Alan Nelson

891 citations
24 papers · 313 · h-index 10

Impact in

    • Historical Philosophy and Science
    • Philosophy and History of Science
    • History of Science and Medicine
  • Philosophy top 5%
    • Classical Philosophy and Thought
    • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
    • Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought

Papers in

Alan Nelson

21 papers receiving 250 citations

Peers

Alan Nelson
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  • History and Philosophy of Science 109
  • Philosophy 92
  • Theoretical Computer Science 7
  • Political Science and International Relations 57
  • Sociology and Political Science 106
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All Works

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1 199397
2 198726
3 198423
4 199722
5 198516
6 199416
7 200516
8 199213
9 199912
10 198411
11 19939
12
Are economic kinds natural
19909
13 19959
14 19868
15
Cognition and modality in Descartes
19997
16 19867
17 20175
18 20132
19 20132
20 19901

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 24 papers that have together received 313 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Historical Philosophy and Science (8 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (8 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 papers), Economic theories and models (2 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (2 papers) and Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (109 citations), Philosophy (92 citations), Theoretical Computer Science (7 citations), Political Science and International Relations (57 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (106 citations). Alan Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Paul A. Roth and David Cunning. Their work appears in journals such as Noûs, The Philosophical Review, Ethics, Topoi and Synthese.

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