To what extent do the vocabularies of mathematics, computing, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, political science, philosophy, and linguistics overlap? To explore this question, samples of the anglophone vocabularies of these subjects were created using the Oxford English Dictionary (Benjafield in Scientometrics 118:1051–1064, 2019. 10.1007/s11192-019-03021-2). The first part of this study compared the vocabularies of the five empirical members of Comte’s hierarchy of the sciences (HoS) plus psychology (i.e., astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, sociology). The results were generally consistent with the existence of an empirical HoS. For example, each subject shared its vocabulary the most with another subject adjacent to it in the hierarchy (i.e., astronomy with physics, physics with chemistry, biology with chemistry, psychology with biology, sociology with psychology). The second part of this study examined patterns of sharing between mathematics, computing, economics, political science, philosophy, linguistics and the six members of the empirical HoS. Among the most interesting results was the high degree of vocabulary sharing between mathematics, philosophy, and linguistics. Indeed, it turns out that all subjects share their vocabularies with all other subjects, to varying degrees. It was suggested that, in addition to comparing subjects in terms of a linear HoS, similarities between subjects should be examined independently of their position on the HoS.

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属于科学等级的学科之间的词汇共享

数学、计算机、天文学、物理学、化学、生物学、心理学、社会学、经济学、政治学、哲学和语言学的词汇在多大程度上重叠？为了探讨这个问题，我们使用牛津英语词典（Benjafield in Scientometrics 118:1051–1064, 2019. 10.1007/s11192-019-03021-2）创建了这些科目的英语词汇样本。本研究的第一部分比较了孔德科学等级 (HoS) 和心理学（即天文学、物理学、化学、生物学、心理学、社会学）的五个经验成员的词汇表。结果通常与经验HoS的存在一致。例如，每个学科与层次结构中与其相邻的另一个学科共享最多的词汇（即天文学与物理学，物理学与化学，生物学与化学，心理学与生物学，社会学与心理学）。本研究的第二部分检查了数学、计算机、经济学、政治学、哲学、语言学和实证 HoS 的六个成员之间的共享模式。最有趣的结果之一是数学、哲学和语言学之间的高度词汇共享。事实上，事实证明，所有科目都在不同程度上与所有其他科目共享他们的词汇表。有人建议，除了根据线性 HoS 比较受试者外，还应独立于他们在 HoS 上的位置来检查受试者之间的相似性。计算机、经济学、政治学、哲学、语言学和实证 HoS 的六个成员。最有趣的结果之一是数学、哲学和语言学之间的高度词汇共享。事实上，事实证明，所有科目都在不同程度上与所有其他科目共享他们的词汇表。有人建议，除了根据线性 HoS 比较受试者外，还应独立于他们在 HoS 上的位置来检查受试者之间的相似性。计算机、经济学、政治学、哲学、语言学和实证 HoS 的六个成员。最有趣的结果之一是数学、哲学和语言学之间的高度词汇共享。事实上，事实证明，所有科目都在不同程度上与所有其他科目共享他们的词汇表。有人建议，除了根据线性 HoS 比较受试者外，还应独立于他们在 HoS 上的位置来检查受试者之间的相似性。