Bernard Williams
Impact in
- Philosophy top 0.01%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Free Will and Agency
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Papers in
- Philosophy 56
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 22
- Classical Philosophy and Thought 14
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 10
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel 6
- War, Ethics, and Justification 5
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- Political Philosophy and Ethics 17
- Co-authors
- J. J. C. Smart (2 shared papers)Thomas Nagel (1 shared paper)Maurice Meilleur (1 shared paper)René Descartes (1 shared paper)J. J. C. Smart (1 shared paper)Michael Hooker (1 shared paper)Amartya Sen (7 shared papers)John Skorupski (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Facilities (10 papers)Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (5 papers)The Philosophical Quarterly (4 papers)The Philosophical Review (4 papers)Ethics (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia
In The Last Decade
Bernard Williams
182 papers receiving 10.2k citations
Bernard Williams's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
- Philosophy 7.5k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 3.8k
- History and Philosophy of Science 822
- Political Science and International Relations 3.4k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.6k
Countries citing papers authored by Bernard Williams
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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Williams
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Bernard Williams, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moral Luck Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 1384 |
| 2 | Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1265 |
| 3 | Problems of the self philosophical papers 1956-1972 Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 874 |
| 4 | Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 797 |
| 5 | Utilitarianism Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 613 |
| 6 | Shame and Necessity Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 548 |
| 7 | Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy. Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 523 |
| 8 | Internal and external reasons Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 446 |
| 9 | A critique of utilitarianism Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 424 |
| 10 | Problems of the Self Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 392 |
| 11 | Persons, character and morality Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 385 |
| 12 | Deciding to believe Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 380 |
| 13 | Making Sense of Humanity Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 341 |
| 14 | 2003 | 301 | |
| 15 | 1972 | 287 | |
| 16 | 2006 | 267 | |
| 17 | Internal and External Reasons Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 229 |
| 18 | 1996 | 217 | |
| 19 | 1995 | 216 | |
| 20 | 1973 | 216 |
About Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 210 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (22 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (17 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (14 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (10 papers), Ethics in medical practice (9 papers), Free Will and Agency (7 papers), Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (6 papers) and War, Ethics, and Justification (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (7.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.8k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (822 citations), Political Science and International Relations (3.4k citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.6k citations). Bernard Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include J. J. C. Smart, Thomas Nagel, Maurice Meilleur, René Descartes, J. J. C. Smart, Michael Hooker, Amartya Sen, John Skorupski, Isaiah Berlín and Ross Harrison. Their work appears in journals such as Facilities, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, The Philosophical Quarterly, The Philosophical Review and Ethics.
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