Bill Brewer

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 992 citations indexed

About

Bill Brewer is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Brewer has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 17 papers in Philosophy and 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Bill Brewer's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (23 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (15 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 papers). Bill Brewer is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (23 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (15 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 papers). Bill Brewer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Serbia. Bill Brewer's co-authors include Naomi Eilan, Rosaleen A. McCarthy, Tim Crane, Min Hwang, Wayne Wu, Adam Pautz, Susan Hurley, Anthony Steed and David R. Cave and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

In The Last Decade

Bill Brewer

34 papers receiving 863 citations

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Perception and its Objects

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bill Brewer United Kingdom	13	687	490	436	262	119	36	992
Fiona Macpherson United Kingdom	15	370 0.5×	521 1.1×	149 0.3×	85 0.3×	135 1.1×	30	763
Jérôme Dokic France	14	199 0.3×	305 0.6×	129 0.3×	36 0.1×	191 1.6×	56	553
Josefa Toribio Spain	8	110 0.2×	282 0.6×	78 0.2×	74 0.3×	138 1.2×	36	406
Sam S. Rakover Israel	12	274 0.4×	609 1.2×	87 0.2×	65 0.2×	176 1.5×	49	908
Markus Werning Germany	13	204 0.3×	429 0.9×	81 0.2×	28 0.1×	171 1.4×	48	726
Jean-Michel Roy France	7	158 0.2×	222 0.5×	123 0.3×	55 0.2×	137 1.2×	18	497
Richard Brown United States	11	193 0.3×	546 1.1×	65 0.1×	29 0.1×	155 1.3×	39	828
Daniel Holender Belgium	13	530 0.8×	1.2k 2.4×	54 0.1×	36 0.1×	254 2.1×	29	1.5k
Wayne Wu United States	14	170 0.2×	487 1.0×	153 0.4×	27 0.1×	141 1.2×	26	605
Read Montague United States	9	161 0.2×	427 0.9×	65 0.1×	24 0.1×	108 0.9×	17	625

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Brewer

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Brewer, Bill. (2020). Perception of continued existence unperceived. Philosophical Issues. 30(1). 24–38. 2 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2018). Objects and the Explanation of Perception. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2018). Perceptual Experience and Empirical Reason. Analytic Philosophy. 59(1). 1–18. 16 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2018). Susanna Siegel: The Rationality of Perception. The Journal of Philosophy. 115(2). 106–110. 1 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill, et al.. (2018). Discussion of Bill Brewer's “Perceptual Experience and Empirical Reason”. Analytic Philosophy. 59(1). 19–32. 6 indexed citations

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Hwang, Min & Bill Brewer. (2010). Using State Estimation for parameter and model error identification. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill, et al.. (2010). Implementation of OPF as a supportive system voltage control tool in real-time for British Columbia transmission network. 1–8. 2 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2006). Perception and Content. European Journal of Philosophy. 14(2). 165–181. 132 indexed citations

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Hurley, Susan & Bill Brewer. (2001). Overintellectualizing the Mind. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 63(2). 423–423. 1 indexed citations

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Eilan, Naomi & Bill Brewer. (2001). Consciousness, Acquaintance and Demonstrative Thought. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 63(2). 433–433. 2 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2001). Perception and Reason. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 63(2). 449–449. 162 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2001). Replies. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 63(2). 449–464. 3 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2000). Externalism and a priori knowledge of empirical facts. Oxford University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (2000). Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. 15 indexed citations

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Eilan, Naomi, Rosaleen A. McCarthy, & Bill Brewer. (1999). Spatial Representation: Problems in Philosophy and Psychology. Oxford University Press eBooks. 159 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (1998). Levels of Explanation and the Individuation of Events: a difficulty for the token identity theory. Acta Analytica. 13(20). 7–24.

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Brewer, Bill. (1995). Mental causation : compulsion by reason. Research Portal (King's College London). 69. 9 indexed citations

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Crane, Tim & Bill Brewer. (1995). Mental Causation. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 69(1). 211–254. 39 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (1992). Self-Location and Agency. Mind. 101(401). 17–34. 35 indexed citations

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Brewer, Bill. (1992). Unilateral Neglect and the Objectivity of Spatial Representation. Mind & Language. 7(3). 222–239. 8 indexed citations

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