Paul Thagard

22.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
176 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Paul Thagard is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Thagard has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Paul Thagard's work include Philosophy and History of Science (46 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (14 papers). Paul Thagard is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (46 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (16 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (14 papers). Paul Thagard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Paul Thagard's co-authors include Keith J. Holyoak, Richard E. Nisbett, John H. Holland, Ziva Kunda, Stephen W. Smoliar, Lorenzo Magnani, Nancy J. Nersessian, Chris Eliasmith, Terrence C. Stewart and Tobias Schröder and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Paul Thagard

170 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Induction 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 1989 1987 1996 1992 250 500 750

Peers

Paul Thagard
Comparison fields: 5 of 198
  • Artificial Intelligence 2.5k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 1.9k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.8k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.8k
  • History and Philosophy of Science 1.7k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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How Does Current AI Stack Up Against Human Intelligence
0
2 4
3 15
4 28
5 23
6
EMPATHICA: a computer support system with visual representations for cognitive-affective mapping
18
7
A estrutura conceitual da revolução química
0
8 131
9 8
10 58
11
Philosophy of Physics (Handbook of the Philosophy of Science) 2 volume set
3
12
Why Losses Loom Larger than Gains: Modeling Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive-Affective Interaction
8
13 49
14
An Extended Theory of Human Problem Solving
17
15 17
16
Perspectives on Conceptual Change
17
17 10
18
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876
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THE EMERGENCE OF MEANING: HOW TO ESCAPE SEARLE'S CHINESE ROOM
1
20
Discovering the wave theory of sound: inductive inference in the context of problem solving
16

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