Peter Achinstein
Impact in
- History and Philosophy of Science top 0.05%
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- Philosophy top 0.5%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Papers in ⓘ
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- Philosophy and History of Science 32
- History of Science and Medicine 6
- Philosophy, Science, and History 3
- Evolution and Science Education 2
- Co-authors
- Stephen Barker (2 shared papers)Paul Teller (1 shared paper)J. J. C. Smart (1 shared paper)Robert Ackermann (1 shared paper)T. C. Holyoke (1 shared paper)Owen Hannaway (1 shared paper)Herbert Feigl (1 shared paper)Grover Maxwell (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Philosophy of Science (11 papers)The Philosophical Review (6 papers)The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (6 papers)Analysis (5 papers)The Journal of Philosophy (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United States
In The Last Decade
Peter Achinstein
72 papers receiving 1.3k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
- History and Philosophy of Science 830
- Philosophy 362
- General Psychology 37
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 265
- General Decision Sciences 31
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside Peter Achinstein, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 75 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The nature of explanation | 1983 | 219 |
| 2 | 2001 | 118 | |
| 3 | 1971 | 109 | |
| 4 | 1970 | 97 | |
| 5 | 1986 | 94 | |
| 6 | 1973 | 74 | |
| 7 | 1969 | 71 | |
| 8 | 1978 | 51 | |
| 9 | 1964 | 47 | |
| 10 | 1964 | 46 | |
| 11 | What Is an Explanation | 1977 | 42 |
| 12 | 2009 | 38 | |
| 13 | Kelvin's Baltimore Lectures and Modern Theoretical Physics | 1987 | 37 |
| 14 | 1964 | 33 | |
| 15 | 2002 | 30 | |
| 16 | Studies in the philosophy of science | 1969 | 25 |
| 17 | 1965 | 23 | |
| 18 | 1960 | 22 | |
| 19 | 1993 | 20 | |
| 20 | The Concept of Evidence | 1984 | 20 |
About Peter Achinstein
Peter Achinstein is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Theoretical Computer Science, Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 75 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophy and History of Science (32 papers), History of Science and Medicine (6 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (3 papers), Evolution and Science Education (2 papers), History and advancements in chemistry (2 papers) and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in History and Philosophy of Science (830 citations), Philosophy (362 citations), General Psychology (37 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (265 citations) and General Decision Sciences (31 citations). Peter Achinstein has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Barker, Paul Teller, J. J. C. Smart, Robert Ackermann, T. C. Holyoke, Owen Hannaway, Herbert Feigl, Grover Maxwell, Alan F. Chalmers and Alan Musgrave. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophy of Science, The Philosophical Review, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Analysis and The Journal of Philosophy.
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