Christopher W. Gowans

507 total citations
36 papers, 220 citations indexed

About

Christopher W. Gowans is a scholar working on Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher W. Gowans has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 220 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Philosophy, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Christopher W. Gowans's work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 papers). Christopher W. Gowans is often cited by papers focused on Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers), Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 papers) and Political Philosophy and Ethics (3 papers). Christopher W. Gowans collaborates with scholars based in United States. Christopher W. Gowans's co-authors include Judith Wagner DeCew, Robert E. Goodin, Claudia Card, Margaret Urban Walker, James D. Wallace, Walter Sinnott‐Armstrong, Peter A. French, Patricia Greenspan, Larry May and Marion Smiley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Noûs.

In The Last Decade

Christopher W. Gowans

31 papers receiving 176 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher W. Gowans United States 8 116 60 58 50 34 36 220
Terrance McConnell United States 10 61 0.5× 61 1.0× 33 0.6× 39 0.8× 35 1.0× 31 206
Francis J. Beckwith United States 9 90 0.8× 27 0.5× 67 1.2× 61 1.2× 41 1.2× 69 261
Bruce R. Reichenbach United States 9 141 1.2× 39 0.7× 47 0.8× 21 0.4× 17 0.5× 45 255
Leo Tolstoy United States 9 92 0.8× 21 0.3× 92 1.6× 41 0.8× 10 0.3× 88 275
Lara Denis United States 11 204 1.8× 79 1.3× 37 0.6× 90 1.8× 18 0.5× 25 306
Andrea C. Westlund United States 6 77 0.7× 44 0.7× 94 1.6× 71 1.4× 51 1.5× 13 248
Mary Gregor United Kingdom 9 116 1.0× 57 0.9× 28 0.5× 58 1.2× 24 0.7× 14 240
Timothy Chappell United Kingdom 12 185 1.6× 115 1.9× 57 1.0× 50 1.0× 62 1.8× 48 329
S. E. Marshall United Kingdom 8 51 0.4× 52 0.9× 139 2.4× 65 1.3× 20 0.6× 31 280
C. Stephen Evans United States 12 280 2.4× 34 0.6× 94 1.6× 33 0.7× 20 0.6× 67 405

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2021). Self-Cultivation Philosophies in Ancient India, Greece, and China. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2017). Buddhist Moral Thought and Western Moral Philosophy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2013). Moral Disagreements. 2 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2010). Moral Virtue and the Epistemology of Disagreement. Philosophical Topics. 38(2). 39–57. 1 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2010). An Introduction to Kant’s Moral Philosophy. International Philosophical Quarterly. 50(4). 513–518. 2 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2010). The Constitution of Agency. International Philosophical Quarterly. 50(1). 117–129. 1 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2009). An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy. International Philosophical Quarterly. 49(1). 124–126. 5 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2007). VIRTUE AND NATURE. Social Philosophy and Policy. 25(1). 28–55. 3 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2004). Philosophy of the Buddha. 16 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (2001). Kant’s Impure Ethics. International Philosophical Quarterly. 41(3). 363–369. 31 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1999). Chang, R.(ed.)-Incommensurability Incomparability, and Practical Reason. Philosophical Books. 40. 11 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1999). Ethics and Practical Reason. International Philosophical Quarterly. 39(1). 109–110.
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1996). Intimacy, Freedom, and Unique Value: A "Kantian" Account of the Irreplaceable and Incomparable Value of Persons. American Philosophical Quarterly. 33(1). 75–89. 3 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1994). Wittgenstein, Ethics and Aesthetics. International Philosophical Quarterly. 34(1). 128–129.
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1989). Moral Dilemmas and Prescriptivism. American Philosophical Quarterly. 26(3). 1 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1989). Two Concepts of the Given in C. I. Lewis: Realism and Foundationalism. Journal of the history of philosophy. 27(4). 573–590. 10 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1985). . Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. 59. 308–318. 1 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1984). C. I. Lewis's Critique of Foundationalism in Mind and the World-Order. Transactions of The Charles S Peirce Society. 20(3). 2 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1982). Friendship, Altruism, and Morality. International Philosophical Quarterly. 22(1). 101–104. 7 indexed citations
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Gowans, Christopher W.. (1982). Reality at Risk. International Philosophical Quarterly. 22(1). 98–101. 1 indexed citations

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