Peter Achinstein
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.1%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- Philosophy top 0.5%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Papers in
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- Philosophy and History of Science 41
- History of Science and Medicine 7
- Philosophy, Science, and History 4
- Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies 2
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- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics 6
- Co-authors
- Stephen Barker (2 shared papers)Owen Hannaway (1 shared paper)T. C. Holyoke (1 shared paper)J. J. C. Smart (1 shared paper)Paul Teller (1 shared paper)Robert Ackermann (1 shared paper)Herbert Feigl (1 shared paper)Grover Maxwell (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Philosophy of Science (11 papers)The Journal of Philosophy (6 papers)The Philosophical Review (6 papers)The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (6 papers)Analysis (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
Peter Achinstein
88 papers receiving 1.6k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 147
- History and Philosophy of Science 1.1k
- Philosophy 501
- General Psychology 51
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 353
- Theoretical Computer Science 32
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Co-authors
The 22 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 93 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The nature of explanation | 1983 | 249 |
| 2 | 1971 | 155 | |
| 3 | 2001 | 144 | |
| 4 | 1986 | 138 | |
| 5 | 1970 | 128 | |
| 6 | 1969 | 91 | |
| 7 | 1973 | 85 | |
| 8 | 1964 | 79 | |
| 9 | 1964 | 63 | |
| 10 | 1978 | 55 | |
| 11 | What Is an Explanation | 1977 | 49 |
| 12 | Kelvin's Baltimore Lectures and Modern Theoretical Physics | 1987 | 49 |
| 13 | 2009 | 44 | |
| 14 | 1964 | 43 | |
| 15 | 2002 | 40 | |
| 16 | 2005 | 36 | |
| 17 | Studies in the philosophy of science | 1969 | 32 |
| 18 | 1965 | 31 | |
| 19 | 1972 | 28 | |
| 20 | 1977 | 26 |
About Peter Achinstein
Peter Achinstein is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology, having authored 93 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (41 papers), History of Science and Medicine (7 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (4 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (3 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (3 papers) and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (1.1k citations), Philosophy (501 citations), General Psychology (51 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (353 citations) and Theoretical Computer Science (32 citations). Peter Achinstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Barker, Owen Hannaway, T. C. Holyoke, J. J. C. Smart, Paul Teller, Robert Ackermann, Herbert Feigl, Grover Maxwell, Richard Swinburne and Philip L. Quinn. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy of Science, The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Review, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and Analysis.
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