C. Kenneth Waters

1.8k total citations
28 papers, 898 citations indexed

About

C. Kenneth Waters is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Kenneth Waters has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 898 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in C. Kenneth Waters's work include Philosophy and History of Science (17 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (4 papers). C. Kenneth Waters is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (17 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (4 papers). C. Kenneth Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. C. Kenneth Waters's co-authors include Stephen H. Kellert, Helen E. Longino, Philip Kitcher, Kim Sterelny, Albert Van Helden, Phillip R. Sloan, Jim Endersby, Geoffrey Gorham, Jonathan Hodge and Jean Gayon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Philosophy of Science.

In The Last Decade

C. Kenneth Waters

28 papers receiving 785 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Kenneth Waters United States	15	548	253	209	185	80	28	898
Alex Rosenberg United States	17	367 0.7×	223 0.9×	100 0.5×	138 0.7×	72 0.9×	57	725
Philippe Huneman France	17	378 0.7×	206 0.8×	169 0.8×	140 0.8×	72 0.9×	84	876
Stuart Glennan United States	12	736 1.3×	177 0.7×	287 1.4×	68 0.4×	101 1.3×	27	1.2k
William C. Wimsatt United States	15	584 1.1×	378 1.5×	216 1.0×	157 0.8×	110 1.4×	33	1.4k
Sandra D. Mitchell United States	19	570 1.0×	376 1.5×	206 1.0×	283 1.5×	135 1.7×	37	1.5k
Ingo Brigandt Canada	13	285 0.5×	116 0.5×	190 0.9×	91 0.5×	58 0.7×	46	638
Tim Lewens United Kingdom	15	448 0.8×	434 1.7×	88 0.4×	262 1.4×	84 1.1×	61	932
André Ariew United States	13	666 1.2×	531 2.1×	108 0.5×	439 2.4×	93 1.2×	22	1.0k
John Beatty United States	19	757 1.4×	595 2.4×	130 0.6×	409 2.2×	109 1.4×	36	1.6k
David Depew United States	14	210 0.4×	272 1.1×	78 0.4×	136 0.7×	91 1.1×	59	893

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2019). Presidential Address, PSA 2016: An Epistemology of Scientific Practice. Philosophy of Science. 86(4). 585–611. 11 indexed citations

Waters, C. Kenneth. (2018). Ask Not “What Is an Individual?”. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

Gorham, Geoffrey, et al.. (2016). The Language of Nature: Reassessing the Mathematization of Natural Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

Waters, C. Kenneth. (2008). How Practical Know-How Contextualizes Theoretical Knowledge: Exporting Causal Knowledge from Laboratory to Nature. Philosophy of Science. 75(5). 707–719. 11 indexed citations

Waters, C. Kenneth. (2007). Causes That Make a Difference. The Journal of Philosophy. 104(11). 551–579. 189 indexed citations

Waters, C. Kenneth. (2007). The nature and context of exploratory experimentation: an introduction to three case studies of exploratory research.. PubMed. 29(3). 275–84. 58 indexed citations

Kellert, Stephen H., Helen E. Longino, & C. Kenneth Waters. (2006). Scientific Pluralism. Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Vol. 19. The Pluralist. 3(1). 25 indexed citations

Kellert, Stephen H., Helen E. Longino, & C. Kenneth Waters. (2006). Scientific Pluralism Vol. 19. 3 indexed citations

Kellert, Stephen H., Helen E. Longino, & C. Kenneth Waters. (2006). Introduction: The Pluralist Stance. 46 indexed citations

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Kellert, Stephen H., Helen E. Longino, & C. Kenneth Waters. (2006). Theoretical Pluralism and the Scientific Study of Behavior. 37 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2005). Why Genic and Multilevel Selection Theories Are Here to Stay*. Philosophy of Science. 72(2). 311–333. 28 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2004). What Concept Analysis in Philosophy of Science Should Be. History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 26(1). 1 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2004). What was classical genetics?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 35(4). 783–809. 45 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2004). What concept analysis in philosophy of science should be (and why competing philosophical analyses of gene concepts cannot be tested by polling scientists). History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 26(1). 29–58. 12 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (2000). Molecules Made Biological. Revue internationale de philosophie. 54. 27 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth & Albert Van Helden. (1992). Julian Huxley, biologist and statesman of science : proceedings of a conference held at Rice University, 25-27 September 1987. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (1991). Tempered Realism about the Force of Selection. Philosophy of Science. 58(4). 553–573. 70 indexed citations

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Kitcher, Philip, Kim Sterelny, & C. Kenneth Waters. (1990). The Illusory Riches of Sober's Monism. The Journal of Philosophy. 87(3). 158–158. 47 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (1987). Relevance Logic Brings Hope to Hypothetico-Deductivism. Philosophy of Science. 54(3). 453–464. 10 indexed citations

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Waters, C. Kenneth. (1986). Natural selection without survival of the fittest. Biology & Philosophy. 1(2). 207–225. 21 indexed citations

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