Dennis Whitcomb

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 641 citations indexed

About

Dennis Whitcomb is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis Whitcomb has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 641 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Philosophy, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dennis Whitcomb's work include Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers). Dennis Whitcomb is often cited by papers focused on Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (5 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (4 papers). Dennis Whitcomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Dennis Whitcomb's co-authors include Alvin I. Goldman, Jason Baehr, Heather Battaly, Daniel Howard‐Snyder, Don Fallis, Wade C. Rowatt, Megan C. Haggard, Joseph Leman, Benjamin R. Meagher and Courtney Moore and has published in prestigious journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Dennis Whitcomb

16 papers receiving 587 citations

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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.

Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations

2015 225 citations Dennis Whitcomb, Heather Battaly et al. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dennis Whitcomb United States	8	315	231	168	140	117	17	641
Heather Battaly United States	14	385 1.2×	264 1.1×	187 1.1×	158 1.1×	79 0.7×	36	731
Rik Peels Netherlands	15	415 1.3×	201 0.9×	37 0.2×	253 1.8×	131 1.1×	73	697
Kate Manne United States	5	142 0.5×	321 1.4×	84 0.5×	101 0.7×	42 0.4×	11	767
C. A. J. Coady Australia	15	464 1.5×	377 1.6×	57 0.3×	102 0.7×	80 0.7×	46	801
Jennifer Saul United Kingdom	17	406 1.3×	316 1.4×	97 0.6×	143 1.0×	279 2.4×	50	919
William L. Rowe United States	16	456 1.4×	211 0.9×	152 0.9×	131 0.9×	101 0.9×	100	882
Rachel McKinnon United States	13	186 0.6×	177 0.8×	36 0.2×	113 0.8×	83 0.7×	21	425
Regina Rini Canada	12	158 0.5×	277 1.2×	60 0.4×	342 2.4×	79 0.7×	23	679
Jennifer Hornsby United Kingdom	19	568 1.8×	258 1.1×	88 0.5×	342 2.4×	383 3.3×	46	1.1k
Frederick F. Schmitt United States	10	331 1.1×	138 0.6×	42 0.3×	115 0.8×	182 1.6×	32	542

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Whitcomb, Dennis, et al.. (2024). Evoked questions and inquiring attitudes. The Philosophical Quarterly. 76(1). 384–406. 1 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis, et al.. (2023). Inquiring Attitudes and Erotetic Logic: Norms of Restriction and Expansion. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 10(3). 444–466. 5 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2023). Bullshit questions. Analysis. 83(2). 299–304. 2 indexed citations

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Habgood‐Coote, Joshua, Lani Watson, & Dennis Whitcomb. (2022). Commentary on “Can a good philosophical contribution be made just by asking a question?”. Metaphilosophy. 54(1). 55–60. 2 indexed citations

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Habgood‐Coote, Joshua, Lani Watson, & Dennis Whitcomb. (2022). Can a good philosophical contribution be made just by asking a question?¹. Metaphilosophy. 54(1). 54–54. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Lani, et al.. (2018). Moral Psychology of Curiosity. Rowman & Littlefield eBooks. 20 indexed citations

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Haggard, Megan C., Wade C. Rowatt, Joseph Leman, et al.. (2017). Finding middle ground between intellectual arrogance and intellectual servility: Development and assessment of the limitations-owning intellectual humility scale. Personality and Individual Differences. 124. 184–193. 76 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2016). One Kind of Asking. The Philosophical Quarterly. 67(266). 148–168. 29 indexed citations

9.

Whitcomb, Dennis, Heather Battaly, Jason Baehr, & Daniel Howard‐Snyder. (2015). Intellectual Humility: Owning Our Limitations. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 94(3). 509–539. 225 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2012). Grounding and Omniscience. 4(1). 173–201. 11 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2011). One wage of unknowability. Synthese. 190(3). 339–352. 2 indexed citations

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Goldman, Alvin I. & Dennis Whitcomb. (2011). Social Epistemology: Essential Readings. 183 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2010). Curiosity was Framed*. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 81(3). 664–687. 58 indexed citations

14.

Fallis, Don & Dennis Whitcomb. (2009). Epistemic Values and Information Management. The Information Society. 25(3). 175–189. 18 indexed citations

15.

Whitcomb, Dennis. (2008). FACTIVITY WITHOUT SAFETY. Pacific philosophical quarterly. 89(1). 143–149. 2 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2007). An epistemic value theory. Rutgers University Community Repository (Rutgers University). 4 indexed citations

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Whitcomb, Dennis. (2006). Williamson on justification. Philosophical Studies. 138(2). 161–168. 2 indexed citations

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