John McDowell

16.3k citations
127 papers · 6.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 30

John McDowell

109 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mind and World95419792026199420104008001.2k

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John McDowell
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
  • Philosophy 3.9k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 1.3k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3.3k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 2.1k
  • General Psychology 49
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside John McDowell, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20231
2 20184
3 20150
4
David Finkelstein on the inner
20111
5 20091
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Response to Graham Macdonald
20081
7 20082
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Response to Stella González Arnal
20060
9
Response to Costas Pagondiotis
20062
10 20060
11 20066
12
Wert und Wirklichkeit : Aufsätze zur Moralphilosophie
20020
13
John Mcdowell, Reason and Nature Lecture and Colloquium in Münster 1999
20006
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Mind and World
199921
15 19981
16 199884
17 199639
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Peacocke and Evans on demonstrative content
199014
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Williams, B., "Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy"
19860
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Virtue and Reasonbreakdown →
1979511

About John McDowell

John McDowell is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Theoretical Computer Science and General Psychology, having authored 127 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (25 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (14 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (9 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (9 papers), Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (8 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (6 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (3.9k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (1.3k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (3.3k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.1k citations) and General Psychology (49 citations). John McDowell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Gareth Evans, Hilary Putnam, I. G. McFetridge, Philip Pettit, Christopher S. Hill, Robert Brandom, Christopher Peacocke, Richard Rorty, Arthur W. Collins and Paul Horwich. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Issues, Theoria and European Journal of Philosophy.

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