John Cottingham

6.5k total citations
95 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

John Cottingham is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cottingham has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Philosophy, 23 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in John Cottingham's work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (19 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (19 papers) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (16 papers). John Cottingham is often cited by papers focused on Classical Philosophy and Thought (19 papers), Historical Philosophy and Science (19 papers) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (16 papers). John Cottingham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. John Cottingham's co-authors include Marcia Cavell, Robert Stoothoff, Dugald Murdoch, D. W. Hamlyn, G. A. J. Rogers, Anthony Kenny, Daniel Gärber, Paul F. Hoffman, John Carriero and Erik J. Wielenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, Digestive Diseases and Sciences and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

John Cottingham

80 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Cottingham United Kingdom 25 654 373 309 210 206 95 1.6k
David Hiley United States 10 394 0.6× 393 1.1× 158 0.5× 109 0.5× 137 0.7× 53 1.6k
Amélie Oksenberg Rorty United States 22 734 1.1× 311 0.8× 122 0.4× 294 1.4× 219 1.1× 74 1.6k
Joseph Margolis United States 21 647 1.0× 344 0.9× 192 0.6× 380 1.8× 134 0.7× 236 2.0k
Richard Kraut United States 16 934 1.4× 245 0.7× 95 0.3× 256 1.2× 275 1.3× 76 1.5k
Lewis White Beck United States 18 1.0k 1.6× 317 0.8× 255 0.8× 229 1.1× 226 1.1× 75 2.1k
Allen W. Wood United States 26 1.5k 2.3× 721 1.9× 191 0.6× 416 2.0× 747 3.6× 92 2.7k
Peter Railton United States 20 1.0k 1.6× 356 1.0× 293 0.9× 818 3.9× 252 1.2× 48 2.1k
Jonathan Lear United States 19 675 1.0× 349 0.9× 111 0.4× 108 0.5× 182 0.9× 67 1.7k
Julia Annas United States 25 1.4k 2.2× 396 1.1× 150 0.5× 539 2.6× 218 1.1× 98 2.7k
Robert B. Pippin United States 20 1.2k 1.9× 765 2.1× 200 0.6× 97 0.5× 468 2.3× 128 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Cottingham

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cottingham, John. (2024). What Is Existence?. New Blackfriars. 105(1). 3–12. 1 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2023). Spiritual Experience: Its Scope, Its Phenomenology, and Its Source. New Blackfriars. 104(1112). 414–427. 1 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2019). Brain laterality and religious awareness. Religion Brain & Behavior. 9(4). 362–368.
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Cottingham, John. (2013). II—John Cottingham: Descartes and Darwin: Reflections on the Sixth Meditation. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 87(1). 259–277.
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Metz, Thaddeus, et al.. (2012). Exploring the Meaning of Life. 2 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2009). Integrity and Fragmentation. Journal of Applied Philosophy. 27(1). 2–14. 22 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2006). WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THEISTIC BELIEF. Ratio. 19(4). 401–420. 11 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2004). Descartes’s Concept of Mind. International Philosophical Quarterly. 44(4). 594–596. 6 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (2003). The Meaning of Theism. 1 indexed citations
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McNearney, Terry A., et al.. (2003). CASE REPORT: Total Parenteral Nutrition Associated Crystalline Precipitates Resulting in Pulmonary Artery Occlusions and Alveolar Granulomas. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 48(7). 1352–1354. 32 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1998). Philosophy and the Good Life. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 45 indexed citations
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Carriero, John, Peter J. Markie, Stephen Schiffer, et al.. (1997). Descartes's Meditations: Critical Essays. 20(3). 14–5. 2 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John & Sebastian Gardner. (1996). Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 46(185). 544–544. 1 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1995). Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz. International Philosophical Quarterly. 35(3). 353–354. 1 indexed citations
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Descartes, René, John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff, Dugald Murdoch, & Anthony Kenny. (1991). The Philosophical Writings of Descartes Vol. Iii: The Correspondence. Tijdschrift voor Philosophie. 54(3). 34 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1991). That nothing is known (Quod Nihil Scitur). History of European Ideas. 13(4). 447–447. 1 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1987). Harm to Self. Philosophical Books. 28(4). 242–244.
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Cottingham, John. (1985). Healing Through Touch. 1 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1978). ‘A Brute to the Brutes?’: Descartes' Treatment of Animals. Philosophy. 53(206). 551–559. 61 indexed citations
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Cottingham, John. (1978). Descartes on `Thought'. The Philosophical Quarterly. 28(112). 208–208. 10 indexed citations

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