Shelly Kagan

3.3k citations
34 papers · 1.3k indexed · h-index 15
Topics
Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers)Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers)Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

Shelly Kagan

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers

Shelly Kagan
Comparison fields: 5 of 92
  • Philosophy 713
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 610
  • Political Science and International Relations 312
  • Sociology and Political Science 205
  • General Health Professions 152
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Countries citing papers authored by Shelly Kagan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shelly Kagan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shelly Kagan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shelly Kagan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shelly Kagan 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 Shelly Kagan. Shelly Kagan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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For Hierarchy in Animal Ethics
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3 1
4 1
5 124
6 54
7 35
8 60
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Me and my life
32
10 87
11 22
12 352
13 6
14 1
15 19
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Causation and Responsibility
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17 1
18
Causation, liability, and internalism
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19 5
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Does Consequentialism Demand too Much? Recent Work on the Limits of Obligation
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About Shelly Kagan

Shelly Kagan is a scholar working on Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Political Science and International Relations, having authored 34 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers), Political Philosophy and Ethics (8 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (713 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (610 citations) and General Decision Sciences (42 citations). Shelly Kagan has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Vallentyne, Michael Slote, Dan W. Brock and F. M. Kamm. Their work appears in journals such as Perspectives on Psychological Science, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

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