George Botterill

454 total citations
16 papers, 164 citations indexed

About

George Botterill is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, George Botterill has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 164 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Philosophy, 7 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in George Botterill's work include Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (6 papers) and Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2 papers). George Botterill is often cited by papers focused on Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (6 papers) and Medieval Philosophy and Theology (2 papers). George Botterill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. George Botterill's co-authors include Peter Carruthers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

In The Last Decade

George Botterill

14 papers receiving 134 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Botterill United Kingdom 6 55 52 43 38 28 16 164
Amy M. Schmitter Canada 5 41 0.7× 25 0.5× 23 0.5× 22 0.6× 25 0.9× 19 170
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac United States 8 43 0.8× 32 0.6× 20 0.5× 23 0.6× 17 0.6× 21 184
Godfrey Vesey United Kingdom 8 89 1.6× 56 1.1× 29 0.7× 33 0.9× 19 0.7× 40 232
David Hunter Canada 7 66 1.2× 63 1.2× 35 0.8× 24 0.6× 9 0.3× 39 171
Adrian Cussins United States 5 30 0.5× 58 1.1× 64 1.5× 23 0.6× 33 1.2× 8 182
Paul Grice United States 5 90 1.6× 83 1.6× 55 1.3× 18 0.5× 31 1.1× 8 221
Alan Małachowski United Kingdom 7 65 1.2× 24 0.5× 15 0.3× 14 0.4× 9 0.3× 21 152
İlham Dilman United Kingdom 8 113 2.1× 34 0.7× 26 0.6× 12 0.3× 23 0.8× 56 206
Charles Parsons United States 5 146 2.7× 58 1.1× 24 0.6× 68 1.8× 17 0.6× 9 271
Stacie Friend United Kingdom 8 114 2.1× 112 2.2× 65 1.5× 29 0.8× 34 1.2× 25 264

Countries citing papers authored by George Botterill

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Botterill

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Botterill

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Botterill, George, et al.. (2012). Contrastive explanation and the many absences problem. Synthese. 190(16). 3495–3510. 5 indexed citations
2.
Botterill, George. (2010). Two Kinds of Causal Explanation. Theoria. 76(4). 287–313. 6 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (2010). Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will * By ALFRED R. MELE. Analysis. 70(2). 395–398. 2 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (2009). Right and Wrong Reasons in Folk‐Psychological Explanation. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 17(4). 463–488. 2 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (2008). The Internal Problem of Dreaming: Detection and Epistemic Risk. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 16(2). 139–160. 1 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (2007). God and First Person in Berkeley. Philosophy. 82(1). 87–114. 2 indexed citations
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Botterill, George, et al.. (2006). Contrast, inference and scientific realism. Synthese. 160(2). 249–267. 6 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (2005). SCIENTIFIC ESSENTIALISM. Philosophical Books. 46(2). 118–122. 1 indexed citations
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Carruthers, Peter & George Botterill. (1999). Philosophy of Psychology.
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Botterill, George & Peter Carruthers. (1999). The Philosophy of Psychology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 82 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1994). Beliefs, Functionally Discrete States, and Connectionist Networks: A Comment on Ramsey, Stich, and Garon. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 45(3). 899–906. 1 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1993). Scientism. Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science. Philosophical Books. 34(4). 232–234. 20 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1992). Hume's System: An examination of the First Book of His. Philosophical Books. 33(1). 11–13. 2 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1987). The Rationality of Induction. Philosophical Books. 28(3). 189–192. 30 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1987). Theory and Understanding: A Critique of Interpretive Social Science. Philosophical Books. 28(1). 54–57. 3 indexed citations
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Botterill, George. (1977). Falsification and the Existence of God: A Discussion of Plantinga's Free Will Defence. The Philosophical Quarterly. 27(107). 114–114. 1 indexed citations

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