Herman Cappelen

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Herman Cappelen is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman Cappelen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Philosophy, 27 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Herman Cappelen's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (26 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (25 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 papers). Herman Cappelen is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (26 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (25 papers) and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 papers). Herman Cappelen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. Herman Cappelen's co-authors include John Hawthorne, Ernest Lepore, Ernie Lepore, Josh Dever, Jessica Brown, David Plunkett and Max Deutsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Noûs and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

Herman Cappelen

59 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Fixing Language

2018 323 citations Herman Cappelen Oxford University Press eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herman Cappelen United States	20	1.4k	1.1k	477	477	331	63	2.0k
John MacFarlane United States	14	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	371 0.8×	221 0.5×	400 1.2×	37	1.9k
Ernest Lepore United States	18	876 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	302 0.6×	466 1.0×	378 1.1×	55	1.9k
François Récanati France	24	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	334 0.7×	1.2k 2.6×	238 0.7×	106	2.6k
Michael Devitt United States	26	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	392 0.8×	461 1.0×	882 2.7×	106	2.6k
Karen Bennett Portugal	17	778 0.6×	953 0.9×	188 0.4×	209 0.4×	547 1.7×	63	1.6k
John Hawthorne United States	23	2.6k 1.9×	2.1k 2.0×	902 1.9×	220 0.5×	731 2.2×	120	3.3k
Peter Ludlow United States	18	612 0.5×	759 0.7×	160 0.3×	329 0.7×	177 0.5×	79	1.3k
Paul Boghossian United States	20	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	600 1.3×	86 0.2×	537 1.6×	67	2.4k
Stephen Schiffer United States	21	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	232 0.5×	262 0.5×	420 1.3×	69	1.6k
Keith DeRose United States	20	2.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.4×	667 1.4×	103 0.2×	352 1.1×	41	2.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cappelen, Herman. (2019). Conceptual Engineering: The Master Argument. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 12 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman. (2018). Fixing Language. Oxford University Press eBooks. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cappelen, Herman. (2014). Reply to Boghossian, Brogaard and Richard. Analytic Philosophy. 55(4). 407–421. 3 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman. (2014). Précis of Philosophy without intuitions. Philosophical Studies. 171(3). 513–515. 1 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Josh Dever. (2013). The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 41 indexed citations

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Brown, Jessica & Herman Cappelen. (2011). Assertion: New Philosophical Essays. Oxford University Press eBooks. 62 indexed citations

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Brown, Jessica & Herman Cappelen. (2011). Assertion. Oxford University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & John Hawthorne. (2010). Reply to Glanzberg, Soames and Weatherson. Analysis. 71(1). 143–156. 4 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernest Lepore. (2008). Insensitive Semantics. A Defence of Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism. 40(120). 8 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman. (2008). THE CREATIVE INTERPRETER: CONTENT RELATIVISM AND ASSERTION¹. Philosophical Perspectives. 22(1). 23–46. 20 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernest Lepore. (2007). Language Turned on Itself. 33 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernest Lepore. (2007). Language turned on itself : the semantics and pragmatics of metalinguistic discourse. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 32 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernest Lepore. (2004). A Tall Tale: In Defense of Semantic Minimalism and Speech Act Pluralism. Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume. 30. 2–28. 17 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernie Lepore. (2002). Indexicality, binding, anaphora and a priori truth. Analysis. 62(276). 271–281. 7 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernie Lepore. (2002). Indexicality, binding, anaphora and a priori truth. Analysis. 62(4). 271–281. 17 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman, et al.. (1999). Reference externalized and the role of intuitions in semantic theory. American Philosophical Quarterly. 36(4). 337–350. 4 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman. (1999). Intentions in Words. Noûs. 33(1). 92–102. 30 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman. (1999). Using, mentioning and quoting: a reply to Saka. Mind. 108(432). 741–750. 20 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman, et al.. (1997). Semantic Theory and Indirect Speech. ProtoSociology. 10. 4–18. 1 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Herman & Ernie Lepore. (1997). On an Alleged Connection Between Indirect Speech and the Theory of Meaning. Mind & Language. 12(3-4). 278–296. 74 indexed citations

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