Philip Kitcher
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.01%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Evolution and Science Education
- Theoretical Computer Science top 0.05%
Papers in
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- Philosophy and History of Science 65
- Evolution and Science Education 23
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- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation 18
- Co-authors
- John Dupré (1 shared paper)Mark E. Steiner (1 shared paper)Wesley C. Salmon (4 shared papers)Kim Sterelny (3 shared papers)Ronald N. Giere (2 shared papers)Richard Levins (1 shared paper)Richard C Lewontin (1 shared paper)P. Kyle Stanford (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- The Journal of Philosophy (16 papers)The Philosophical Review (12 papers)Philosophy of Science (8 papers)Nature (7 papers)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (6 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
Philip Kitcher
239 papers receiving 9.5k citations
Philip Kitcher's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
- History and Philosophy of Science 5.5k
- Theoretical Computer Science 438
- Philosophy 3.2k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.3k
- General Psychology 129
Countries citing papers authored by Philip Kitcher
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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Kitcher
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Philip Kitcher, 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 278 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science, Truth, and Democracy Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 952 |
| 2 | Explanatory Unification Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 661 |
| 3 | Explanatory unification and the causal structure of the world Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 628 |
| 4 | The Advancement of Science Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 623 |
| 5 | Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human Nature Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 591 |
| 6 | The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 479 |
| 7 | 1995 | 478 | |
| 8 | 1990 | 442 | |
| 9 | The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge. Hit paper breakdown → | 1984 | 410 |
| 10 | SCIENCE IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 371 |
| 11 | 1984 | 344 | |
| 12 | 1992 | 324 | |
| 13 | 1984 | 305 | |
| 14 | 1988 | 226 | |
| 15 | 1982 | 225 | |
| 16 | 1991 | 197 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 191 | |
| 18 | 1978 | 175 | |
| 19 | 2006 | 174 | |
| 20 | Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science | 1989 | 172 |
About Philip Kitcher
Philip Kitcher is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 278 papers that have together received 12.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (65 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (24 papers), Evolution and Science Education (23 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (19 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (18 papers), Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (15 papers), Science and Climate Studies (12 papers) and History and Theory of Mathematics (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (5.5k citations), Theoretical Computer Science (438 citations), Philosophy (3.2k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.3k citations) and General Psychology (129 citations). Philip Kitcher has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include John Dupré, Mark E. Steiner, Wesley C. Salmon, Kim Sterelny, Ronald N. Giere, Richard Levins, Richard C Lewontin, P. Kyle Stanford, Ian Hacking and Julian Reiss. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, The Philosophical Review, Philosophy of Science, Nature and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
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