Alexander Bird

6.1k total citations
98 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Bird is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Bird has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 37 papers in Philosophy and 33 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Bird's work include Philosophy and History of Science (46 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (32 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (25 papers). Alexander Bird is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (46 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (32 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (25 papers). Alexander Bird collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. Alexander Bird's co-authors include Katherine Hawley, Toby Handfield, Alison Hills, John Bigelow, John Campbell, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Ross P. Cameron, Lucy Allais, Roberto Casati and Louise Antony and has published in prestigious journals such as Preventive Medicine, The Philosophical Review and Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Bird

93 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Bird United Kingdom 27 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 451 267 98 2.6k
Stephen Mumford United Kingdom 23 786 0.6× 729 0.6× 876 0.7× 272 0.6× 187 0.7× 122 2.2k
Michael Devitt United States 26 1.1k 0.8× 882 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 392 0.9× 157 0.6× 106 2.6k
Edward N. Zalta United States 17 1.0k 0.8× 640 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 401 0.9× 408 1.5× 71 3.2k
Jonathan Schaffer United States 34 2.3k 1.7× 1.5k 1.1× 2.3k 1.9× 618 1.4× 288 1.1× 70 3.4k
E. J. Lowe United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.9× 848 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 367 0.8× 117 0.4× 152 2.2k
William Demopoulos Canada 13 656 0.5× 1.8k 1.4× 636 0.5× 247 0.5× 242 0.9× 40 2.7k
David Papineau United Kingdom 25 828 0.6× 966 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 658 1.5× 212 0.8× 123 2.2k
Michaël Friedman United States 30 879 0.7× 1.9k 1.5× 836 0.7× 131 0.3× 195 0.7× 133 3.5k
Igor Douven Netherlands 30 1.1k 0.8× 704 0.5× 755 0.6× 560 1.2× 334 1.3× 158 2.6k
Barry Loewer United States 22 821 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 359 0.8× 96 0.4× 64 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Bird

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Bird

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Bird

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bird, Alexander. (2020). Possibility and the analysis of dispositions. 8(1). 83–96. 1 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2019). The aim of belief and the aim of science. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 34(2). 171–171. 8 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2016). Overpowering: How the Powers Ontology Has Overreached Itself. Mind. 125(498). 341–383. 50 indexed citations
4.
Bird, Alexander. (2015). Scientific Progress. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
5.
Bird, Alexander. (2012). La filosofía de la historia de la ciencia de Thomas Kuhn. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 13(21). 167–185. 1 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2012). The philosophy of history of science of Thomas Kuhn. Repositorio Universidad de Caldas. 13(21). 167–185. 1 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2012). What can cognitive science tell us about scientific revolutions?. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 27(3). 293–321. 6 indexed citations
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Allais, Lucy, Louise Antony, Elizabeth A. Barnes, et al.. (2009). Notes on the. 54 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2007). Nature's metaphysics : laws and properties. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 241 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2007). A Posteriori Knowledge of Natural Kind Essences. Philosophical Topics. 35(1). 293–312. 4 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2007). Nature's Metaphysics. Oxford University Press eBooks. 436 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2007). Inference to the Only Explanation. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 74(2). 424–432. 29 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2006). Looking for laws. Metascience. 15. 441–454. 3 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2004). Kuhn and Twentieth Century Philosophy of Science. Explore Bristol Research. 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2004). Kuhn on Reference and Essence. Philosophia Scientae. 8-1. 39–71. 4 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2004). Antidotes all the way down?. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 19(3). 259–269. 9 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2003). Kuhn, Nominalism, and Empiricism. Philosophy of Science. 70(4). 690–719. 8 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2003). Resemblance Nominalism and counterparts. Analysis. 63(279). 221–228. 4 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (2001). Review: Squaring the Circle: The War Between Hobbes and Wallis. Annals of Science. 58. 431–432. 2 indexed citations
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Bird, Alexander. (1996). Squaring the Circle: Hobbes on Philosophy and Geometry. Journal of the History of Ideas. 57(2). 217–217. 1 indexed citations

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