John McDowell
Impact in
- Philosophy top 0.01%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.02%
- Philosophy and History of Science
Papers in
- Philosophy 56
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 17
- Classical Philosophy and Thought 14
- Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications 12
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory 11
- Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel 6
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- Philosophy and Theoretical Science 30
- Co-authors
- Gareth Evans (2 shared papers)I. G. McFetridge (1 shared paper)Hilary Putnam (1 shared paper)Philip Pettit (2 shared papers)Christopher S. Hill (1 shared paper)Robert Brandom (3 shared papers)Christopher Peacocke (1 shared paper)Richard Rorty (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (21 papers)The Journal of Philosophy (9 papers)Philosophical Issues (4 papers)Grazer Philosophische Studien (3 papers)Mind (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomAustralia
In The Last Decade
John McDowell
144 papers receiving 6.6k citations
John McDowell's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
- Philosophy 5.8k
- History and Philosophy of Science 1.9k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4.6k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 2.7k
- General Psychology 59
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Fields of papers citing papers by John McDowell
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The varieties of reference Hit paper breakdown → | 1982 | 1537 |
| 2 | Mind and World Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1110 |
| 3 | Virtue and Reason Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 757 |
| 4 | 1996 | 481 | |
| 5 | 1978 | 331 | |
| 6 | 1990 | 327 | |
| 7 | Mind, Value, and Reality Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 286 |
| 8 | 1997 | 282 | |
| 9 | 1984 | 278 | |
| 10 | 1995 | 249 | |
| 11 | Having the World in View: Essays on Kant, Hegel, and Sellars | 2009 | 221 |
| 12 | 2001 | 210 | |
| 13 | 1984 | 189 | |
| 14 | 1994 | 182 | |
| 15 | 2001 | 141 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 130 | |
| 17 | Perception as a Capacity for Knowledge | 2011 | 121 |
| 18 | 1994 | 107 | |
| 19 | 1980 | 99 | |
| 20 | 2004 | 94 |
About John McDowell
John McDowell is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 165 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (30 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (17 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (14 papers), Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (12 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (11 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (11 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (8 papers) and Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (5.8k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (1.9k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (4.6k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.7k citations) and General Psychology (59 citations). John McDowell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Gareth Evans, I. G. McFetridge, Hilary Putnam, Philip Pettit, Christopher S. Hill, Robert Brandom, Christopher Peacocke, Richard Rorty, Noam Chomsky and Rolf‐Peter Horstmann. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Issues, Grazer Philosophische Studien and Mind.
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