3 papers
cs.CL2026
Computational conceptual history of scientific concepts: From early digital methods to LLMs
Michael Zichert, Arno Simons
This article situates large language models (LLMs) within the longer history of computational approaches to concept analysis in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science (H…
cs.CL2025
Large Language Models for History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science: Interpretive Uses, Methodological Challenges, and Critical Perspectives
Arno Simons, Michael Zichert, Adrian Wüthrich
This paper explores the use of large language models (LLMs) as research tools in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science (HPSS). LLMs are remarkably effective at processi…
cs.CL2024
Tracing the Development of the Virtual Particle Concept Using Semantic Change Detection
Michael Zichert, Adrian Wüthrich
Virtual particles are peculiar objects. They figure prominently in much of theoretical and experimental research in elementary particle physics. But exactly what they are is far fr…