 42 18 36.1 17 45 21
Ancient 1.3 1 22 18 22.0 6 27 7
Universals and particulars 1.2 1 22 18 22.7 17 28 21
Verification 0.3 0 6 0 5.0 0 6 0
Value 1.2 1 21 18 12.6 10 16 12
Deduction 0.8 1 14 18 11.0 17 14 21
Mechanisms 0.2 0 3 0 1.9 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.9 0 15 0 15.4 0 19 0
Classical space and time 0.4 0 7 0 5.6 0 7 0
Early modern 0.6 1 11 18 7.9 14 10 17
Meaning and use 0.4 0 6 0 3.4 0 4 0
Marx 0.6 0 10 0 6.2 0 8 0
Ordinary language 2.1 1 36 18 38.7 12 48 15
Moral conscience 2.5 7 43 123 21.7 60 27 74
Methodology of science 0.9 0 15 0 10.2 0 13 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 2 0 2.1 0 3 0
Emotions 2.1 2 37 35 37.3 35 46 43
Ontological argument 0.9 1 15 18 9.0 4 11 5
Chemistry 0.5 0 8 0 6.2 0 8 0
Social contract theory 0.2 0 4 0 3.3 0 4 0
Kant 0.4 0 7 0 6.2 0 8 0
Promises and imperatives 0.8 0 14 0 16.3 0 20 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 3 0 2.2 0 3 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 4 0 2.7 0 3 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 3 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Time 0.3 0 5 0 4.5 0 6 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 4 0
War 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Depiction 0.2 0 4 0 1.8 0 2 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Chance 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 2 0
Hume 0.4 1 7 18 6.9 19 9 24
Laws 0.3 0 5 0 3.9 0 5 0
Perception 0.5 0 9 0 6.3 0 8 0
Intention 0.2 0 3 0 0.9 0 1 0
Virtues 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 3 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Duties 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Causation 0.2 0 4 0 4.3 0 5 0
Arguments 0.2 0 4 0 3.1 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 2 0 2.3 0 3 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Minds and machines 0.3 0 5 0 3.1 0 4 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.1 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.1 0 3 0 0.8 0 1 0
Theories and realism 0.4 0 6 0 2.6 0 3 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Feminism 0.2 0 3 0 2.7 0 3 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.1 0 3 0 0.9 0 1 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 3 0 3.6 0 4 0
Knowledge 0.3 0 4 0 2.9 0 4 0
Game theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Justification 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Concepts 0.3 0 6 0 5.6 0 7 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.2 0 4 0 4.2 0 5 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 1 0 1.3 0 2 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.2 0 3 0 2.5 0 3 0
Vagueness 0.2 0 3 0 0.7 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.1 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Models 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Norms 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0

