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

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.

1963 900 citations Max Black, Ernest Nagel et al. The Philosophical Review profile →
Models and Metaphors

1962 794 citations Max Black Cornell University Press eBooks profile →
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1977 479 citations Max Black dialectica profile →
Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy.

1962 429 citations William Sacksteder, Max Black Philosophy and Phenomenological Research profile →
Translations from the Philosophical Writings of Gottlob Frege.

1954 381 citations Max Black et al. The Philosophical Review profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Black

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Critical Thinking: An Introduction To Logic And Scientific Method 2012 ·Max Black	7
2	The Prevalence of Humbug 1982 ·SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System) ·Max Black	14
3	Why Should I Be Rational?' 1982 ·dialectica ·Max Black	2
4	Wittgenstein's Language-Games 1979 ·dialectica ·Max Black	6
5	Inducción y probabilidad 1979 ·Consultation of the Doctoral Thesis Database (TESEO) (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte) ·Max Black, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
6	The « Prisoner’s Dilemma » and the Limits of Rationality 1978 ·International Studies in Philosophy ·Max Black	1
7	Kunst, Wahrnehmung, Wirklichkeit 1977 ·Suhrkamp eBooks ·(unknown), Julian Hochberg, Max Black	1
8	The Elusiveness of Sets 1971 ·The review of metaphysics ·Max Black	20
9	Problems of Analysis: Philosophical Essays 1971 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Max Black	2
10	The Labyrinth of Language 1968 ·Philosophy and Rhetoric ·Max Black	32
11	El laberinto del lenguaje 1968 ·Max Black	6
12	THE RAISON D'ÊTRE OF INDUCTIVE ARGUMENT 1966 ·The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science ·Max Black	1
13	Philosophy in America : essays 1965 ·Cornell University Press eBooks ·William P. Alston, Max Black	4
14	The Gap Between "Is" and "Should" 1964 ·The Philosophical Review ·Max Black	52
15	Terms in Their Propositional Contexts in Wittgenstein's Tractatus: An Index. 1963 ·The Philosophical Review ·Max Black, George Kimball Plochmann, (unknown)	1
16	Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. breakdown → 1963 ·The Philosophical Review ·Max Black, Ernest Nagel, Patrick Suppes, Alfred Tarski	900
17	The importance of language 1962 ·Philosophy and Rhetoric ·Max Black	35
18	Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and Philosophy. breakdown → 1962 ·Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ·William Sacksteder, Max Black	429
19	Philosophical Analysis: A Collection of Essays. 1952 ·Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ·Arthur Pap, Max Black	19
20	Review: Gottlob Frege, J. L. Austin, The Foundations of Arithmetic. A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number 1951 ·Journal of Symbolic Logic ·Max Black	3

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