Michaël Esfeld

2.6k total citations
86 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Michaël Esfeld is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaël Esfeld has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 40 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 29 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michaël Esfeld's work include Philosophy and History of Science (45 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (40 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (27 papers). Michaël Esfeld is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (45 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (40 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (27 papers). Michaël Esfeld collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Australia. Michaël Esfeld's co-authors include Vincent Lam, Dustin Lazarovici, Mario Hubert, Mauro Dorato, Detlef Dürr, Dirk-André Deckert, Nicolas Gisin, Michael H. Herzog, Wulfram Gerstner and Albert Newen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Neural Networks and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Michaël Esfeld

74 papers receiving 826 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michaël Esfeld Switzerland 17 586 562 258 172 168 86 941
Richard Healey United States 17 405 0.7× 562 1.0× 149 0.6× 116 0.7× 178 1.1× 39 841
Paul Teller United States 20 799 1.4× 495 0.9× 361 1.4× 77 0.4× 131 0.8× 62 1.5k
Craig Callender United States 22 681 1.2× 634 1.1× 297 1.2× 99 0.6× 344 2.0× 64 1.5k
Alyssa Ney United States 12 314 0.5× 278 0.5× 183 0.7× 90 0.5× 81 0.5× 25 497
Tim Maudlin United States 20 826 1.4× 887 1.6× 560 2.2× 191 1.1× 395 2.4× 59 1.7k
Jeremy Butterfield United Kingdom 23 615 1.0× 929 1.7× 458 1.8× 96 0.6× 437 2.6× 86 1.8k
Jeffrey A. Barrett United States 16 313 0.5× 337 0.6× 64 0.2× 94 0.5× 80 0.5× 71 858
Alisa Bokulich United States 18 594 1.0× 256 0.5× 105 0.4× 39 0.2× 74 0.4× 38 970
Lawrence Sklar United States 21 741 1.3× 499 0.9× 290 1.1× 47 0.3× 309 1.8× 68 1.5k
James T. Cushing United States 16 468 0.8× 666 1.2× 74 0.3× 162 0.9× 169 1.0× 74 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Esfeld, Michaël, et al.. (2025). The Social Sciences and the A Priori. 29(1).
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Esfeld, Michaël, et al.. (2023). Humean time-reversal symmetry. Synthese. 202(2). 31–31. 1 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël, Dustin Lazarovici, Vincent Lam, & Mario Hubert. (2015). The Physics and Metaphysics of Primitive Stuff. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 68(1). 133–161. 26 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël, Mario Hubert, Dustin Lazarovici, & Detlef Dürr. (2013). The Ontology of Bohmian Mechanics. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 65(4). 773–796. 75 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2012). Philosophie der Physik. Suhrkamp eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2012). La philosophie de l'esprit : une introduction aux débats contemporains. Armand Colin eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Lam, Vincent & Michaël Esfeld. (2012). The Structural Metaphysics of Quantum Theory and General Relativity. Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 43(2). 243–258. 15 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël, et al.. (2010). Kausale Strukturen. Einheit und Vielfalt in der Natur und den Naturwissenschaften. IRIS. 1 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2010). Causal Overdetermination for Humeans?. Metaphysica. 11(2). 99–104. 6 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël & Vincent Lam. (2009). Structures as the objects of fundamental physics. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 374. 3–16. 2 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2008). Naturphilosophie als Metaphysik der Natur. IRIS. 5 indexed citations
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Newen, Albert, et al.. (2007). Preface to Mental Causation, Externalism and Self-Knowledge. Erkenntnis. 67(2). 147–148. 2 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2006). John Heil. 1 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2005). Le pragmatisme en sémantique et en épistémologie contemporaines. Philosophia Scientae. 9-1. 31–47. 2 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2003). Do relations require underlying intrinsic properties? A physical argument for a metaphysics of relations. Metaphysica. 4(1). 11 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2002). Externalism about Content: Its Social and Its Physical Roots 1. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 50.
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2002). Holismus : in der Philosophie des Geistes und in der Philosophie der Physik. IRIS. 3 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2000). Aristotle’s Direct Realism In De Anima. ˜The œreview of metaphysics. 54(2). 321–336. 5 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (2000). Ein Argument für sozialen Holismus und Überzeugungs-Holimus. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung. 54(3). 387–407. 1 indexed citations
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Esfeld, Michaël. (1995). Mechanismus und Subjektivität in der Philosophie von Thomas Hobbes. Frommann-Holzboog eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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