Alan Donagan

3.0k total citations
54 papers, 989 citations indexed

About

Alan Donagan is a scholar working on History, Philosophy and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Donagan has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 989 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in History, 8 papers in Philosophy and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alan Donagan's work include Philosophy, History, and Historiography (8 papers), Ethics in medical practice (4 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 papers). Alan Donagan is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy, History, and Historiography (8 papers), Ethics in medical practice (4 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (3 papers). Alan Donagan collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Alan Donagan's co-authors include Arthur C. Danto, Antony Flew, Alasdair MacIntyre, P. T. Geach, Michael V. Wedin, Brian O’Shaughnessy, Bruce Aune, Jonathan Bennett, Don Garrett and Pierre‐François Moreau and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan Donagan

50 papers receiving 734 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Donagan United States 14 470 223 181 139 132 54 989
Maurice Mandelbaum United States 15 257 0.5× 341 1.5× 103 0.6× 124 0.9× 135 1.0× 58 924
Richard Sorabji United Kingdom 19 703 1.5× 113 0.5× 146 0.8× 75 0.5× 156 1.2× 65 1.2k
Terence Irwin United States 21 1.1k 2.4× 150 0.7× 155 0.9× 133 1.0× 135 1.0× 83 1.5k
Peter Heath United States 17 293 0.6× 132 0.6× 79 0.4× 92 0.7× 139 1.1× 74 848
Bernard Williams Australia 7 550 1.2× 196 0.9× 272 1.5× 199 1.4× 128 1.0× 9 1.1k
Gregory Vlastos United States 19 953 2.0× 141 0.6× 59 0.3× 61 0.4× 156 1.2× 76 1.4k
Max Scheler United States 15 297 0.6× 274 1.2× 116 0.6× 72 0.5× 40 0.3× 66 912
Alexander Nehamas United States 18 927 2.0× 273 1.2× 88 0.5× 103 0.7× 81 0.6× 67 1.5k
Aquinas Thomas Germany 18 520 1.1× 185 0.8× 57 0.3× 93 0.7× 107 0.8× 140 925
David Norton Canada 13 365 0.8× 158 0.7× 66 0.4× 187 1.3× 92 0.7× 53 716

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Donagan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Donagan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan Donagan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan Donagan 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 Alan Donagan. Alan Donagan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Donagan, Alan. (1999). Reflections on Philosophy and Religion. 1 indexed citations
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Garrett, Don, Don Garrett, Wim Klever, et al.. (1995). The Cambridge Companion to Spinoza. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 113 indexed citations
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Arras, John D., Thomas J. Bole, Joseph Boyle, et al.. (1991). The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. 16. 31 indexed citations
4.
Donagan, Alan & William H. Dray. (1991). On History and Philosophers of History.. History and Theory. 30(1). 90–90. 7 indexed citations
5.
Montmarquet, James A. & Alan Donagan. (1991). Choice: The Essential Element in Human Action.. Noûs. 25(1). 135–135. 2 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1985). Comments on Dan Brock and Terrence Reynolds. Ethics. 95(4). 874–886. 2 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1984). The Right not to Incriminate Oneself. Social Philosophy and Policy. 1(2). 137–148. 1 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1982). Moral Rationalism and Variable Social Institutions. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 7. 3–10. 2 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1981). Morality, Property and Slavery. KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas). 2 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Adina & Alan Donagan. (1978). The Theory of Morality.. The Philosophical Review. 87(4). 649–649. 8 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1969). Alternative Historical Explanations and Their Verification. The Monist. 53(1). 58–89. 2 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan & Arthur C. Danto. (1967). Analytical Philosophy of History.. History and Theory. 6(3). 430–430. 108 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan & Barbara Donagan. (1965). Philosophy of history. Macmillan eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Walsh, W. H. & Alan Donagan. (1965). The Later Philosophy of R. G. Collingwood.. The Philosophical Review. 74(1). 119–119. 13 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1964). Historical Explanation: The Popper-Hempel Theory Reconsidered. History and Theory. 4(1). 3–3. 14 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1963). Universals and Metaphysical Realism. The Monist. 47(2). 211–246. 9 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1958). The Croce-Collingwood theory of art. Philosophy. 33(125). 2 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1957). I.—EXPLANATION IN HISTORY. Mind. LXVI(262). 145–164. 9 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan, Antony Flew, & Alasdair MacIntyre. (1957). New Essays in Philosophical Theology.. The Philosophical Review. 66(3). 409–409. 116 indexed citations
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Donagan, Alan. (1952). Recent Criticisms of Russell's Analysis of Existence. Analysis. 12(6). 132–137. 1 indexed citations

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