Peter Winch

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Peter Winch is a scholar working on Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Winch has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Philosophy, 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Winch's work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (7 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 papers) and Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 papers). Peter Winch is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (7 papers), Philosophical Ethics and Theory (5 papers) and Medieval and Classical Philosophy (3 papers). Peter Winch collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Peter Winch's co-authors include William R. Catton, Leon J. Goldstein, Rollo Handy, Samuel Ζ. Klausner, Igor Primoratz, Alan Montefiore, Grace A. de Laguna, Saul A. Kripke, Ernest Gellner and Peter Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, American Sociological Review and British Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Winch

36 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy.

1960 895 citations William R. Catton, Peter Winch American Sociological Review profile →
Culture and Value

1970 514 citations Peter Winch et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter Winch	775	688	291	271	187	40	2.1k
Harold Bloom	618 0.8×	834 1.2×	234 0.8×	174 0.6×	196 1.0×	347	3.6k
Paul de Man	1.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	292 1.0×	301 1.1×	213 1.1×	91	4.3k
Northrop Frye	591 0.8×	928 1.3×	215 0.7×	233 0.9×	258 1.4×	151	3.4k
Jean Paul Sartre	584 0.8×	710 1.0×	270 0.9×	157 0.6×	158 0.8×	120	2.2k
Chaïm Perelman	1.3k 1.7×	783 1.1×	398 1.4×	525 1.9×	226 1.2×	168	3.2k
Maurice Natanson	584 0.8×	706 1.0×	147 0.5×	289 1.1×	174 0.9×	71	2.3k
Trudy Govier	523 0.7×	503 0.7×	233 0.8×	224 0.8×	171 0.9×	74	1.8k
David Hiley	394 0.5×	393 0.6×	137 0.5×	173 0.6×	158 0.8×	53	1.6k
Kathleen McLaughlin	681 0.9×	829 1.2×	152 0.5×	406 1.5×	350 1.9×	8	2.9k
Jacques Lacan	838 1.1×	1.3k 1.9×	340 1.2×	135 0.5×	219 1.2×	152	4.5k

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Winch, Peter. (2002). The Idea of a Social Science. 14(2). 117 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1996). The Expression of Belief. 70(2). 7–7. 5 indexed citations

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Primoratz, Igor, et al.. (1992). The Political Responsibility of Intellectuals.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 42(167). 256–256. 19 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1990). Certainty and Authority. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. 28. 223–237. 5 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1987). Trying to make sense. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter & W. G. Runciman. (1974). A Critique of Max Weber's Philosophy of Social Science.. The Philosophical Review. 83(2). 263–263. 1 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter, et al.. (1973). Ciencia social y filosofía. Revista española de la opinión pública. 425–425. 11 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1972). Ethics and action. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 77 indexed citations

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Heath, Peter & Peter Winch. (1971). Trying and Attempting. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 45(1). 193–227. 4 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter, et al.. (1970). Culture and Value. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Winch, Peter, et al.. (1970). Studies in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 20(80). 276–276. 21 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1970). Human Nature. Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement. 4. 1–13. 1 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1965). The Universalizability of Moral Judgements. The Monist. 49(2). 196–214. 19 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1964). Mr. Louch's idea of a social science. Inquiry. 7(1-4). 202–208. 7 indexed citations

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Handy, Rollo & Peter Winch. (1960). The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 21(2). 270–270. 106 indexed citations

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Catton, William R. & Peter Winch. (1960). The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy.. American Sociological Review. 25(3). 424–424. 895 indexed citations breakdown →

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Winch, Peter. (1960). XIII—Nature and Convention. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 60(1). 231–252. 6 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1955). CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PHILOSOPHY AND ITS CRITICS. Higher Education Quarterly. 10(1). 24–37. 1 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1953). The Notion of `Suggestion' In Thomas Reid's Theory of Perception. The Philosophical Quarterly. 3(13). 327–327. 4 indexed citations

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Winch, Peter. (1953). Necessary and Contingent Truths. Analysis. 13(3). 52–60. 4 indexed citations

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