Elliott Sober
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.01%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Evolution and Science Education
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- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Papers in
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- Philosophy and History of Science 88
- Evolution and Science Education 16
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- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 49
- Co-authors
- David Sloan Wilson (10 shared papers)Robert N. Brandon (2 shared papers)David Sloan Wilson (3 shared papers)Steven Hecht Orzack (4 shared papers)Marc R. Forster (1 shared paper)P. Holgate (1 shared paper)William L. Fink (2 shared papers)Richard C Lewontin (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Philosophy of Science (26 papers)The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (13 papers)The Journal of Philosophy (12 papers)Biology & Philosophy (10 papers)Synthese (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesNew ZealandUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Elliott Sober
214 papers receiving 8.0k citations
Elliott Sober's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
- History and Philosophy of Science 3.6k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.3k
- Philosophy 1.0k
- General Decision Sciences 157
- Paleontology 503
Countries citing papers authored by Elliott Sober
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Fields of papers citing papers by Elliott Sober
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Elliott Sober, 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 224 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus. Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 636 |
| 2 | Reintroducing group selection to the human behavioral sciences Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 543 |
| 3 | The Nature of Selection Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 520 |
| 4 | 1989 | 393 | |
| 5 | 1994 | 343 | |
| 6 | 1991 | 327 | |
| 7 | 1980 | 303 | |
| 8 | Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology. Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 301 |
| 9 | Philosophy of Biology Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 299 |
| 10 | 1994 | 193 | |
| 11 | Evidence and evolution the logic behind the science Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 188 |
| 12 | 1982 | 168 | |
| 13 | 1991 | 168 | |
| 14 | 2001 | 162 | |
| 15 | 1993 | 154 | |
| 16 | 2015 | 152 | |
| 17 | 2004 | 151 | |
| 18 | 1999 | 151 | |
| 19 | 1994 | 126 | |
| 20 | 2019 | 117 |
About Elliott Sober
Elliott Sober is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Genetics, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 224 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (88 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (49 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (30 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (20 papers), Evolution and Science Education (16 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (14 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (9 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (3.6k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.3k citations), Philosophy (1.0k citations), General Decision Sciences (157 citations) and Paleontology (503 citations). Elliott Sober has collaborated with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include David Sloan Wilson, Robert N. Brandon, David Sloan Wilson, Steven Hecht Orzack, Marc R. Forster, P. Holgate, William L. Fink, Richard C Lewontin, Christopher Hitchcock and Ellery Eells. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy of Science, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, The Journal of Philosophy, Biology & Philosophy and Synthese.
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