William Bechtel
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.01%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
- Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Neural dynamics and brain function
Papers in
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- Philosophy and History of Science 55
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- Embodied and Extended Cognition 17
- Neural dynamics and brain function 17
- Co-authors
- Adele Abrahamsen (21 shared papers)Robert C. Richardson (2 shared papers)Jennifer Mundale (4 shared papers)Carl F. Craver (2 shared papers)Arnon Levy (2 shared papers)Leonardo Bich (10 shared papers)Robert N. McCauley (2 shared papers)Werner Callebaut (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Philosophy of Science (17 papers)Synthese (7 papers)Biology & Philosophy (6 papers)Cognitive Science (6 papers)Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSpainUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
William Bechtel
142 papers receiving 4.3k citations
William Bechtel's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
- History and Philosophy of Science 2.0k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 1.7k
- General Psychology 89
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 718
- Philosophy 407
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 151 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Explanation: a mechanist alternative Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 637 |
| 2 | Mental Mechanisms: Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience | 2007 | 304 |
| 3 | 2010 | 271 | |
| 4 | 2006 | 248 | |
| 5 | 1999 | 207 | |
| 6 | 1999 | 199 | |
| 7 | Connectionism and the Mind | 1991 | 181 |
| 8 | 2013 | 148 | |
| 9 | 2010 | 139 | |
| 10 | 1998 | 123 | |
| 11 | 2011 | 120 | |
| 12 | Connectionism and the Mind: Parallel Processing, Dynamics, and Evolution in Networks | 2002 | 97 |
| 13 | 2001 | 93 | |
| 14 | Taking the naturalistic turn, or, How real philosophy of science is done | 1993 | 88 |
| 15 | 2009 | 83 | |
| 16 | 1992 | 82 | |
| 17 | 1994 | 72 | |
| 18 | 1989 | 63 | |
| 19 | Philosophy and the Neurosciences: A Reader | 1994 | 62 |
| 20 | 2015 | 59 |
About William Bechtel
William Bechtel is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 151 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (55 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (21 papers), Embodied and Extended Cognition (17 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (14 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (12 papers), Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (11 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (2.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.7k citations), General Psychology (89 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (718 citations) and Philosophy (407 citations). William Bechtel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Adele Abrahamsen, Robert C. Richardson, Jennifer Mundale, Carl F. Craver, Arnon Levy, Leonardo Bich, Robert N. McCauley, Werner Callebaut, Oron Shagrir and Adele A. Abrahamson. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Biology & Philosophy, Cognitive Science and Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A.
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