Alan Nelson

891 total citations
24 papers, 313 citations indexed

About

Alan Nelson is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Nelson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 313 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alan Nelson's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (8 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (8 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 papers). Alan Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (8 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (8 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 papers). Alan Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan Nelson's co-authors include Paul A. Roth and David Cunning and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, The Philosophical Review and Philosophy of Science.

In The Last Decade

Alan Nelson

21 papers receiving 250 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 Nelson United States 10 109 106 92 57 33 24 313
Patrick Gardiner United Kingdom 9 68 0.6× 131 1.2× 84 0.9× 63 1.1× 12 0.4× 25 376
Christopher Adair‐Toteff United States 11 56 0.5× 183 1.7× 110 1.2× 84 1.5× 17 0.5× 67 396
Dominique Lecourt France 9 57 0.5× 123 1.2× 55 0.6× 36 0.6× 16 0.5× 51 342
Ruth Groff United States 9 39 0.4× 135 1.3× 52 0.6× 37 0.6× 18 0.5× 22 265
Stephen Everson United Kingdom 7 24 0.2× 82 0.8× 171 1.9× 88 1.5× 17 0.5× 12 335
Douglas Odegard Canada 5 43 0.4× 88 0.8× 65 0.7× 27 0.5× 15 0.5× 36 260
Charles Baudelaire Brazil 9 26 0.2× 159 1.5× 116 1.3× 34 0.6× 45 1.4× 113 626
Jack Stillinger United States 12 29 0.3× 114 1.1× 73 0.8× 92 1.6× 23 0.7× 43 604
James Smith Allen United States 7 36 0.3× 124 1.2× 31 0.3× 45 0.8× 18 0.5× 25 414
Thomas Y. Levin United States 13 27 0.2× 132 1.2× 55 0.6× 34 0.6× 62 1.9× 28 466

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Nelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Nelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nelson, Alan. (2017). Descartes on the limited usefulness of mathematics. Synthese. 196(9). 3483–3504. 5 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan, et al.. (2013). Conceptual Distinctions and the Concept of Substance in Descartes. ProtoSociology. 30. 192–205. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (2013). The Structure of Cartesian Sensations. Analytic Philosophy. 54(1). 107–116. 2 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan & David Cunning. (1999). Cognition and modality in Descartes. 64. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan, et al.. (1999). Circumventing Cartesian Circles. Noûs. 33(3). 370–404. 12 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan & David Cunning. (1999). Modality and Cognition in Descartes. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1997). Introduction: Descartes's Ontology. Topoi. 16(2). 103–109.
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Nelson, Alan. (1997). Descartes's Ontology of Thought. Topoi. 16(2). 163–178. 22 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1995). Micro-chaos and idealization in cartesian physics. Philosophical Studies. 77(2-3). 377–391. 9 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1994). How could scientific facts be socially constructed?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 25(4). 535–547. 16 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1993). Cartesian Actualism in the Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 23(4). 675–694. 9 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan & Paul A. Roth. (1992). Meaning and Method in the Social Sciences: A Case for Methodological Pluralism.. The Philosophical Review. 101(3). 679–679. 13 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1990). Social Science and the Mental. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 15. 194–209. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1990). Are economic kinds natural. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 9 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1987). Meditations on First Philosophy with Selections from the Objections and Replies. Teaching Philosophy. 10(4). 353–355. 26 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1986). Explanation and Justification in Political Philosophy. Ethics. 97(1). 154–176. 7 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1986). New Individualistic Foundations for Economics. Noûs. 20(4). 469–469. 8 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1985). PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. Pacific philosophical quarterly. 66(3-4). 268–282. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1985). Psychological equivalence: Awareness and response-ability in our nuclear age.. American Psychologist. 40(5). 549–556. 16 indexed citations
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Nelson, Alan. (1984). Prayer for Peace. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 24(3). 93–116. 11 indexed citations

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