Philip Kitcher

19.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
184 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Philip Kitcher is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip Kitcher has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 28 papers in Philosophy and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Philip Kitcher's work include Philosophy and History of Science (40 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (17 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (12 papers). Philip Kitcher is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (40 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (17 papers) and Evolution and Science Education (12 papers). Philip Kitcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Philip Kitcher's co-authors include John Dupré, Mark E. Steiner, Kim Sterelny, Wesley C. Salmon, Ronald N. Giere, Richard Levins, Richard C Lewontin, P. Kyle Stanford, Ian Hacking and Julian Reiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Philip Kitcher

168 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Science, Truth, and Democ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2001 1995 1985 1989 1981 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Philip Kitcher 3.9k 2.3k 2.1k 1.6k 909 184 8.8k
Ian Hacking 3.9k 1.0× 4.2k 1.9× 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 207 16.5k
Nancy Cartwright 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 938 0.6× 604 0.7× 119 9.4k
Hilary Putnam 3.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 4.0k 1.9× 4.0k 2.5× 1.6k 1.8× 243 12.9k
Elliott Sober 3.6k 0.9× 3.0k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 786 0.9× 224 9.2k
Carl G. Hempel 2.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 901 0.6× 536 0.6× 63 6.7k
Larry Laudan 2.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 570 0.4× 377 0.4× 99 5.8k
Bas C. van Fraassen 6.0k 1.5× 704 0.3× 2.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 828 0.9× 131 9.5k
Ronald N. Giere 2.6k 0.7× 729 0.3× 729 0.3× 541 0.3× 629 0.7× 86 5.6k
W. V. Quine 3.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 3.5k 1.7× 4.4k 2.7× 1.2k 1.3× 138 12.7k
John Dupré 1.5k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 788 0.4× 760 0.5× 628 0.7× 236 11.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip Kitcher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip Kitcher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philip Kitcher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philip Kitcher based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Philip Kitcher. Philip Kitcher is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Newman, Stuart A., Peter Godfrey‐Smith, Daniel L. Hartl, et al.. (2021). Remembering Richard Lewontin (1929–2021). Biological Theory. 16(4). 257–267. 4 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2020). Life After Faith. Yale University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Godlove, Terry F., et al.. (2018). Pragmatism and Naturalism. Columbia University Press eBooks.
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Kitcher, Philip. (2015). Pragmatism and Progress. Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society. 51(4). 475–494. 1 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2014). Extending the Pragmatist Tradition: Replies to Commentators. Transactions of the Charles S Peirce Society. 50(1). 97–114. 2 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2013). Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of Science. THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science. 28(2). 185–231. 12 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2013). The Youth Without Qualities. The Monist. 97(1). 12–29. 1 indexed citations
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González, Wenceslao J. & Philip Kitcher. (2011). Scientific realism and democratic society : the philosophy of Philip Kitcher. Rodopi eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2011). John Dewey, radikalni filozof. Filozofska istraživanja. 31(1). 1 indexed citations
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Waal, Frans Β. Μ. de, Christine M. Korsgaard, Philip Kitcher, et al.. (2011). Primaten und Philosophen : wie die Evolution die Moral hervorbrachte. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2001). Infectious Ideas. The Monist. 84(3). 368–391. 3 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (2001). Knowledge and Tradition. Philosophical Topics. 29(1). 251–270. 1 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (1998). Genetik und Ethik : die Revolution der Humangenetik und ihre Folgen. Luchterhand eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip, et al.. (1995). Evolution of altriusm in optional and compulsory games. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 175(2). 161–171. 53 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (1985). Good Science, Bad Science, Dreadful Science, and Pseudoscience.. The journal of college science teaching. 14(3). 7 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (1985). Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human Nature. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 38(3). 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kitcher, Philip. (1983). Kant's Philosophy of Science. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 8. 387–407. 18 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip, et al.. (1982). Abusing Science--The Case against Creationism. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 36(1). 178 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (1982). Species. The Journal of Philosophy. 79(11). 721–722. 1 indexed citations
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Kitcher, Philip. (1981). How Kant Almost Wrote “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”. Philosophical Topics. 12(2). 217–249. 14 indexed citations

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