Bernard Williams
Impact in
- Philosophy top 0.01%
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
- Free Will and Agency
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Papers in
- Philosophy 24
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 9
- Classical Philosophy and Thought 6
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel 3
- War, Ethics, and Justification 3
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- Political Philosophy and Ethics 12
- Co-authors
- J. J. C. Smart (1 shared paper)Thomas Nagel (1 shared paper)Maurice Meilleur (1 shared paper)René Descartes (1 shared paper)Isaiah Berlín (1 shared paper)Michael Hooker (1 shared paper)Amartya Sen (6 shared papers)Ravi Kanbur (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Facilities (9 papers)Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (4 papers)The Philosophical Review (4 papers)The Philosophical Quarterly (4 papers)Philosophy (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomSouth Korea
In The Last Decade
Bernard Williams
105 papers receiving 5.5k citations
Bernard Williams's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
- Philosophy 3.2k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 1.6k
- Political Science and International Relations 1.6k
- History and Philosophy of Science 276
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 634
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
Showing the 20 most-cited of 121 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 1039 |
| 2 | Moral Luck Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 906 |
| 3 | Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Genealogy Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 549 |
| 4 | Problems of the self philosophical papers 1956-1972 Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 504 |
| 5 | 1993 | 445 | |
| 6 | Utilitarianism Hit paper breakdown → | 1973 | 376 |
| 7 | 1986 | 339 | |
| 8 | 1973 | 330 | |
| 9 | 2003 | 226 | |
| 10 | 1995 | 181 | |
| 11 | 1972 | 179 | |
| 12 | 2011 | 160 | |
| 13 | 1996 | 154 | |
| 14 | 2006 | 146 | |
| 15 | 1970 | 100 | |
| 16 | 1988 | 88 | |
| 17 | In the Beginning Was the Deed | 2005 | 69 |
| 18 | 2010 | 61 | |
| 19 | 1994 | 56 | |
| 20 | 1980 | 52 |
About Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Cognitive Neuroscience, General Health Professions and History and Philosophy of Science, having authored 121 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (12 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (9 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 papers), Free Will and Agency (4 papers), Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (3 papers), Ethics in medical practice (3 papers), Classical Antiquity Studies (3 papers) and War, Ethics, and Justification (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (3.2k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.6k citations), Political Science and International Relations (1.6k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (276 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (634 citations). Bernard Williams has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include J. J. C. Smart, Thomas Nagel, Maurice Meilleur, René Descartes, Isaiah Berlín, Michael Hooker, Amartya Sen, Ravi Kanbur, John Muellbauer and Geoffrey Hawthorn. Their work appears in journals such as Facilities, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, The Philosophical Review, The Philosophical Quarterly and Philosophy.
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