Michael Tye

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Tye is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Tye has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 32 papers in Philosophy and 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Tye's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (47 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (21 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (11 papers). Michael Tye is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (47 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (21 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (11 papers). Michael Tye collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Michael Tye's co-authors include Brian Cutter, R. M. Sainsbury, Ned Block, Alex Byrne, Brian P. McLaughlin, Daniel C. Dennett, Richard Fumerton, Alastair Hannay, D. M. Armstrong and Norman Malcolm and has published in prestigious journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The Philosophical Review and The Journal of Philosophy.

In The Last Decade

Michael Tye

112 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ten Problems of Consciousness

1995 750 citations Michael Tye profile →
Consciousness, Color, and Content

2000 642 citations Michael Tye profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Tye United States	28	2.2k	1.8k	1.3k	883	635	116	3.4k
Mohan Matthen Canada	22	639 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	245 0.2×	489 0.6×	300 0.5×	79	2.3k
Gareth Evans United Kingdom	8	1.3k 0.6×	536 0.3×	982 0.8×	404 0.5×	216 0.3×	12	1.9k
Berit Brogaard United States	20	633 0.3×	517 0.3×	573 0.5×	225 0.3×	160 0.3×	101	1.3k
Bence Nánay Belgium	23	866 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	346 0.3×	279 0.3×	451 0.7×	130	2.0k
Tim Bayne Australia	26	413 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	510 0.4×	68 0.1×	366 0.6×	85	2.3k
Karen Neander United States	14	436 0.2×	479 0.3×	442 0.3×	690 0.8×	93 0.1×	22	1.4k
Nicholas Shea United Kingdom	23	394 0.2×	895 0.5×	150 0.1×	281 0.3×	373 0.6×	66	2.0k
Colin Klein Australia	27	368 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	209 0.2×	106 0.1×	413 0.7×	82	2.4k
Erik Myin Belgium	18	326 0.1×	1.0k 0.6×	150 0.1×	136 0.2×	617 1.0×	49	1.4k
John Barresi Canada	17	541 0.2×	700 0.4×	201 0.2×	152 0.2×	679 1.1×	45	1.8k

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All Works

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Tye, Michael. (2024). How Can We Tell if a Machine is Conscious?. Inquiry. 1–19. 1 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2022). Crustacean Pain. Animal Sentience. 7(32). 1 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2021). Vagueness and the Evolution of Consciousness. 12 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2020). Filling In and the Nature of Visual Experience. 27. 59–69. 1 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2016). Are insects sentient?. Animal Sentience. 1(9). 4 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2014). Does Conscious Seeing Have A Finer Grain Than Attention?. Thought A Journal of Philosophy. 3(2). 154–158. 7 indexed citations

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Cutter, Brian & Michael Tye. (2011). TRACKING REPRESENTATIONALISM AND THE PAINFULNESS OF PAIN. Philosophical Issues. 21(1). 90–109. 79 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2008). The Experience of Emotion : an Intentionalist Theory. Revue internationale de philosophie. n° 243(1). 25–50. 47 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2007). Phenomenal consciousness and cognitive accessibility. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 30(5-6). 527–528. 2 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2006). Absent Qualia and the Mind-Body Problem. The Philosophical Review. 115(2). 139–168. 7 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2003). A Theory of Phenomenal Concepts. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. 53. 91–105. 27 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2003). Consciousness and Persons: Unity and Identity. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 66 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (2000). Vagueness and Reality. Philosophical Topics. 28(1). 195–209. 11 indexed citations

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Block, Ned & Michael Tye. (1998). Is Experiencing Just Representing?. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 58(3). 663–663. 41 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (1996). Mental Reality by Galen Strawson. The Journal of Philosophy. 93(8). 421–424. 3 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (1996). Perceptual Experience Is a Many-Layered Thing. Philosophical Issues. 7. 117–117. 18 indexed citations

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Horgan, Terence & Michael Tye. (1985). Against the token identity theory. 7 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (1984). Pain and the adverbial theory. American Philosophical Quarterly. 21(4). 12 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (1982). A note on the synonymy principle of property identity. Analysis. 42(1). 52–55. 3 indexed citations

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Tye, Michael. (1980). In defense of the words ?human body?. Philosophical Studies. 38(2). 177–182. 6 indexed citations

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