Max Black

15.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
96 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Max Black is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Black has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Philosophy, 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 4 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Max Black's work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (5 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 papers). Max Black is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (5 papers), Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (4 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (4 papers). Max Black collaborates with scholars based in United States. Max Black's co-authors include Ernest Nagel, Alfred Tarski, Patrick Suppes, William Sacksteder, P. T. Geach, William Marshall, G. P. Henderson, A. R. Louch, Brian McGuinness and Gottlob Frege and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, Scientific American and The American Journal of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Max Black

83 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Logic, Methodology and Ph... 1954 2026 1978 2002 1963 1962 1977 1962 1954 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Max Black 1.8k 1.1k 733 719 628 96 4.8k
Nelson Goodman 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 823 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 386 0.6× 120 7.2k
William P. Alston 1.9k 1.1× 2.3k 2.0× 727 1.0× 763 1.1× 918 1.5× 115 5.9k
Alice Ambrose 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 569 0.8× 491 0.7× 729 1.2× 36 6.7k
Bertrand Russell 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 520 0.7× 872 1.2× 269 0.4× 285 4.7k
H. P. Grice 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 655 0.9× 250 0.3× 1.3k 2.0× 8 3.7k
P. F. Strawson 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 422 0.6× 540 0.8× 589 0.9× 87 4.4k
Nicholas Rescher 993 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 1.7k 2.3× 1.3k 1.8× 392 0.6× 407 8.0k
Stephen P. Stich 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 435 0.6× 762 1.1× 294 0.5× 66 4.2k
Ernest Nagel 699 0.4× 776 0.7× 651 0.9× 1.7k 2.4× 199 0.3× 77 6.5k
Kent Bach 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 767 1.0× 346 0.5× 1.6k 2.5× 67 4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Black

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Black, Max. (2012). Critical Thinking: An Introduction To Logic And Scientific Method. 7 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1982). The Prevalence of Humbug. SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 13(1). 4. 14 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1982). Why Should I Be Rational?'. dialectica. 36(2/3). 147–168. 2 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1979). Wittgenstein's Language-Games. dialectica. 33(3/4). 337–354. 6 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1978). The « Prisoner’s Dilemma » and the Limits of Rationality. International Studies in Philosophy. 10. 7–22. 1 indexed citations
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Hochberg, Julian, et al.. (1977). Kunst, Wahrnehmung, Wirklichkeit. Suhrkamp eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1971). The Elusiveness of Sets. ˜The œreview of metaphysics. 24(4). 20 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1971). Problems of Analysis: Philosophical Essays. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1968). The Labyrinth of Language. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 3(1). 32 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1968). El laberinto del lenguaje. 6 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1966). THE RAISON D'ÊTRE OF INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 17(3). 177–204. 1 indexed citations
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Alston, William P. & Max Black. (1965). Philosophy in America : essays. Cornell University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1964). The Gap Between "Is" and "Should". The Philosophical Review. 73(2). 165–165. 52 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1962). The importance of language. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 3(1). 35 indexed citations
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Black, Max. (1962). Models and Metaphors. Cornell University Press eBooks. 794 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sacksteder, William & Max Black. (1962). Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 23(2). 289–289. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Black, Max. (1954). Problems of analysis. 20 indexed citations
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Marshall, William, Max Black, & P. T. Geach. (1954). Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege.. The Philosophical Review. 63(1). 120–120. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Black, Max. (1951). Review: Gottlob Frege, J. L. Austin, The Foundations of Arithmetic. A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number. Journal of Symbolic Logic. 16(1). 67–67. 3 indexed citations
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Henle, Paul & Max Black. (1951). Language and Philosophy.. The Philosophical Review. 60(3). 394–394. 18 indexed citations

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