Bernard Williams

29.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
121 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Bernard Williams is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Williams has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Philosophy, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bernard Williams's work include Political Philosophy and Ethics (12 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (9 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 papers). Bernard Williams is often cited by papers focused on Political Philosophy and Ethics (12 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (9 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 papers). Bernard Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Bernard Williams's co-authors include J. J. C. Smart, Thomas Nagel, Maurice Meilleur, René Descartes, Isaiah Berlín, Michael Hooker, Amartya Sen, John Muellbauer, Geoffrey Hawthorn and Ravi Kanbur and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, BioEssays and Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Williams

105 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Ethics and the Limits of ... 1973 2026 1990 2008 2006 1981 2002 1973 1973 250 500 750 1000

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bernard Williams 3.2k 1.7k 1.6k 1.6k 724 121 6.8k
Harry G. Frankfurt 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 2.7k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 622 0.9× 55 6.3k
Aristotle  2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 807 0.5× 824 0.5× 826 1.1× 325 7.3k
Immanuel Kant 5.3k 1.6× 2.9k 1.8× 1.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.7× 835 1.2× 338 12.3k
Philip Pettit 2.6k 0.8× 3.1k 1.9× 1.6k 1.0× 3.9k 2.5× 359 0.5× 256 9.2k
Robert Nozick 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 895 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 301 0.4× 32 4.9k
Onora O’Neill 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 939 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 198 0.3× 116 5.9k
Alasdair MacIntyre 2.0k 0.6× 3.2k 1.9× 612 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 717 1.0× 184 9.2k
Derek Parfit 2.6k 0.8× 876 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 439 0.6× 43 5.6k
J. L. Mackie 2.1k 0.6× 871 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 600 0.4× 383 0.5× 65 4.7k
Miranda Fricker 1.9k 0.6× 3.4k 2.1× 714 0.4× 1.8k 1.1× 575 0.8× 43 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Williams

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Williams

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Bernard. (2021). Ethics, a matter of style? Introduction to the French edition. 9(2). 269–284. 4 indexed citations
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Farr, Gareth, et al.. (2015). Shallow groundwater temperatures and the urban heat island effect: the first U.K. city-wide geothermal map to support development of ground source heating systems strategy. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 3488. 3 indexed citations
3.
Williams, Bernard. (2014). Essays and Reviews. Princeton University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
4.
Williams, Bernard & Joachim Schulte. (2013). Wahrheit und Wahrhaftigkeit. Suhrkamp eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard. (2010). Truth and Truthfulness. Princeton University Press eBooks. 61 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard. (2006). Vérité et véracité : essai de généalogie. Gallimard eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard. (2006). Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline. Princeton University Press eBooks. 144 indexed citations
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Brett, Peter, et al.. (2002). GCSE citizenship studies. 1 indexed citations
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Allen, Anita L., Bernard R. Boxill, Joshua Cohen, et al.. (1998). Subjugation and Bondage: Critical Essays on Slavery and Social Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 12 indexed citations
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Kraut, Richard, Julia Annas, John M. Cooper, et al.. (1997). Plato's Republic: Critical Essays. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Descartes, René & Bernard Williams. (1996). Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 150 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard, et al.. (1994). La fortune morale. Revue de métaphysique et de morale. 99(2). 181–203.
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Williams, Bernard. (1990). L'éthique et les limites de la philosophie. Gallimard eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Sen, Amartya, John Muellbauer, Ravi Kanbur, et al.. (1989). The Standard of living : the Tanner lectures, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1985. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard. (1988). Descartes : das Vorhaben der reinen philosophischen Untersuchung. Athenäum eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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MacIntyre, Alasdair, Anthony Quinton, Bernard Williams, & Graham Haydon. (1987). Education and values : the Richard Peters lectures, delivered at the Institute of Education, University of London, spring term, 1985. 27 indexed citations
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Sen, Amartya & Bernard Williams. (1983). Utilitarianism and beyond. Philosophy. 58(225). 6 indexed citations
18.
Williams, Bernard. (1983). Moral Luck. Philosophical Papers 1973-1980. The Philosophical Quarterly. 33(132). 11 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard, et al.. (1979). Report of the Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship. 21 indexed citations
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Williams, Bernard & Alan Montefiore. (1971). British analytical philosophy. Philosophy. 43(164). 20 indexed citations

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