L. A. Paul

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

L. A. Paul is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, L. A. Paul has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Philosophy, 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in L. A. Paul's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (15 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers). L. A. Paul is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (15 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers). L. A. Paul collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. L. A. Paul's co-authors include Ned Hall, Ilker Yildirim, John Quiggin, John Collins, Kieran Healy, Cass R. Sunstein, Julian De Freitas, Molly J. Crockett, Julian Jara‐Ettinger and Vladimir Chituc and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Cognitive Sciences, The Philosophical Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

L. A. Paul

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Transformative Experience

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. A. Paul United States	17	587	493	371	335	171	42	1.3k
Peter Menzies Australia	17	469 0.8×	430 0.9×	431 1.2×	252 0.8×	139 0.8×	42	1.3k
Catarina Dutilh Novaes Netherlands	17	565 1.0×	368 0.7×	312 0.8×	219 0.7×	308 1.8×	69	1.5k
Stephen Mumford United Kingdom	23	786 1.3×	876 1.8×	729 2.0×	272 0.8×	187 1.1×	122	2.2k
Galen Strawson United Kingdom	20	1.0k 1.7×	637 1.3×	290 0.8×	761 2.3×	156 0.9×	73	1.8k
Rae Langton United Kingdom	14	559 1.0×	320 0.6×	194 0.5×	168 0.5×	345 2.0×	39	1.1k
Michael Huemer United States	22	1.2k 2.0×	659 1.3×	314 0.8×	637 1.9×	228 1.3×	70	1.6k
John Heil United States	25	1.0k 1.7×	1.1k 2.2×	748 2.0×	514 1.5×	212 1.2×	103	2.4k
Richard Pettigrew United Kingdom	21	930 1.6×	490 1.0×	433 1.2×	300 0.9×	197 1.2×	60	1.3k
Amie L. Thomasson United States	19	813 1.4×	934 1.9×	560 1.5×	300 0.9×	172 1.0×	57	1.6k
Robert Merrihew Adams United States	21	1.3k 2.3×	604 1.2×	317 0.9×	470 1.4×	227 1.3×	81	2.1k

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All Works

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Paul, L. A., et al.. (2024). How the evaluability bias shapes transformative decisions. Synthese. 203(2).

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Davis, Isaac, et al.. (2024). When New Experience Leads to New Knowledge: A Computational Framework for Formalizing Epistemically Transformative Experiences. Open Mind. 8. 1291–1311.

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Yildirim, Ilker & L. A. Paul. (2024). From task structures to world models: what do LLMs know?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 28(5). 404–415. 31 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A. & Kieran Healy. (2024). Transformative Treatments. UNC Libraries.

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Yildirim, Ilker & L. A. Paul. (2024). Response to Goddu et al.: new ways of characterizing and acquiring knowledge. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 28(11). 965–966.

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Freitas, Julian De, et al.. (2023). Self-orienting in human and machine learning. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(12). 2126–2139. 1 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2022). Choosing for Changing Selves. The Philosophical Review. 131(2). 230–235. 1 indexed citations

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Chituc, Vladimir, L. A. Paul, & Molly J. Crockett. (2021). Evaluating Transformative Decisions. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 43(43). 1 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2021). The Paradox of Empathy. Episteme. 18(3). 347–366. 10 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2017). DE SE PREFERENCES AND EMPATHY FOR FUTURE SELVES1. Philosophical Perspectives. 31(1). 7–39. 13 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A. & Kieran Healy. (2016). Transformative Treatments. Noûs. 52(2). 320–335. 11 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A. & Ned Hall. (2013). Causation. Oxford University Press eBooks. 125 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2012). Metaphysics as modeling: the handmaiden’s tale. Philosophical Studies. 160(1). 1–29. 125 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2012). Building the world from its fundamental constituents. Philosophical Studies. 158(2). 221–256. 45 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2010). Temporal Experience. The Journal of Philosophy. 107(7). 333–359. 96 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2004). The Context of Essence. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 82(1). 170–184. 16 indexed citations

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Collins, John, Ned Hall, & L. A. Paul. (2004). Counterfactuals and Causation: History, Problems, and Prospects. The MIT Press eBooks. 1–58. 26 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (2002). Limited Realism: Cartwright on Natures and Laws. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 43. 2 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (1998). Keeping Track of the Time: Emending the Counterfactual Analysis of Causation. Analysis. 58(3). 191–198. 11 indexed citations

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Paul, L. A.. (1997). TRUTH CONDITIONS OF TENSED SENTENCE TYPES. Synthese. 111(1). 53–71. 15 indexed citations

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