May Brodbeck

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

May Brodbeck is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, May Brodbeck has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 2 papers in Philosophy and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in May Brodbeck's work include Philosophy and History of Science (4 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (1 paper). May Brodbeck is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (4 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (1 paper) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (1 paper). May Brodbeck collaborates with scholars based in United States. May Brodbeck's co-authors include Michael Polanyi, Gordon H. Lewis, Herbert Feigl, Paul G. Morrison, Michael Martin, Herbert A. Simon, Patrick Suppes, Arthur F. Bentley, Ernest Kilzer and Philip P. Wiener and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

May Brodbeck

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy.

1960 1.0k citations May Brodbeck, Michael Polanyi American Sociological Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
May Brodbeck United States	14	385	342	198	172	159	20	1.7k
Warren O. Hagstrom United States	17	568 1.5×	233 0.7×	231 1.2×	224 1.3×	133 0.8×	32	2.3k
Nicholas C. Mullins United States	17	658 1.7×	109 0.3×	129 0.7×	235 1.4×	69 0.4×	39	1.8k
Jonathan R. Cole United States	22	696 1.8×	239 0.7×	421 2.1×	290 1.7×	244 1.5×	42	3.9k
Donald deB. Beaver United States	10	381 1.0×	299 0.9×	265 1.3×	170 1.0×	80 0.5×	24	2.4k
J. E. Llewelyn United Kingdom	9	749 1.9×	83 0.2×	314 1.6×	191 1.1×	208 1.3×	23	2.8k
Daryl E. Chubin United States	25	363 0.9×	150 0.4×	189 1.0×	206 1.2×	125 0.8×	82	2.8k
Bruce Kuklick United States	14	461 1.2×	121 0.4×	72 0.4×	78 0.5×	194 1.2×	91	1.3k
Walter Buckley United States	15	653 1.7×	147 0.4×	109 0.6×	47 0.3×	168 1.1×	23	1.7k
Jacques Ellul United States	14	1.2k 3.1×	93 0.3×	135 0.7×	104 0.6×	143 0.9×	75	3.2k
Thomas J. Fararo United States	28	1.2k 3.1×	130 0.4×	294 1.5×	76 0.4×	150 0.9×	79	2.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Brodbeck, May. (1971). Mind: From within and from without. 45. 42–42. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, Michael & May Brodbeck. (1969). Readings in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. American Educational Research Journal. 6(1). 133–133. 52 indexed citations

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Lewis, Gordon H. & May Brodbeck. (1969). Readings in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences.. American Sociological Review. 34(5). 744–744. 123 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1968). Readings in the philosophy of the social sciences. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 87 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1966). Discussion: Objectivism and Interaction: A Reaction to Margolis. Philosophy of Science. 33(3). 287–292. 2 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1963). Meaning and Action. Philosophy of Science. 30(4). 309–324. 24 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1962). Explanation, prediction, and "imperfect" knowledge. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 25 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1961). Structure of Science. Science. 134(3484). 997–999. 41 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May & Michael Polanyi. (1960). Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy.. American Sociological Review. 25(4). 582–582. 1005 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brodbeck, May & Herbert A. Simon. (1958). Models of Man.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 53(282). 600–600. 28 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1958). Methodological Individualisms: Definition and Reduction. Philosophy of Science. 25(1). 1–22. 74 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1957). Chapter I: The Philosophy of Science and Educational Research. Review of Educational Research. 27(5). 427–440. 3 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1957). The Philosophy of Science and Educational Research. Review of Educational Research. 27(5). 427–427. 17 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1956). The role of small groups in mediating the effects of propaganda.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 52(2). 166–170. 42 indexed citations

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Suppes, Patrick, Herbert Feigl, & May Brodbeck. (1955). Readings in the Philosophy of Science. Econometrica. 23(3). 351–351. 14 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May & Arthur F. Bentley. (1955). Inquiry into Inquiries: Essays in Social Theory.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 15(4). 580–580. 5 indexed citations

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Kilzer, Ernest, Philip P. Wiener, Herbert Feigl, & May Brodbeck. (1954). Readings in Philosophy of Science. Introduction to the Foundations and Cultural Aspects of the Sciences. The American Catholic Sociological Review. 15(2). 194–194. 3 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1954). On the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Philosophy of Science. 21(2). 140–156. 23 indexed citations

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Feigl, Herbert, May Brodbeck, & Paul G. Morrison. (1953). Readings in the Philosophy of Sci-ence. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 7(26). 169 indexed citations

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Brodbeck, May. (1951). Toward a naturalistic “Non-Naturalistic” ethic. Philosophical Studies. 2(1). 7–11. 4 indexed citations

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