1898

Table B.23: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1898 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 6.7 10 127 189 100.3 152 123 186
Idealism 11.9 21 224 396 195.8 343 240 420
Life and value 2.4 3 46 57 39.7 34 49 42
Other history 2.0 3 37 57 33.5 37 41 45
Dewey and pragmatism 0.9 0 16 0 14.2 0 17 0
Definitions 0.8 0 16 0 9.4 0 11 0
Propositions and implications 0.5 0 10 0 10.1 0 12 0
Beauty 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 2 0
Physicalism 0.7 1 13 19 8.1 8 10 10
History and culture 0.5 0 10 0 7.0 0 9 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 6 0 4.3 0 5 0
Self-consciousness 1.3 0 25 0 16.2 0 20 0
Ancient 0.7 0 14 0 16.6 0 20 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 7 0 5.9 0 7 0
Verification 0.2 0 3 0 2.3 0 3 0
Value 0.5 0 9 0 5.4 0 7 0
Deduction 1.1 1 20 19 16.7 14 20 17
Mechanisms 1.0 1 18 19 9.1 2 11 2
Temporal paradoxes 0.5 0 9 0 6.9 0 8 0
Classical space and time 0.6 0 10 0 5.4 0 7 0
Early modern 0.9 2 17 38 18.9 46 23 56
Meaning and use 0.3 0 5 0 2.5 0 3 0
Marx 0.7 1 14 19 6.9 8 8 10
Ordinary language 2.1 1 39 19 39.1 21 48 26
Moral conscience 0.7 1 13 19 11.5 22 14 27
Methodology of science 1.3 0 25 0 23.1 0 28 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Emotions 1.9 1 35 19 15.8 5 19 6
Ontological argument 0.4 0 7 0 6.7 0 8 0
Chemistry 0.4 0 8 0 4.4 0 5 0
Social contract theory 0.5 0 9 0 7.4 0 9 0
Kant 1.9 3 36 57 38.1 64 47 78
Promises and imperatives 0.3 0 6 0 4.1 0 5 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 4 0 4.2 0 5 0
Freedom and free will 0.3 0 5 0 5.5 0 7 0
Crime and punishment 1.1 3 20 57 13.5 42 17 51
Sets and grue 0.1 0 1 0 1.3 0 2 0
Origins and purposes 0.4 0 7 0 6.0 0 7 0
Time 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
War 0.1 0 1 0 1.6 0 2 0
Depiction 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 1 0
Denoting 0.2 0 3 0 1.0 0 1 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Hume 0.6 1 11 19 12.8 19 16 23
Laws 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 4 0
Perception 0.3 0 6 0 6.7 0 8 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Virtues 0.2 0 4 0 3.5 0 4 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.2 0 5 0 3.8 0 5 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Duties 0.2 0 5 0 1.5 0 2 0
Causation 0.3 0 5 0 6.3 0 8 0
Arguments 0.3 0 5 0 3.3 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.3 0 6 0 2.9 0 4 0
Truth 0.3 0 5 0 3.4 0 4 0
Radical translation 0.1 0 2 0 0.4 0 1 0
Explanation 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 4 0 2.7 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 1 0 0.3 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.2 0 4 0 2.7 0 3 0
Functions 0.3 0 6 0 4.5 0 6 0
Feminism 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.2 0 4 0 3.1 0 4 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 3 0 3.3 0 4 0
Knowledge 0.5 0 9 0 5.0 0 6 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 3 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Concepts 0.1 0 3 0 2.3 0 3 0
Races and DNA 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Modality 0.1 0 1 0 1.1 0 1 0
Reasons 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 3 0 1.5 0 2 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Wide content 0.2 0 4 0 2.4 0 3 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.1 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0

1899

Table B.24: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1899 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 3.7 6 90 146 66.5 103 89 137
Idealism 8.8 12 215 293 151.0 200 201 267
Life and value 3.0 4 73 98 53.0 57 71 76
Other history 2.4 4 59 98 46.3 68 62 91
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 9 0 8.1 0 11 0
Definitions 0.3 0 7 0 5.0 0 7 0
Propositions and implications 0.4 0 9 0 7.0 0 9 0
Beauty 0.6 1 16 24 14.8 28 20 37
Physicalism 0.4 0 9 0 4.6 0 6 0
History and culture 0.3 0 8 0 6.7 0 9 0
Faith and theism 0.4 0 9 0 5.0 0 7 0
Self-consciousness 1.3 0 33 0 19.8 0 26 0
Ancient 0.3 0 6 0 4.3 0 6 0
Universals and particulars 0.3 0 8 0 7.5 0 10 0
Verification 0.2 0 5 0 4.2 0 6 0
Value 0.4 0 10 0 9.9 0 13 0
Deduction 0.7 1 17 24 11.8 15 16 20
Mechanisms 0.4 1 9 24 4.1 10 5 13
Temporal paradoxes 0.8 0 20 0 14.7 0 20 0
Classical space and time 0.9 0 21 0 15.0 0 20 0
Early modern 0.7 1 18 24 16.2 24 22 32
Meaning and use 0.5 1 11 24 15.5 44 21 59
Marx 0.4 0 9 0 7.2 0 10 0
Ordinary language 1.6 1 40 24 36.4 21 49 28
Moral conscience 0.8 1 20 24 13.4 18 18 24
Methodology of science 1.0 1 23 24 18.8 19 25 25
Heidegger and Husserl 0.1 0 4 0 2.6 0 4 0
Emotions 0.4 1 10 24 10.0 26 13 35
Ontological argument 0.2 0 4 0 2.8 0 4 0
Chemistry 0.4 1 10 24 9.0 20 12 27
Social contract theory 0.5 0 12 0 9.1 0 12 0
Kant 2.2 4 53 98 41.0 79 55 105
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 5 0 2.9 0 4 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.4 0 9 0 7.0 0 9 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 5 0 3.7 0 5 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Sets and grue 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Time 0.5 0 12 0 7.7 0 10 0
Color/colour 0.3 0 8 0 3.5 0 5 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 1 0
Depiction 0.1 0 3 0 1.6 0 2 0
Denoting 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 3 0
Chance 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Hume 0.2 0 5 0 3.9 0 5 0
Laws 0.1 0 3 0 2.7 0 4 0
Perception 0.7 0 18 0 12.8 0 17 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Virtues 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.5 1 11 24 9.0 18 12 24
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Duties 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Causation 0.2 0 6 0 4.5 0 6 0
Arguments 0.2 0 6 0 4.1 0 5 0
Theory testing 0.2 0 5 0 3.1 0 4 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Minds and machines 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Truth 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 2 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.3 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 1.1 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.2 0 5 0 2.5 0 3 0
Functions 0.2 0 4 0 2.4 0 3 0
Feminism 0.0 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 4 0 3.5 0 5 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 3 0 2.6 0 3 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Justification 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Concepts 0.3 0 8 0 7.5 0 10 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 3 0
Evolutionary biology 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0

