Cynthia Macdonald

1.9k total citations
41 papers, 979 citations indexed

About

Cynthia Macdonald is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia Macdonald has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 979 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 15 papers in Philosophy and 6 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Cynthia Macdonald's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (8 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 papers). Cynthia Macdonald is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (8 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 papers). Cynthia Macdonald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand. Cynthia Macdonald's co-authors include Graham Macdonald, Barry C. Smith, Crispin Wright, Stephen Laurence, Christine Jonas‐Simpson, F. Beryl Pilkington, Graham Macdonald, William Fish, Marc Slors and Jonathan Wolff and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia Macdonald

35 papers receiving 852 citations

Peers

Cynthia Macdonald
Peter Menzies Australia
L. A. Paul United States
Tim Crane United Kingdom
Daniel Stoljar Australia
Galen Strawson United Kingdom
Michael Tooley United States
Georges Rey United States
Berit Brogaard United States
Kristie Miller Australia
Robert Pargetter Australia
Peter Menzies Australia
Cynthia Macdonald
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cynthia Macdonald

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All Works

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Macdonald, Cynthia, Umair Khan, Kevin Yau, et al.. (2024). Perceptions and Information-Seeking Behavior Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease in 2023: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 11. 1045197750–1045197750. 1 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (2014). In my ‘Mind’s Eye’: introspectionism, detectivism, and the basis of authoritative self-knowledge. Synthese. 191(15). 3685–3710. 2 indexed citations
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Fish, William & Cynthia Macdonald. (2011). McDowell’s Alternative Conceptions of the World. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 19(1). 87–94.
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Macdonald, Cynthia & Christine Jonas‐Simpson. (2009). Living With Changing Expectations for Women With High-Risk Pregnancies. Nursing Science Quarterly. 22(1). 74–82. 10 indexed citations
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Slors, Marc & Cynthia Macdonald. (2008). Rethinking folk-psychology: alternatives to theories of mind. Philosophical Explorations. 11(3). 153–161. 3 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (2007). Introspection and Authoritative Self-Knowledge. Erkenntnis. 67(2). 355–372. 7 indexed citations
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Fish, William & Cynthia Macdonald. (2007). On McDowell's identity conception of truth. Analysis. 67(293). 36–41. 3 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia & Graham Macdonald. (2006). The Metaphysics of Mental Causation. The Journal of Philosophy. 103(11). 539–576. 23 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (2002). Theories of Mind and ‘The Commonsense View’. Mind & Language. 17(5). 467–488. 6 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia, Barry C. Smith, & Crispin Wright. (2000). Knowing Our Own Minds. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 114 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia & E. J. Lowe. (2000). Subjects of Experience. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 60(1). 224–224. 2 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (1998). Tropes and Other Things. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 329–350. 7 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia & Graham Macdonald. (1995). Philosophy of psychology. Blackwell eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia & Graham Macdonald. (1995). Causal relevance and explanatory exclusion. 38(276). 15–9. 6 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia & Graham Macdonald. (1995). Connectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 50 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (1992). Mind-Body Identity Theories. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 25 indexed citations
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Macdonald, Cynthia. (1986). Constitutive properties, essences, and events. Philosophia. 16(1). 29–43. 2 indexed citations
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Ashbery, John, et al.. (1980). At the Start of the Eighties. The Hudson Review. 33(3). 455–455.

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