David Bloor

7.4k citations
82 papers · 4.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 23

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David Bloor

80 papers receiving 3.6k citations

David Bloor's Hit Papers

Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge 1984 · 313 citations
3130+16+32Years since publication50010001.5k

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David Bloor
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  • History and Philosophy of Science 1.3k
  • General Psychology 125
  • Philosophy 905
  • Theoretical Computer Science 96
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 458
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All Works

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Knowledge and Social Imagery
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19771696
2 1993344
3
Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge
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1984313
4
Relativism, rationalism and the sociology of knowledge
1982299
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Wittgenstein
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1983260
6 1999212
7 2002195
8 1973191
9 1996157
10 1982135
11 197885
12 198476
13 198170
14 197454
15 196845
16 199639
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Organic materials for non-linear optics : the proceedings of a conference organised by the Applied Solid State Chemistry Group of the Dalton Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Oxford, 29th-30th June 1988
198935
18 200734
19 197534
20 200433

About David Bloor

David Bloor is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Psychology, having authored 82 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (14 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (13 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (8 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (6 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (6 papers), History and Theory of Mathematics (4 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (4 papers) and Historical Education Studies Worldwide (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (1.3k citations), General Psychology (125 citations), Philosophy (905 citations), Theoretical Computer Science (96 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (458 citations). David Bloor has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include James G. Carrier, Susan Hekman, Barry Barnes, R. A. Hann, Paul Whittle, Hans Sluga, Newton Garver, Hans‐Johann Glock, Donna M. Summerfield and Michael Kober. Their work appears in journals such as Social Studies of Science, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, Common Knowledge, Isis and British Journal of Sociology.

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