Ronald Laymon

499 total citations
22 papers, 207 citations indexed

About

Ronald Laymon is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Laymon has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 207 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ronald Laymon's work include Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (2 papers). Ronald Laymon is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (10 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers) and Historical Philosophy and Science (2 papers). Ronald Laymon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ronald Laymon's co-authors include Allan Franklin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Laymon

19 papers receiving 175 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald Laymon United States 9 142 28 27 24 24 22 207
Brent Mundy United States 9 139 1.0× 78 2.8× 72 2.7× 15 0.6× 56 2.3× 20 269
Oscar Sheynin Germany 14 153 1.1× 12 0.4× 12 0.4× 21 0.9× 12 0.5× 64 519
Andreas Hüttemann Germany 8 149 1.0× 58 2.1× 32 1.2× 22 0.9× 84 3.5× 27 274
Sorin Bangu Norway 8 125 0.9× 55 2.0× 36 1.3× 29 1.2× 12 0.5× 26 186
Ioannis Votsis Germany 8 118 0.8× 33 1.2× 19 0.7× 19 0.8× 11 0.5× 22 155
Rolando Chuaqui Chile 8 73 0.5× 21 0.8× 17 0.6× 19 0.8× 8 0.3× 15 195
Alexander Rueger Canada 11 172 1.2× 52 1.9× 78 2.9× 20 0.8× 57 2.4× 32 313
Brigitte Falkenburg Germany 6 66 0.5× 25 0.9× 49 1.8× 6 0.3× 35 1.5× 35 158
John M. Quinn 4 72 0.5× 38 1.4× 58 2.1× 8 0.3× 74 3.1× 10 201
Max Kistler France 8 123 0.9× 76 2.7× 38 1.4× 4 0.2× 20 0.8× 46 217

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald Laymon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Franklin, Allan & Ronald Laymon. (2020). Once Can Be Enough. 2 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan & Ronald Laymon. (2020). Once Can Be Enough: Decisive Experiments, No Replication Required. 1 indexed citations
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Franklin, Allan & Ronald Laymon. (2019). Measuring Nothing, Repeatedly. Morgan & Claypool Publishers eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1995). Experimentation and the legitimacy of idealization. Philosophical Studies. 77(2-3). 353–375. 8 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1994). Demonstrative induction, old and new evidence and the accuracy of the electrostatic inverse square law. Synthese. 99(1). 23–58. 8 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1993). The computational and confirmational differences between the social and the physical sciences. Philosophia. 22(3-4). 241–273. 3 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1990). Computer Simulations, Idealizations and Approximations. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1990(2). 519–534. 10 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1989). Cartwright and the Lying Laws of Physics. The Journal of Philosophy. 86(7). 353–353. 38 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1989). Applying idealized scientific theories to engineering. Synthese. 81(3). 353–371. 16 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1987). Using Scott Domains to Explicate the Notions of Approximate and Idealized Data. Philosophy of Science. 54(2). 194–221. 21 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1982). Scientific Realism and the Hierarchical Counterfactual Path from Data to Theory. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1982(1). 107–121. 13 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1982). Discussion: Independent Testability and Experimental Type: Response to Erlichson. Philosophy of Science. 49(2). 274–281. 1 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1980). Independent Testability: The Michelson-Morley and Kennedy-Thorndike Experiments. Philosophy of Science. 47(1). 1–37. 7 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1980). Idealization, Explanation, and Confirmation. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1980(1). 336–350. 12 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1978). Newton's Bucket Experiment. Journal of the history of philosophy. 16(4). 399–413. 22 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1978). Newton's experimentum crucis and the logic of idealization and theory refutation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 9(1). 51–77. 15 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald, et al.. (1977). Computer-Assisted Instruction in Logic. Teaching Philosophy. 2(1). 15–28. 1 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1977). Feyerabend, Brownian Motion, and the Hiddenness of Refuting Facts. Philosophy of Science. 44(2). 225–247. 22 indexed citations
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Laymon, Ronald. (1976). ENIGMA, CAI-CMI for Introductory Logic: Some of Its Abilities with English Sentences..

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