Norman Malcolm

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Norman Malcolm is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Malcolm has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Philosophy, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Norman Malcolm's work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 papers). Norman Malcolm is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (7 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 papers). Norman Malcolm collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Norman Malcolm's co-authors include Hans Reichenbach, Gregory Vlastos, D. M. Armstrong, Edward Wilson Averill, James J. Gibson, Georg Henrik von Wright, Peter Carruthers, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michael Tye and Charles A. Baylis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Norman Malcolm

56 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

The Rise of Scientific Philosophy.

1951 320 citations Norman Malcolm, Hans Reichenbach The Philosophical Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norman Malcolm United Kingdom	21	743	535	340	250	180	68	1.8k
Edmund L. Gettier United States	3	968 1.3×	527 1.0×	367 1.1×	209 0.8×	210 1.2×	4	1.5k
A. J. Ayer United Kingdom	15	631 0.8×	408 0.8×	198 0.6×	405 1.6×	188 1.0×	53	1.5k
Keith Lehrer United States	22	1.2k 1.6×	728 1.4×	540 1.6×	427 1.7×	378 2.1×	127	2.4k
Anthony Kenny United States	26	1.2k 1.6×	497 0.9×	416 1.2×	372 1.5×	277 1.5×	121	2.3k
Rush Rhees United Kingdom	16	828 1.1×	457 0.9×	104 0.3×	165 0.7×	180 1.0×	46	1.6k
Cora Diamond United States	17	1.1k 1.5×	561 1.0×	251 0.7×	110 0.4×	245 1.4×	65	1.8k
Frances A. Yates	14	259 0.3×	230 0.4×	209 0.6×	143 0.6×	228 1.3×	52	1.8k
Kendall L. Walton United States	21	798 1.1×	882 1.6×	858 2.5×	280 1.1×	405 2.3×	50	2.7k
Adam Morton United Kingdom	18	491 0.7×	512 1.0×	688 2.0×	354 1.4×	262 1.5×	90	2.0k
Andrew G. van Melsen	3	584 0.8×	533 1.0×	205 0.6×	610 2.4×	154 0.9×	5	1.8k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Malcolm, Norman. (2021). Problems of Mind.

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Malcolm, Norman. (2020). Thought and Knowledge. Cornell University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1992). Language Without Conversation. Philosophical Investigations. 15(3). 207–214. 2 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1989). Turning to Stone. Philosophical Investigations. 12(2). 101–111. 1 indexed citations

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Carruthers, Peter & Norman Malcolm. (1987). Nothing is Hidden: Wittgenstein's Criticism of his Early Thought.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 37(148). 328–328. 47 indexed citations

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Armstrong, D. M. & Norman Malcolm. (1984). Consciousness and causality. 128 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1982). ANSCOMBE, G. E. M. Collected Philosophical Papers: Vol. III, Ethics, Religion and Politics. Philosophy. 57. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1982). Wittgenstein: The relation of language to instinctive behaviour. Philosophical Investigations. 5(1). 3–22. 29 indexed citations

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Brandt, Richard B. & Norman Malcolm. (1979). Memory and Mind.. The Philosophical Review. 88(1). 105–105. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1978). Wittgenstein's Conception of First Person Psychological Sentences as "Expressions". SUNY Digital Repository Support (State University of New York System). 9(1). 5. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1975). Memory as Direct Awareness of the Past. 9. 1–22. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1975). Memory as Direct Awareness of the Past. 9. 1–22.

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Malcolm, Norman. (1968). The Conceivability of Mechanism. The Philosophical Review. 77(1). 45–45. 95 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1963). Memory and the Past. The Monist. 47(2). 247–266. 2 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1960). VII.—CRITICAL NOTICE. Mind. LXIX(273). 92–98. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman, et al.. (1959). English Philosophy Since 1900.. The Philosophical Review. 68(2). 256–256. 16 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1958). Ludwig Wittgenstein : ein Erinnerungsbuch. R. Oldenbourg eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1953). Direct Perception. The Philosophical Quarterly. 3(13). 301–301. 5 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman. (1953). MOORE'S USE OF “KNOW”. Mind. LXII(246). 241–247. 2 indexed citations

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Malcolm, Norman & Hans Reichenbach. (1951). The Rise of Scientific Philosophy.. The Philosophical Review. 60(4). 582–582. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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