David S. Oderberg

1.8k total citations
67 papers, 578 citations indexed

About

David S. Oderberg is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Oderberg has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 578 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in David S. Oderberg's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (11 papers), Theology and Philosophy of Evil (9 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (8 papers). David S. Oderberg is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (11 papers), Theology and Philosophy of Evil (9 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (8 papers). David S. Oderberg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Australia. David S. Oderberg's co-authors include Jonathan Glover, Timothy Chappell, Eli Hirsch, Ingo Bojak, Jonathan M. Gibbins, Jonathan Hill, Avishai Margalit, Michael Thompson, Sabina Lovibond and Roger Crisp and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and The Quarterly Review of Biology.

In The Last Decade

David S. Oderberg

61 papers receiving 484 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David S. Oderberg United Kingdom 13 292 233 154 109 44 67 578
Michael Tooley United States 14 450 1.5× 399 1.7× 340 2.2× 123 1.1× 26 0.6× 42 850
Cynthia Macdonald United Kingdom 12 409 1.4× 515 2.2× 287 1.9× 284 2.6× 39 0.9× 41 979
Jim Stone United States 9 195 0.7× 105 0.5× 37 0.2× 141 1.3× 44 1.0× 37 417
William Hasker United States 13 543 1.9× 195 0.8× 59 0.4× 130 1.2× 18 0.4× 101 699
Toby Handfield Australia 15 172 0.6× 168 0.7× 105 0.7× 119 1.1× 11 0.3× 46 437
Elizabeth Kingdom United Kingdom 6 275 0.9× 365 1.6× 156 1.0× 294 2.7× 14 0.3× 16 755
John Haldane United Kingdom 10 187 0.6× 93 0.4× 50 0.3× 69 0.6× 14 0.3× 85 479
Eleonore Stump United States 18 896 3.1× 154 0.7× 78 0.5× 209 1.9× 13 0.3× 107 1.2k
Robert Pargetter Australia 16 456 1.6× 456 2.0× 418 2.7× 253 2.3× 8 0.2× 56 1.1k
David Bourget Canada 9 197 0.7× 169 0.7× 96 0.6× 223 2.0× 6 0.1× 22 483

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David S. Oderberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hill, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Mistakes in Action: On Clarifying the Phenomenon of Goal-Directedness. Biological Theory. 1 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S., et al.. (2025). Getting it Wrong: Biological Mistake-Making as a Cross-System, Cross-Scale Phenomenon. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 38(2). 101–120.
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Oderberg, David S.. (2024). Action, passion, power. Noûs. 59(3). 567–584. 1 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S., et al.. (2023). Biological Mistakes: What They Are and What They Mean for the Experimental Biologist. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 0–0. 5 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2023). Who’s afraid of reverse mereological essentialism?. Philosophical Studies. 182(9). 2403–2424.
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Oderberg, David S.. (2019). On a So-called Demonstration of the Causal Power of Absences. CentAUR (University of Reading). 16(1). 141–148. 1 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2019). Death, unity, and the brain. Metamedicine. 40(5). 359–379. 11 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2016). Further clarity on cooperation and morality. Journal of Medical Ethics. 43(4). 192–200. 7 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2014). Is form structure. 5 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2013). The Morality of Reputation and the Judgment of Others. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1(2). 2 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2011). Disembodied Communication and Religious Experience: The Online Model. Philosophy & Technology. 25(3). 381–397. 1 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2010). The world is not an asymmetric graph. Analysis. 71(1). 3–10. 11 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2008). Estructura y contenido del bien. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 13–50.
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Oderberg, David S.. (2008). Concepts, dualism, and the human intellect. 3 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2005). The old new logic : essays on the philosophy of Fred Sommers. MIT Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S. & Timothy Chappell. (2004). Human Values: New Essays on Ethics and Natural Law. The Philosophical Quarterly. 57(226). 9 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2004). Conceivability and Possibility. International Philosophical Quarterly. 44(4). 587–589. 6 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (2003). The Beginning of Existence. International Philosophical Quarterly. 43(2). 145–157. 2 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S.. (1998). Form and matter : themes in contemporary metaphysics. 11(3). 11 indexed citations
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Oderberg, David S., et al.. (1997). Human Lives. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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