1900

Table B.25: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1900 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.9 7 98 140 69.0 98 91 129
Idealism 9.1 15 182 300 170.6 296 224 389
Life and value 4.1 4 82 80 66.9 52 88 68
Other history 2.4 5 49 100 36.7 79 48 104
Dewey and pragmatism 0.7 0 14 0 11.4 0 15 0
Definitions 0.6 0 11 0 6.5 0 9 0
Propositions and implications 0.8 1 16 20 9.2 10 12 13
Beauty 0.7 1 13 20 7.9 11 10 14
Physicalism 1.0 0 20 0 10.1 0 13 0
History and culture 0.2 0 4 0 2.4 0 3 0
Faith and theism 0.3 0 6 0 5.7 0 7 0
Self-consciousness 1.7 1 34 20 25.3 12 33 16
Ancient 0.4 1 8 20 6.3 16 8 21
Universals and particulars 0.5 0 9 0 9.5 0 12 0
Verification 1.0 1 20 20 6.7 1 9 1
Value 0.2 0 4 0 3.8 0 5 0
Deduction 1.0 2 20 40 12.3 18 16 24
Mechanisms 0.2 0 5 0 3.4 0 4 0
Temporal paradoxes 1.1 0 22 0 11.4 0 15 0
Classical space and time 0.7 1 14 20 6.0 5 8 7
Early modern 1.1 1 23 20 20.8 16 27 21
Meaning and use 0.4 0 8 0 5.4 0 7 0
Marx 0.4 0 7 0 8.0 0 10 0
Ordinary language 2.3 3 46 60 43.7 58 57 76
Moral conscience 1.7 2 35 40 28.6 37 38 49
Methodology of science 1.2 0 24 0 21.4 0 28 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Emotions 0.8 1 16 20 12.6 12 17 16
Ontological argument 0.8 1 17 20 7.7 5 10 7
Chemistry 1.2 1 24 20 17.5 13 23 17
Social contract theory 0.3 0 5 0 4.5 0 6 0
Kant 0.6 0 12 0 10.6 0 14 0
Promises and imperatives 0.5 0 11 0 7.8 0 10 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 4 0 3.1 0 4 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.1 0 2 0 2.3 0 3 0
Sets and grue 0.1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Time 0.4 0 7 0 3.7 0 5 0
Color/colour 0.1 0 3 0 1.9 0 2 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Depiction 0.4 0 7 0 3.3 0 4 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0
Chance 0.9 1 19 20 3.3 1 4 1
Hume 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Laws 0.3 0 5 0 4.9 0 6 0
Perception 0.4 0 9 0 4.4 0 6 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Virtues 0.3 0 6 0 5.0 0 7 0
Space and time 0.3 0 6 0 2.1 0 3 0
Mathematics 0.3 0 5 0 2.3 0 3 0
Liberal democracy 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Duties 0.3 1 6 20 6.1 21 8 28
Causation 0.2 0 5 0 3.9 0 5 0
Arguments 0.2 0 3 0 3.0 0 4 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 4 0
Truth 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 4 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.2 0 3 0 2.1 0 3 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.1 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Egalitarianism 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.3 0 5 0 4.3 0 6 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Feminism 0.1 0 2 0 1.7 0 2 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.1 0 3 0 1.7 0 2 0
Knowledge 0.1 0 2 0 1.2 0 2 0
Game theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Concepts 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 4 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Reasons 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Evolutionary biology 0.1 0 2 0 2.1 0 3 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Vagueness 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Norms 0.1 0 1 0 1.2 0 2 0

