Joseph Priestley

4.5k total citations
63 papers, 480 citations indexed

About

Joseph Priestley is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Priestley has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 480 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 5 papers in History and 4 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Joseph Priestley's work include Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), History of Science and Medicine (6 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (5 papers). Joseph Priestley is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (9 papers), History of Science and Medicine (6 papers) and Philosophy, Science, and History (5 papers). Joseph Priestley collaborates with scholars based in . Joseph Priestley's co-authors include Robert E. Schofield, John Stephens, Frédéric Lawrence Holmes, Anthony Collins, Richard Price, John Passmore, Thomas J. Cooper, W. H. Chaloner, Jay Appleton and John Maclean and has published in prestigious journals such as Geographical Journal, Technology and Culture and The Economic History Review.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Priestley

50 papers receiving 396 citations

Peers

Joseph Priestley
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  • History and Philosophy of Science 146
  • Philosophy 66
  • Political Science and International Relations 57
  • History 50
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 41
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All Works

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# Work Indexed citations
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Observations on the increase of infidelity ; Letters to M. Volney ; A comparison of the institutions of moses with those of the Hindoos and other ancient nations : with remarks on M. Dupuis's origin of all religions, and on the allegorizing talents of M. Boullanger ; and, The doctrines of heathen philosophy compared with those of revelation
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Notes on the Old Testament
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Defences of Unitarianism for 1788 and 1789 ; A letter to the Right Hon. William Pitt ; Familiar letters to the inhabitants of Birmingham ; and, An appeal to the public on the riots in Birmingham
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A free discussion of the doctrines of materialism and philosophical necessity
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A farewell sermon : letters to the members of the New Jerusalem Church, 1791 and The present state of Europe compared with antient prophecies ; a sermon preached at the gravel pit meeting in Hackney, 1794
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Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley to the year 1795, written by himself ; with a continuation to the time of his decease by his son, Joseph Priestley, and observations on his writings by Thomas Cooper and William Christie
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A familiar introduction to the study of electricity
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A free discussion of the doctrines of materialism, and philosophical necessity, in a correspondence between Dr. Price and Dr. Priestley : to which are added, by Dr. Priestley, an introduction, explaining the nature of the controversy, and letters to several writers
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Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit
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Letters to a philosophical unbeliever (1787)
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Chemical observations and experiments on air and fire
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Remarks on Dr. Reid's inquiry, Dr. Beattie's essay, and Dr. Oswald's appeal ; Introductory essays to Hartley's theory of the human mind ; Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit ; and, The doctrine of philosophical necessity illustrated
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Life and correspondence, 1787-1804
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Discourses relating to the evidences of revealed religion ; Four discourses, intended to have been delivered at Philadelphia ; and, Single discourses
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An essay on the first principles of government, and on the nature of political, civil, and religious liberty ; Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, occasioned by his reflections on the revolution in France ; and, Tracts on civil and religious liberty
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Memoirs and correspondence, 1733-1787
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A History of the Corruptions of Christianity
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Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit : to which is added, the history of the philosophical doctrine concerning the origin of the soul, and the nature of matter : with its influence on Christianity, especially with respect to the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ
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Considerations on the doctrine of phlogiston, and the decomposition of water . and, Two lectures on combustion and an examination of Doctor Priestley's Considerations on the doctrine of phlogiston
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Priestley's writings on philosophy, science, and politics
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