Colin Howson

3.1k citations
67 papers · 1.3k indexed · h-index 17
Topics
Philosophy and History of Science (35 papers)Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (19 papers)Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (12 papers)

In The Last Decade

Colin Howson

63 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Colin Howson
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  • History and Philosophy of Science 663
  • Philosophy 401
  • Artificial Intelligence 380
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 173
  • Statistics and Probability 138
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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Howson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Howson

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

All Works

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Objecting to God
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Fitting your theory to the facts: probably not such a bad thing after all
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About Colin Howson

Colin Howson is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Statistics and Probability, having authored 67 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (35 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (19 papers) and Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (663 citations), General Decision Sciences (97 citations) and Philosophy (401 citations). Colin Howson has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Peter Urbach, Giovanni Parmigiani, Allan Franklin, Aa, Arnold Thackray, Graham Oddie and M. C. Sinha. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Geophysical Journal International.

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