Peter Achinstein
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.05%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- History of Science and Medicine
- Philosophy top 0.5%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Papers in
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- Philosophy and History of Science 66
- Philosophy, Science, and History 51
- History of Science and Medicine 5
- Philosophy 25
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 23
- Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis 4
- Co-authors
- Owen Hannaway (2 shared papers)T. C. Holyoke (1 shared paper)Jonathan Smart (1 shared paper)ROBERT JOHN ACKERMANN (1 shared paper)Paul Teller (1 shared paper)Grover Maxwell (1 shared paper)Herbert Feigl (1 shared paper)Richard G. Swinburne (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Philosophy of Science (11 papers)The Philosophical Review (6 papers)The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (6 papers)The Journal of Philosophy (6 papers)Analysis (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
Peter Achinstein
86 papers receiving 1.4k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 109
- History and Philosophy of Science 1.1k
- Philosophy 443
- General Psychology 51
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 150
- General Decision Sciences 24
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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Achinstein
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Co-authors
The 14 scholars most cited alongside Peter Achinstein, 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 90 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | 181 | |
| 2 | 1971 | 151 | |
| 3 | 1986 | 131 | |
| 4 | 1970 | 125 | |
| 5 | 1969 | 86 | |
| 6 | 1973 | 81 | |
| 7 | 1964 | 77 | |
| 8 | 1991 | 66 | |
| 9 | 1964 | 62 | |
| 10 | 1978 | 51 | |
| 11 | Kelvin's Baltimore Lectures and Modern Theoretical Physics | 1987 | 47 |
| 12 | What Is an Explanation | 1977 | 46 |
| 13 | 1964 | 43 | |
| 14 | 2002 | 40 | |
| 15 | 2005 | 36 | |
| 16 | 1965 | 31 | |
| 17 | Studies in the philosophy of science | 1969 | 30 |
| 18 | 1972 | 28 | |
| 19 | 1977 | 27 | |
| 20 | 1993 | 27 |
About Peter Achinstein
Peter Achinstein is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, Law, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Language and Linguistics, having authored 90 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (66 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (51 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (23 papers), History of Science and Medicine (5 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 papers), Legal processes and jurisprudence (4 papers), Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis (4 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (1.1k citations), Philosophy (443 citations), General Psychology (51 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (150 citations) and General Decision Sciences (24 citations). Peter Achinstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Owen Hannaway, T. C. Holyoke, Jonathan Smart, ROBERT JOHN ACKERMANN, Paul Teller, Grover Maxwell, Herbert Feigl, Richard G. Swinburne, Philip L. Quinn and Wesley C. Salmon. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy of Science, The Philosophical Review, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, The Journal of Philosophy and Analysis.
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