A. N. Prior

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

A. N. Prior is a scholar working on Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. N. Prior has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Philosophy, 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in A. N. Prior's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (12 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (12 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Logic (12 papers). A. N. Prior is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (12 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (12 papers) and Advanced Algebra and Logic (12 papers). A. N. Prior collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. A. N. Prior's co-authors include Anthony Kenny, P. T. Geach, William Kneale, Dennis Raphael, Robert Feys, Hilary Putnam, John Bigelow, Craig Bourne, Dean W. Zimmerman and Simon Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

A. N. Prior

84 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Past, Present and Future

1967 479 citations A. N. Prior Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
Time and modality

1957 339 citations A. N. Prior profile →

Peers

A. N. Prior

ECP

AI

PHILO

CTM

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Michael Dummett United Kingdom

P. T. Geach United Kingdom

Nuel Belnap United States

George Boolos United States

Yehoshua Bar‐Hillel Israel

M. J. Cresswell New Zealand

Peter Simons United Kingdom

Gottlob Frege Australia

John P. Burgess United States

Richmond H. Thomason United States

Michael Dummett United Kingdom

A. N. Prior

1.4k ×1.4

ECP

822 ×0.8

AI

1.2k ×1.3

PHILO

584 ×1.0

CTM

787 ×1.7

HPS

Citations per year, relative to A. N. Prior A. N. Prior (= 1×) peers Michael Dummett

Countries citing papers authored by A. N. Prior

Since Specialization

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. N. Prior

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. N. Prior

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. N. Prior. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. N. Prior based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. N. Prior. A. N. Prior is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Prior, A. N.. (1979). Time and modality : being the John Locke lectures for 1955-6 delivered in the University of Oxford. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1976). Papers in logic and ethics. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 38 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1970). Logical laws and truth-valueless sentences. Philosophical Studies. 21(6). 95–95.

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Prior, A. N.. (1969). Recent Advances in Tense Logic. The Monist. 53(3). 325–339. 1 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1968). Elements of Mathematical Logic. The Journal of Philosophy. 65(5). 152–153. 20 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N., et al.. (1968). Sophisms on Meaning and Truth.. The Philosophical Review. 77(4). 516–516. 27 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1967). Keith Lehrer and Richard Taylor. Time, truth and modalities. Mind, n.s. vol. 74 (1965), pp. 390–398.. Journal of Symbolic Logic. 32(3). 401–402.

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Prior, A. N.. (1964). Conjunction and Contonktion Revisited. Analysis. 24(6). 191–191. 4 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1964). Axiomatisations of the modal calculus $Q$.. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 5(3). 3 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1963). Rejoinder to Professor Lachs on Omniscience. Philosophy. 38(146). 365–365. 1 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1962). Some problems of self-reference in John Buridan. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1962). Quantification and Ł -modality.. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 3(3). 1 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1959). Thank Goodness that's Over. Philosophy. 34(128). 12–17. 148 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1958). De Puritate Artis Logicae Tractatus Longior. New Scholasticism. 32(1). 127–130. 2 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1958). The Syntax of Time-Distinctions. Franciscan studies. 18(2). 105–120. 15 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1957). IX.—CRITICAL NOTICE. Mind. LXVI(263). 401–410. 1 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1956). Modality and quantification in S5. Journal of Symbolic Logic. 21(1). 60–62. 47 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1955). Is Necessary Existence Possible?. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 15(4). 545–545. 4 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1953). On Some Consequentiae in Walter Burleigh. New Scholasticism. 27(4). 433–446. 2 indexed citations

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Prior, A. N.. (1951). The ethical copula. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 29(3). 137–154. 5 indexed citations

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