James Woodward

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

James Woodward is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Woodward has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 21 papers in Philosophy and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in James Woodward's work include Philosophy and History of Science (47 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers). James Woodward is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (47 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers). James Woodward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. James Woodward's co-authors include James Bogen, Christopher Hitchcock, Daniel M. Hausman, Terence Horgan, John M. Allman, Lauren N. Ross, Laleh Montaser‐Kouhsari, António O.S.S. Rangel, Cendri A. Hutcherson and Elizabeth Bonawitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

James Woodward

76 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Making Things Happen

2004 751 citations James Woodward profile →
Saving the Phenomena

1988 465 citations James Bogen, James Woodward The Philosophical Review profile →

Peers

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Ronald N. Giere United States

Carl F. Craver United States

Wesley C. Salmon United States

Larry Laudan United States

William Bechtel United States

William Demopoulos Canada

James Ladyman United Kingdom

Peter Godfrey‐Smith United States

Igor Douven Netherlands

Lindley Darden United States

Ronald N. Giere United States

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729 ×0.9

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629 ×0.9

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541 ×0.8

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423 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by James Woodward

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Woodward

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Woodward

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Woodward, James. (2025). The place of explanation in scientific inquiry: Inference to the best explanation vs inference to the only explanation. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 15(2). 1 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2024). Some reflections on Robert Batterman's a middle way. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 106. 21–30. 1 indexed citations

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Woodward, James, et al.. (2024). The Worldly Infrastructure of Causation. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 4 indexed citations

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Woodward, James & Kenneth S. Kendler. (2023). Polygene Risk Scores. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 3 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2020). Flagpoles anyone? Causal and explanatory asymmetries. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 37(1). 6 indexed citations

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Lagnado, David A., et al.. (2020). Causal Responsibility and Robust Causation. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1069–1069. 13 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2018). Some Varieties of Non-Causal Explanation. Oxford University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2018). Laws: An Invariance- Based Account. PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh). 5 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2016). JUSTICE AND RECIPROCITY: THE CASE FOR NONIDEAL THEORY. Social Philosophy and Policy. 33(1-2). 122–154. 1 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2013). II—James Woodward: Mechanistic Explanation: Its Scope and Limits. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 87(1). 39–65. 62 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2011). Mechanisms revisited. Synthese. 183(3). 409–427. 35 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2008). Cause and Explanation in Psychiatry: An Interventionist Perspective. PhilSci-Archive (University of Pittsburgh). 21 indexed citations

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Woodward, James & John M. Allman. (2007). Moral intuition: Its neural substrates and normative significance. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 101(4-6). 179–202. 50 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (2002). There is No Such Thing as a Ceteris Paribus Law. Erkenntnis. 57(3). 303–328. 40 indexed citations

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Hausman, Daniel M. & James Woodward. (1999). Independence, Invariance and the Causal Markov Condition. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 50(4). 521–583. 195 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (1998). Causal Independence and Faithfulness. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 33(1). 129–148. 13 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (1989). The causal mechanical model of explanation. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 13. 23 indexed citations

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Bogen, James & James Woodward. (1988). Saving the Phenomena. The Philosophical Review. 97(3). 303–303. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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Woodward, James. (1987). Reply to Parfit. Ethics. 97(4). 800–816. 9 indexed citations

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Woodward, James. (1981). WHY THE NUMBERS COUNT. The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 19(4). 531–540. 2 indexed citations

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