Derk Pereboom

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Derk Pereboom is a scholar working on Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Derk Pereboom has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Philosophy, 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Derk Pereboom's work include Free Will and Agency (31 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (21 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (12 papers). Derk Pereboom is often cited by papers focused on Free Will and Agency (31 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (21 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (12 papers). Derk Pereboom collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Derk Pereboom's co-authors include Hilary� Kornblith, Gregg D. Caruso, Charles Guignon, Michael McKenna, Gunnar Björnsson, Torin Alter, Andrew Chignell, Scott MacDonald, Elizabeth Shaw and John Martin Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Philosophical Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Derk Pereboom

60 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Living without Free Will 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2014 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Living without Free Will
    2001 631 citations Derk Pereboom profile →
  2. Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life
    2014 315 citations Derk Pereboom Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derk Pereboom United States 17 1.4k 1.3k 444 174 149 64 1.9k
Galen Strawson United Kingdom 20 761 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 637 1.4× 290 1.7× 156 1.0× 73 1.8k
Randolph Clarke United States 18 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 303 0.7× 63 0.4× 132 0.9× 59 1.5k
Michael Huemer United States 22 637 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 659 1.5× 314 1.8× 228 1.5× 70 1.6k
Earl Conee United States 14 544 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 624 1.4× 215 1.2× 221 1.5× 58 1.4k
Matthew McGrath United States 15 639 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 937 2.1× 259 1.5× 286 1.9× 43 1.6k
Gideon Rosen United States 19 476 0.3× 868 0.7× 622 1.4× 377 2.2× 123 0.8× 45 1.3k
Mark Timmons United States 18 642 0.5× 997 0.8× 312 0.7× 78 0.4× 111 0.7× 69 1.3k
Uriah Kriegel United States 22 701 0.5× 692 0.5× 885 2.0× 347 2.0× 57 0.4× 106 1.5k
Jonathan M. Weinberg United States 15 817 0.6× 996 0.8× 390 0.9× 242 1.4× 136 0.9× 39 1.3k
James Pryor United States 8 450 0.3× 955 0.8× 701 1.6× 190 1.1× 112 0.8× 12 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derk Pereboom

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derk Pereboom

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pereboom, Derk & Gregg D. Caruso. (2018). Hard-Incompatibilist Existentialism. Oxford University Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2017). Response to Dennett on Free Will Skepticism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2017). Responsibility, Regret, and Protest. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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McKenna, Michael & Derk Pereboom. (2016). Free Will: A Contemporary Introduction. 26 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2010). Structuralism, Anti-Structuralism and Objectivity. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 40(1). 1.
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Pereboom, Derk. (2009). FREE WILL, LOVE, AND ANGER. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2008). A Compatibilist Account of the Epistemic Conditions on Rational Deliberation. The Journal of Ethics. 12(3-4). 287–306. 18 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2004). Is Our Conception of Agent-Causation Coherent?. Philosophical Topics. 32(1). 275–286. 24 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2003). Meaning in life without free will. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 33(1). 2. 5 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2002). On Baker's Persons and Bodies. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 64(3). 615–622. 6 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2002). Robust Nonreductive Materialism. The Journal of Philosophy. 99(10). 499–499. 78 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk & Gregg D. Caruso. (2002). Hard-Incompatibilist Existentialism: Neuroscience, Punishment, and Meaning in Life. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (2001). Assessing Kant's Master Argument. Kantian Review. 5. 90–102. 5 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Scott, John Martin Fischer, Carl Ginet, et al.. (2000). Excerpts from John Martin Fischer's Discussion with Members of the Audience. The Journal of Ethics. 4(4). 4 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (1999). The rationalists : critical essays on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz. Rowman & Littlefield eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (1995). Conceptual Structure and the Individuation of Content. Philosophical Perspectives. 9. 401–401. 8 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (1994). Bats, Brain Scientists, and the Limitations of Introspection. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 54(2). 315–315. 14 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (1991). Is Kant's Transcendental Philosophy Inconsistent?. History of Philosophy Quarterly. 8(4). 5 indexed citations
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Pereboom, Derk. (1990). Kant on justification in transcendental philosophy. Synthese. 85(1). 25–54. 12 indexed citations

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