John Earman

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
126 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

John Earman is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, John Earman has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 31 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in John Earman's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (35 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (33 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (25 papers). John Earman is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (35 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (33 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (25 papers). John Earman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Greece. John Earman's co-authors include John D. Norton, J. L. Mackie, David Christensen, Clark Glymour, John M. Roberts, John Roberts, Bas C. van Fraassen, Jeremy Butterfield, Laura Ruetsche and Jesús Mosterín and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

John Earman

121 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Cement of the Universe. 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 1994 100 200 300 400

Peers

John Earman
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
  • History and Philosophy of Science 1.9k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.5k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.3k
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 858
  • Philosophy 764
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Countries citing papers authored by John Earman

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Earman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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2 28
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Philosophy of Physics
9
4
Philosophy of Physics (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science) 2 volume set
3
5 31
6
Thoroughly Modern McTaggart: Or, What McTaggart Would Have Said if He Had Read the General Theory of Relativity
33
7 10
8 31
9
The attraction of gravitation: New studies in the history of general relativity
44
10 53
11
Introduction to the philosophy of science a text by members of the Department of the history and philosophy of science of the university of Pittsburgh
12
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Inference, explanation, and other frustrations : essays in the philosophy of science
25
13
The Sap Also Rises: A Critical Examination of the Anthropic Principle
23
14
Locality, Nonlocality and Action at a Distance: A Skeptical Review of Some Philosophical Dogmas
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15 12
16 18
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INFINITIES, INFINITESIMALS, AND INDIVISIBLES: THE LEIBNIZIAN LABYRINTH
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18 16
19 3
20 10

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