1901

Table B.26: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1901 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 6.1 8 103 136 148.9 232 153 238
Idealism 12.3 22 208 373 190.2 330 195 339
Life and value 4.8 6 81 102 71.2 76 73 78
Other history 2.2 2 38 34 41.2 48 42 49
Dewey and pragmatism 0.4 0 7 0 4.5 0 5 0
Definitions 0.4 0 7 0 7.1 0 7 0
Propositions and implications 0.2 0 3 0 4.3 0 4 0
Beauty 1.9 4 33 68 26.1 59 27 61
Physicalism 0.9 1 14 17 11.9 10 12 10
History and culture 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Faith and theism 0.7 1 12 17 8.2 11 8 11
Self-consciousness 3.2 1 55 17 41.6 2 43 2
Ancient 1.2 2 21 34 19.9 32 20 33
Universals and particulars 0.7 0 11 0 12.5 0 13 0
Verification 0.1 0 2 0 2.2 0 2 0
Value 0.4 0 7 0 6.5 0 7 0
Deduction 0.1 0 1 0 1.1 0 1 0
Mechanisms 0.1 0 2 0 2.3 0 2 0
Temporal paradoxes 2.1 2 35 34 34.7 29 36 30
Classical space and time 1.8 2 31 34 33.6 47 35 48
Early modern 0.5 0 8 0 8.9 0 9 0
Meaning and use 0.4 1 6 17 7.0 22 7 23
Marx 0.3 0 6 0 7.7 0 8 0
Ordinary language 2.7 1 45 17 45.7 18 47 18
Moral conscience 1.8 2 31 34 26.6 26 27 27
Methodology of science 1.5 1 25 17 20.3 8 21 8
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
Emotions 1.1 1 18 17 8.5 2 9 2
Ontological argument 0.6 0 10 0 9.4 0 10 0
Chemistry 1.1 1 19 17 15.4 15 16 15
Social contract theory 0.1 0 2 0 2.0 0 2 0
Kant 1.1 0 18 0 14.0 0 14 0
Promises and imperatives 0.2 0 4 0 3.0 0 3 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 0 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 4 0 5.2 0 5 0
Origins and purposes 0.3 0 5 0 2.5 0 3 0
Time 0.4 0 7 0 4.7 0 5 0
Color/colour 1.0 0 18 0 33.7 0 35 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Depiction 0.2 0 3 0 4.3 0 4 0
Denoting 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Chance 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Hume 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Laws 0.3 0 4 0 4.0 0 4 0
Perception 0.4 0 6 0 4.6 0 5 0
Intention 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Virtues 0.1 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Space and time 0.1 0 2 0 0.3 0 0 0
Mathematics 0.4 0 6 0 4.2 0 4 0
Liberal democracy 0.2 0 3 0 0.9 0 1 0
Duties 0.1 0 1 0 1.5 0 1 0
Causation 0.5 0 9 0 8.0 0 8 0
Arguments 0.2 0 3 0 2.9 0 3 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 1 0 1.3 0 1 0
Decision theory 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 3 0 3.6 0 4 0
Truth 0.2 0 4 0 2.8 0 3 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Explanation 0.1 0 1 0 1.6 0 2 0
Personal identity 0.6 1 10 17 5.8 7 6 7
Speech acts 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 2 0 1.0 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Theories and realism 0.2 0 4 0 4.6 0 5 0
Functions 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 1 0
Feminism 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 4 0 6.0 0 6 0
Knowledge 0.3 0 5 0 4.6 0 5 0
Game theory 0.1 0 2 0 4.1 0 4 0
Justification 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Concepts 0.2 0 3 0 2.5 0 3 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Reasons 0.1 0 2 0 1.5 0 2 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 4 0 3.2 0 3 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Wide content 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.1 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Norms 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0

