Thomas W. Polger

991 total citations
27 papers, 400 citations indexed

About

Thomas W. Polger is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. Polger has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 400 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 12 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. Polger's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (14 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers). Thomas W. Polger is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (14 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (6 papers). Thomas W. Polger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. Thomas W. Polger's co-authors include Lawrence A. Shapiro, Owen Flanagan, Dale Purves, Beau Lotto, Kenneth J. Sufka, Michael A. Riley, Scott A. Huettel and Jan Pieter Konsman and has published in prestigious journals such as Pain, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. Polger

26 papers receiving 348 citations

Peers

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Lawrence A. Shapiro United States

Mark Wilson United States

Jenann Ismael United States

Robert Van Gulick United States

Frances Egan United States

Mark Sprevak United Kingdom

Cory Wright United States

Lenny Clapp United States

Ansgar Beckermann Germany

Sven Walter Germany

Lawrence A. Shapiro United States

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238 ×1.2

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340 ×1.8

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278 ×1.5

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116 ×1.2

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78 ×1.4

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas W. Polger

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Konsman, Jan Pieter, et al.. (2025). How Do Computational Models in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Explain?. European Journal of Neuroscience. 61(2). e16655–e16655. 1 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Lawrence A. Shapiro. (2023). The Puzzling Resilience of Multiple Realization. Minds and Machines. 33(2). 321–345. 2 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W., et al.. (2018). In defense of interventionist solutions to exclusion. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 68. 51–57. 5 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Lawrence A. Shapiro. (2018). Responses to critics. Philosophical Psychology. 31(3). 446–457. 2 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Lawrence A. Shapiro. (2016). The Multiple Realization Book. Oxford University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2015). The Innocent Eye: Why Vision Is Not a Cognitive Process By NICO ORLANDI. Analysis. 75(2). 343–345.

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2013). Physicalism and Moorean Supervenience. Analytic Philosophy. 54(1). 72–92. 8 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2013). Realization and Multiple Realization, Chicken and Egg. European Journal of Philosophy. 23(4). 862–877. 5 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2012). Functionalism as a philosophical theory of the cognitive sciences. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science. 3(3). 337–348. 6 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2011). Are sensations still brain processes?. Philosophical Psychology. 24(1). 1–21. 14 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2009). Identity Theories. Philosophy Compass. 4(5). 822–834. 2 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Lawrence A. Shapiro. (2008). Understanding the Dimensions of Realization. The Journal of Philosophy. 105(4). 213–222. 33 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2008). H2O, ‘Water’, and Transparent Reduction. Erkenntnis. 69(1). 109–130. 6 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2008). Two Confusions Concerning Multiple Realization. Philosophy of Science. 75(5). 537–547. 16 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2008). Evaluating the evidence for multiple realization. Synthese. 167(3). 457–472. 32 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2004). Natural Minds. The MIT Press eBooks. 69 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W.. (2002). Putnam's Intuition. Philosophical Studies. 109(2). 143–170. 14 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Owen Flanagan. (2001). A Decade of Teleofunctionalism: Lycan's Consciousness and Consciousness and Experience. Minds and Machines. 11(1). 113–126. 2 indexed citations

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Polger, Thomas W. & Owen Flanagan. (1996). Explaining the evolution of consciousness: The other hard problem. 1 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Owen & Thomas W. Polger. (1995). Zombies and the function of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 2(4). 147–54. 19 indexed citations

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