About Larry Laudan is a scholar working on
Law ,
History and Philosophy of Science and
Economics and Econometrics .
According to data from OpenAlex, Larry Laudan has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in
Law , 25 papers in
History and Philosophy of Science and 13 papers in
Economics and Econometrics . Recurrent topics in Larry Laudan's work include
Philosophy and History of Science (21 papers),
Criminal Law and Evidence (20 papers) and
Jury Decision Making Processes (16 papers). Larry Laudan is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (21 papers), Criminal Law and Evidence (20 papers) and Jury Decision Making Processes (16 papers). Larry Laudan collaborates with scholars based in
United States ,
Mexico and
Philippines . Larry Laudan's co-authors include
Ronald N. Giere ,
Harold I. Brown ,
Richard Whitley ,
Jarrett Leplin ,
Rachel Laudan ,
David L. Prychitko ,
Arthur Donovan ,
R. S. Cohen ,
Ronald J. Allen and
Peter Barker and has published in prestigious journals such as
The American Historical Review ,
Perspectives on Psychological Science and
The Journal of Higher Education .
Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers Progress and Its Problems 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 1981 1977 1978 1987 250 500 750 1000 Peers Larry Laudan
Comparison fields: 5 of 172 History and Philosophy of Science 2.6k Philosophy 1.2k Sociology and Political Science 1.0k Global and Planetary Change 660 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 570 Education 461 Developmental and Educational Psychology 383 Cognitive Neuroscience 377 Economics and Econometrics 355 Political Science and International Relations 347 Law 325 Social Psychology 287 Artificial Intelligence 234 Molecular Biology 200 General Psychology 199 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 196 Management Science and Operations Research 191 Astronomy and Astrophysics 170 Clinical Psychology 168 Information Systems and Management 161 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 136 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 133 Strategy and Management 120 General Health Professions 114 Genetics 102 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 81 Language and Linguistics 80 Statistics and Probability 69 Anthropology 68 Computational Theory and Mathematics 65 Information Systems 64 Safety Research 63 Management Information Systems 63 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 60 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 59 Management of Technology and Innovation 59 Demography 55 Marketing 54 Cultural Studies 53 History 52 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 51 Literature and Literary Theory 48 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 47 Communication 44 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 37 Theoretical Computer Science 37 Health 36 Accounting 36 Pharmacy 35 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 Psychiatry and Mental health 33 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 33 General Decision Sciences 32 Physiology 29 Public Administration 29 Atmospheric Science 27 Development 26 Family Practice 26 Paleontology 26 Mechanical Engineering 26 General Social Sciences 26 Computer Science Applications 24 Geography, Planning and Development 24 Ecological Modeling 22 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 22 Religious studies 21 Ecology 20 Gender Studies 19 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 17 Applied Psychology 16 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 16 Computer Networks and Communications 15 Biomedical Engineering 15 Linguistics and Language 14 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 14 Human-Computer Interaction 14 Plant Science 14 Finance 13 Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 Environmental Engineering 12 Building and Construction 11 Museology 11 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 11 Neurology 10 Media Technology 10 Research and Theory 10 Complementary and alternative medicine 10 Oceanography 9 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 Mathematical Physics 8 Space and Planetary Science 8 Reproductive Medicine 8 Archeology 8 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 Geometry and Topology 7 Occupational Therapy 7 Microbiology 7 Human Factors and Ergonomics 7 Conservation 7 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 Music 7 Pharmacology 7 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 Epidemiology 6 Food Science 6 Health Information Management 6 Urban Studies 6 Infectious Diseases 6 Materials Chemistry 6 Civil and Structural Engineering 6 Earth-Surface Processes 5 Archeology 5 Automotive Engineering 5 Environmental Chemistry 5 Surgery 4 Biomaterials 4 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 Electrochemistry 4 Speech and Hearing 4 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3 Biophysics 3 Developmental Neuroscience 3 Forestry 3 Health Informatics 3 Emergency Medical Services 3 Applied Mathematics 3 Geophysics 3 Software 3 Geochemistry and Petrology 3 Organic Chemistry 3 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 3 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 3 Spectroscopy 3 Soil Science 3 Geology 2 Control and Systems Engineering 2 Insect Science 2 Classics 2 Signal Processing 2 Ocean Engineering 2 Sensory Systems 2 Nutrition and Dietetics 2 Pollution 2 Cancer Research 2 Agronomy and Crop Science 2 Small Animals 2 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 Endocrinology 2 Anatomy 2 Architecture 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 Pharmacology 1 Aging 1 Oncology 1 Gastroenterology 1 Computational Mechanics 1 Animal Science and Zoology 1 Modeling and Simulation 1 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 Aerospace Engineering 1 Transportation 1 Mechanics of Materials 1 Radiation 1 Immunology 1 Condensed Matter Physics 1 Neurology 1 Numerical Analysis 1 Business and International Management 1 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1
History and Philosophy of Science 2.6k Philosophy 1.2k Sociology and Political Science 1.0k Global and Planetary Change 660 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 570 Nancy Cartwright United Kingdom
Ronald N. Giere United States
Carl G. Hempel United States
Steven Shapin United States
Nicholas Rescher United States
Philip Kitcher United States
Wesley C. Salmon United States
Helen E. Longino United States
David L. Hull United States
Ernest Nagel United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 99) # Work Indexed citations 1 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Fixing the Error Pattern in Criminal Prosecutions by “Empiricizing” the Rules of Criminal Law and Taking False Acquittals and Serial Offenders Seriously
2 2 0 3 6 4 Deadly Dilemmas III: Some Kind Words for Preventive Detention
5 5 The Devastating Impact of Prior Crimes Evidence and Other Myths of the Criminal Justice Process
10 6 Deadly Dilemmas II: Bail and Crime
5 7 109 8 El desarrollo y la resolución de las crisis epistemológicas: Estudios de caso en la ciencia y el derecho durante el siglo XVII
2001 · Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) · Larry Laudan 1 9 9 10 Beyond positivism and relativism
120 11 1993 · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · Larry Laudan 1 12 Progress or Rationality? The Prospects for Normative Naturalism
112 13 Mind and medicine : problems of explanation and evaluation in psychiatry and the biomedical sciences
6 14 More on Creationism
4 15 8 16 Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth
breakdown → 394 17 30 18 Progress and its problems towards a theory of scientific growth
breakdown → 1977 · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · Larry Laudan 627 19 2 20 42
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