1902

Table B.27: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1902 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 3.9 5 81 104 100.0 129 108 139
Idealism 10.6 22 221 458 223.9 459 241 494
Life and value 3.4 2 72 42 63.6 31 68 33
Other history 1.8 3 37 62 29.6 47 32 51
Dewey and pragmatism 1.0 0 20 0 17.2 0 19 0
Definitions 1.1 1 23 21 20.2 39 22 42
Propositions and implications 0.6 2 13 42 10.0 29 11 31
Beauty 0.3 0 7 0 5.4 0 6 0
Physicalism 0.4 0 9 0 6.3 0 7 0
History and culture 0.6 0 12 0 9.2 0 10 0
Faith and theism 1.0 1 21 21 12.5 11 13 12
Self-consciousness 1.1 0 24 0 22.8 0 25 0
Ancient 0.6 1 14 21 11.4 23 12 25
Universals and particulars 0.6 0 13 0 10.9 0 12 0
Verification 0.3 0 5 0 5.1 0 5 0
Value 1.2 2 24 42 18.9 32 20 34
Deduction 0.4 0 8 0 9.7 0 10 0
Mechanisms 0.3 0 7 0 7.3 0 8 0
Temporal paradoxes 1.4 1 29 21 23.4 12 25 13
Classical space and time 0.9 1 18 21 12.1 8 13 9
Early modern 0.9 2 19 42 13.1 25 14 27
Meaning and use 0.1 0 3 0 3.2 0 3 0
Marx 0.5 0 11 0 7.4 0 8 0
Ordinary language 2.8 1 59 21 64.4 20 69 22
Moral conscience 1.8 2 38 42 22.9 10 25 11
Methodology of science 1.4 0 29 0 23.1 0 25 0
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Emotions 0.2 0 4 0 3.6 0 4 0
Ontological argument 0.5 0 10 0 10.6 0 11 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 7 0 5.5 0 6 0
Social contract theory 0.1 0 2 0 1.6 0 2 0
Kant 0.9 2 19 42 18.5 54 20 58
Promises and imperatives 0.4 0 8 0 9.4 0 10 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.3 0 7 0 3.4 0 4 0
Freedom and free will 0.2 0 3 0 4.0 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 3 0
Origins and purposes 0.2 0 3 0 2.8 0 3 0
Time 0.3 0 7 0 9.1 0 10 0
Color/colour 0.2 0 5 0 5.1 0 6 0
War 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Depiction 0.1 0 1 0 1.1 0 1 0
Denoting 0.1 0 2 0 1.4 0 1 0
Chance 0.1 0 2 0 3.7 0 4 0
Hume 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Laws 0.1 0 3 0 4.0 0 4 0
Perception 0.3 0 7 0 5.9 0 6 0
Intention 0.1 0 1 0 1.9 0 2 0
Virtues 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Space and time 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Mathematics 0.3 0 7 0 7.1 0 8 0
Liberal democracy 0.0 0 1 0 0.8 0 1 0
Duties 0.1 0 3 0 3.1 0 3 0
Causation 0.2 0 4 0 3.9 0 4 0
Arguments 0.3 0 7 0 6.6 0 7 0
Theory testing 0.1 0 1 0 1.6 0 2 0
Decision theory 0.2 0 4 0 3.2 0 3 0
Minds and machines 0.2 0 3 0 2.4 0 3 0
Truth 0.2 0 3 0 3.1 0 3 0
Radical translation 0.0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0
Explanation 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0
Personal identity 0.3 0 5 0 5.4 0 6 0
Speech acts 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Sense and reference 0.0 0 1 0 0.4 0 0 0
Egalitarianism 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Quantum physics 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Theories and realism 0.2 0 4 0 2.3 0 3 0
Functions 0.1 0 2 0 1.8 0 2 0
Feminism 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Medical ethics and Freud 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Abortion and self-defence 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Belief ascriptions 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
Thermodynamics 0.2 0 4 0 4.8 0 5 0
Knowledge 0.2 0 4 0 3.4 0 4 0
Game theory 0.1 0 1 0 0.9 0 1 0
Justification 0.1 0 1 0 1.3 0 1 0
Frankfurt cases 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Concepts 0.2 0 4 0 3.1 0 3 0
Races and DNA 0.0 0 1 0 0.5 0 1 0
Modality 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Reasons 0.4 0 8 0 6.5 0 7 0
Evolutionary biology 0.2 0 4 0 3.3 0 4 0
Population ethics 0.0 0 0 0 0.7 0 1 0
Formal epistemology 0.0 0 1 0 0.6 0 1 0
Wide content 0.1 0 3 0 2.3 0 2 0
Vagueness 0.2 0 4 0 2.4 0 3 0
Cognitive science 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Models 0.0 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0
Composition and constitution 0.0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0
Norms 0.1 0 1 0 1.0 0 1 0

