Colin Radford

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 419 citations indexed

About

Colin Radford is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Radford has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 419 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Philosophy, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Colin Radford's work include Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers). Colin Radford is often cited by papers focused on Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers). Colin Radford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Colin Radford's co-authors include Michael Weston and William Charlton and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Philosophical Quarterly and Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.

In The Last Decade

Colin Radford

39 papers receiving 322 citations

Hit Papers

How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina? 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 50 100 150
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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.

  1. How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Radford United Kingdom 7 240 168 131 103 69 49 419
Aaron Smuts United States 11 188 0.8× 176 1.0× 40 0.3× 130 1.3× 80 1.2× 40 399
Cyril Barrett United Kingdom 7 165 0.7× 48 0.3× 88 0.7× 33 0.3× 45 0.7× 23 343
Jenefer Robinson United States 11 95 0.4× 290 1.7× 112 0.9× 184 1.8× 41 0.6× 44 501
Harrison Hall United States 3 156 0.7× 60 0.4× 137 1.0× 59 0.6× 65 0.9× 11 375
Eduard Marbach Switzerland 9 179 0.7× 57 0.3× 181 1.4× 57 0.6× 31 0.4× 24 318
Rudolf Bernet Belgium 11 297 1.2× 60 0.4× 273 2.1× 50 0.5× 55 0.8× 76 491
G. H. von Wright United Kingdom 5 260 1.1× 90 0.5× 186 1.4× 80 0.8× 50 0.7× 11 516
Maximilian A. E. Aue United Kingdom 3 217 0.9× 89 0.5× 161 1.2× 79 0.8× 45 0.7× 5 444
Heikki Nyman United Kingdom 4 223 0.9× 89 0.5× 164 1.3× 80 0.8× 47 0.7× 10 458
John Hyman United Kingdom 13 416 1.7× 303 1.8× 306 2.3× 59 0.6× 62 0.9× 47 660

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Radford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Radford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Radford

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Radford, Colin, et al.. (2001). Paradoxes of Emotion and Fiction. The Philosophical Review. 110(4). 617–617. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (2001). Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language. International Philosophical Quarterly. 41(4). 495–496.
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Radford, Colin. (2000). Neuroscience and Anna; a Reply to Glenn Hartz. Philosophy. 75(3). 437–440. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1995). Book Reviews. Mind. 104(413). 154–162.
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Radford, Colin. (1995). Maccoll, Russell, The Existential Import of Propositions, and the Null- Class. The Philosophical Quarterly. 45(180). 316–316. 2 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1991). How Can Music Be Moral?. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 16. 421–438.
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Radford, Colin. (1990). The Incoherence and Irrationality of Philosophers. Philosophy. 65(253). 349–354. 6 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin, et al.. (1989). Morality and humour. 3(2). 132–136.
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Radford, Colin. (1989). Driving to California. Philosophical Investigations. 12(4). 281–292. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1988). Utilitarianism and the Noble Art. Philosophy. 63(243). 63–81. 10 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1983). Report on Analysis 'problem' no. 19. Analysis. 43(3). 113–115. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1981). LIFE, FLESH, AND ANIMATE BEHAVIOR: A REAPPRAISAL OF THE ARGUMENT FROM ANALOGY. Philosophical Investigations. 4(4). 56–64. 3 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1979). IT STICKS IN MY THROAT. Philosophical Investigations. 2(2). 67–68. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1978). “IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE”. Philosophical Investigations. 1(2). 70–79. 2 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin, et al.. (1976). The Complexity of Criticism: Its Logic and Rhetoric. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 34(4). 411–411. 2 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1972). On sticking to what I don't believe to be the case. Analysis. 32(5). 170–173. 2 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1971). Characterizing-judgments and their causal counterparts. Analysis. 31(3). 65–75. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1970). Does unwitting knowledge entail unconscious belief?. Analysis. 30(3). 103–107. 6 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1967). Knowing but Not Believing. Analysis. 27(4). 139–139. 1 indexed citations
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Radford, Colin. (1965). Incompatibilities of Colours. The Philosophical Quarterly. 15(60). 207–207. 2 indexed citations

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