Bernard Williams

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bernard Williams is a scholar working on Philosophy, Archeology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Williams has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Philosophy, 1 paper in Archeology and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Bernard Williams's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper), Historical and Architectural Studies (1 paper) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (1 paper). Bernard Williams is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper), Historical and Architectural Studies (1 paper) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (1 paper). Bernard Williams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Bernard Williams's co-authors include J. J. C. Smart, Gerald Dworkin, Margaret D. Wilson, Harry G. Frankfurt, Daniel Breazeale, Rolf‐Peter Horstmann, Rüdiger Bittner, Raymond Geuss, Alexander Nehamas and Keith Ansell‐Pearson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Williams

9 papers receiving 792 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Utilitarianism: For and Against.

1975 511 citations Gerald Dworkin, J. J. C. Smart et al. The Philosophical Review profile →

Peers

Bernard Williams

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Philip Pettit Australia

Richard Kraut United States

John Cottingham United Kingdom

Terence Irwin United States

Shelly Kagan United States

Ruth Chang Netherlands

Henry Sidgwick United Kingdom

Anthony Quinton United Kingdom

Thomas Hurka Canada

David O. Brink United States

Philip Pettit Australia

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316 ×1.2

CN

185 ×0.9

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235 ×1.2

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356 ×2.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Bernard Williams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Williams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bernard Williams. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bernard Williams. The network helps show where Bernard Williams may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Williams

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Pippin, Robert B., Alexander Nehamas, Raymond Geuss, et al.. (2012). Introductions to Nietzsche. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Williams, Bernard. (2012). Morality. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Williams, Bernard. (2011). Morality, the Peculiar Institution. 211–236. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, Bernard. (1994). The Actus Reus of Dr. Caligari. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 142(5). 1661–1661. 9 indexed citations

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Williams, Bernard. (1993). Pagan Justice and Christian Love. Apeiron. 26(3-4). 2 indexed citations

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Frankfurt, Harry G. & Bernard Williams. (1984). Moral Luck: Philosophical Papers, 1973-1980.. The Journal of Philosophy. 81(6). 333–333. 212 indexed citations

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Wilson, Margaret D. & Bernard Williams. (1979). Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry.. The Journal of Philosophy. 76(8). 431–431. 301 indexed citations

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Dworkin, Gerald, J. J. C. Smart, & Bernard Williams. (1975). Utilitarianism: For and Against.. The Philosophical Review. 84(3). 419–419. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, Bernard. (1962). Aristotle on the Good: A Formal Sketch. The Philosophical Quarterly. 12(49). 289–289. 10 indexed citations

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