1903

Table B.28: Measures of the prominence of each subject in 1903 ’s journals.
Subject Weight Raw W-Ratio R-Ratio W-Pages R-Pages WP-Ratio RP-Ratio
Psychology 4.0 3 76 58 75.3 42 83 46
Idealism 14.7 29 283 558 272.2 565 300 623
Life and value 2.9 1 55 19 46.0 12 51 13
Other history 0.8 0 16 0 13.5 0 15 0
Dewey and pragmatism 1.0 0 19 0 18.9 0 21 0
Definitions 1.0 0 20 0 15.3 0 17 0
Propositions and implications 0.9 2 18 38 12.6 23 14 25
Beauty 1.0 2 20 38 16.4 33 18 36
Physicalism 0.6 0 11 0 8.4 0 9 0
History and culture 0.1 0 2 0 1.9 0 2 0
Faith and theism 0.6 1 11 19 6.6 8 7 9
Self-consciousness 2.0 1 38 19 36.3 10 40 11
Ancient 1.5 2 29 38 14.4 10 16 11
Universals and particulars 0.5 0 10 0 10.4 0 12 0
Verification 0.5 0 9 0 7.5 0 8 0
Value 0.4 0 7 0 7.0 0 8 0
Deduction 0.9 1 17 19 14.8 11 16 12
Mechanisms 0.5 0 10 0 10.5 0 12 0
Temporal paradoxes 0.4 0 8 0 7.5 0 8 0
Classical space and time 1.0 0 19 0 17.5 0 19 0
Early modern 0.9 2 17 38 14.4 43 16 47
Meaning and use 0.3 0 5 0 4.2 0 5 0
Marx 0.2 0 4 0 3.3 0 4 0
Ordinary language 2.2 1 42 19 42.0 23 46 25
Moral conscience 0.8 1 16 19 15.1 25 17 28
Methodology of science 1.7 2 33 38 27.8 35 31 39
Heidegger and Husserl 0.0 0 1 0 0.7 0 1 0
Emotions 0.6 0 12 0 14.7 0 16 0
Ontological argument 0.7 0 14 0 10.3 0 11 0
Chemistry 0.3 0 5 0 4.7 0 5 0
Social contract theory 0.1 0 1 0 1.4 0 2 0
Kant 0.9 1 18 19 19.9 19 22 21
Promises and imperatives 0.4 0 8 0 7.7 0 8 0
Analytic/synthetic 0.2 0 4 0 4.0 0 4 0
Freedom and free will 0.1 0 3 0 3.4 0 4 0
Crime and punishment 0.0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0
Sets and grue 0.3 0 5 0 3.2 0 4 0
Origins and purposes 0.1 0 3 0 2.0 0 2