Benjamin Kiesewetter

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 412 citations indexed

About

Benjamin Kiesewetter is a scholar working on Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Kiesewetter has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Kiesewetter's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (13 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (11 papers) and Free Will and Agency (9 papers). Benjamin Kiesewetter is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (13 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (11 papers) and Free Will and Agency (9 papers). Benjamin Kiesewetter collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Benjamin Kiesewetter's co-authors include and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Kiesewetter

16 papers receiving 362 citations

Hit Papers

The Normativity of Rationality 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150
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  1. The Normativity of Rationality
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Kiesewetter Germany 9 370 242 127 50 32 20 412
Errol Lord United States 12 356 1.0× 260 1.1× 118 0.9× 37 0.7× 38 1.2× 29 406
Patrick Todd United Kingdom 12 286 0.8× 232 1.0× 107 0.8× 47 0.9× 50 1.6× 31 379
Alex Worsnip United States 11 355 1.0× 192 0.8× 122 1.0× 109 2.2× 77 2.4× 32 410
Pekka Väyrynen United Kingdom 10 192 0.5× 125 0.5× 77 0.6× 35 0.7× 31 1.0× 22 259
Sergio Tenenbaum Canada 10 266 0.7× 192 0.8× 69 0.5× 44 0.9× 21 0.7× 30 337
Berislav Marušić United States 9 244 0.7× 131 0.5× 68 0.5× 39 0.8× 49 1.5× 18 282
Kurt Sylvan United Kingdom 9 240 0.6× 146 0.6× 101 0.8× 27 0.5× 45 1.4× 19 261
E. J. Coffman United States 9 243 0.7× 173 0.7× 120 0.9× 23 0.5× 46 1.4× 26 277
Elizabeth Jackson Canada 9 213 0.6× 104 0.4× 65 0.5× 33 0.7× 34 1.1× 21 241
Susanna Rinard United States 7 230 0.6× 100 0.4× 86 0.7× 50 1.0× 39 1.2× 12 263

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All Works

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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2025). What We May Expect of Each Other. Ethics. 136(2). 297–328.
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2024). Epistemic normativity without epistemic teleology. Philosophical Issues. 34(1). 349–370.
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2023). Fitting Things Together. Coherence and the Demands of Structural Rationality, by Alex Worsnip. Mind. 133(532). 1229–1238. 2 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2022). Klimaaktivismus als ziviler Ungehorsam. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 77–114.
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2021). Are epistemic reasons normative?. Noûs. 56(3). 670–695. 14 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Practical conflicts as a problem for epistemic reductionism about practical reasons. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 105(3). 677–686. 1 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2020). Rationality as Reasons-Responsiveness. Australasian Philosophical Review. 4(4). 332–342. 6 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). How Do Reasons Transmit to Non-Necessary Means?. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 99(2). 271–285. 7 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2018). What Kind of Perspectivism?. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 15(4). 415–443. 5 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2018). CAN THE LOTTERY PARADOX BE SOLVED BY IDENTIFYING EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION WITH EPISTEMIC PERMISSIBILITY?. Episteme. 16(3). 241–261. 2 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Is there a liberal principle of instrumental transmission. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 1 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2018). Contrary-to-Duty Scenarios, Deontic Dilemmas, and Transmission Principles. Ethics. 129(1). 98–115. 14 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2018). How Reasons Are Sensitive to Available Evidence. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2017). The Normativity of Rationality. Oxford University Press eBooks. 177 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). The right and the wrong kind of reasons. Philosophy Compass. 12(5). 55 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2017). "Ought" and the Perspective of the Agent. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy. 5(3). 1–25. 39 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2016). You ought to ϕ only if you may believe that you ought to ϕ. The Philosophical Quarterly. 66(265). 760–782. 29 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2015). Instrumental Normativity: In Defense of the Transmission Principle. Ethics. 125(4). 921–946. 39 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2012). A dilemma for Parfit's conception of normativity. Analysis. 72(3). 466–474. 8 indexed citations
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Kiesewetter, Benjamin. (2009). Dürfen wir Kindern das Wahlrecht vorenthalten?. 95(2). 252–273. 3 indexed citations

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