Alan Nelson
Impact in
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- Historical Philosophy and Science
- Philosophy and History of Science
- History of Science and Medicine
- Philosophy top 2%
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
- Medieval and Classical Philosophy
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Papers in
- Philosophy 17
- Classical Philosophy and Thought 11
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 3
- Medieval and Classical Philosophy 3
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- Historical Philosophy and Science 12
- Philosophy and History of Science 3
Alan Nelson
31 papers receiving 375 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 78
- History and Philosophy of Science 212
- Philosophy 187
- Theoretical Computer Science 14
- General Psychology 5
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 44
Countries citing papers authored by Alan Nelson
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Nelson
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 35 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | 124 | |
| 2 | 1997 | 39 | |
| 3 | 1984 | 33 | |
| 4 | 1987 | 33 | |
| 5 | 1999 | 28 | |
| 6 | Cognition and modality in Descartes | 1999 | 23 |
| 7 | 1994 | 18 | |
| 8 | 1992 | 18 | |
| 9 | 1985 | 17 | |
| 10 | 2005 | 17 | |
| 11 | 2013 | 16 | |
| 12 | 1986 | 14 | |
| 13 | 2013 | 13 | |
| 14 | 1993 | 11 | |
| 15 | 1984 | 10 | |
| 16 | Are economic kinds natural | 1990 | 10 |
| 17 | 1995 | 9 | |
| 18 | 2017 | 8 | |
| 19 | 1986 | 8 | |
| 20 | 2015 | 7 |
About Alan Nelson
Alan Nelson is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 35 papers that have together received 481 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical Philosophy and Science (12 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (11 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 papers), Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (3 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers) and Economic theories and models (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (212 citations), Philosophy (187 citations), Theoretical Computer Science (14 citations), General Psychology (5 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (44 citations). Alan Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include David Cunning, Paul A. Roth, David Landy and Brian Rogers. Their work appears in journals such as Ethics, Topoi, Noûs, The Philosophical Review and Synthese.
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