Trenton Merricks

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Trenton Merricks is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Trenton Merricks has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Philosophy, 20 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Trenton Merricks's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (20 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (17 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers). Trenton Merricks is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (20 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (17 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (10 papers). Trenton Merricks collaborates with scholars based in United States. Trenton Merricks's co-authors include Jonathan Dancy, Joshua Hoffman, Gary S. Rosenkrantz, A. N. Prior, John Bigelow, Craig Bourne, William Lane Craig, Hilary Putnam, Dean W. Zimmerman and Simon Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Trenton Merricks

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

SUPERVENIENCE AND MIND 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. SUPERVENIENCE AND MIND
    1995 349 citations Trenton Merricks Philosophical Books profile →

Peers

Trenton Merricks
Karen Bennett Portugal
Paul Horwich United States
E. J. Lowe United Kingdom
Stephen Yablo United States
Jessica Wilson Canada
Ross P. Cameron United Kingdom
Michael Devitt United States
Tim Crane United Kingdom
Georges Rey United States
L. A. Paul United States
Karen Bennett Portugal
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Countries citing papers authored by Trenton Merricks

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Fields of papers citing papers by Trenton Merricks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Trenton Merricks

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Merricks, Trenton. (2017). Locating Vagueness. The Journal of Philosophy. 114(5). 221–250. 1 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2017). Replies to Glick, Hanks and Magidor. Analysis. 77(2). 393–411. 1 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2017). The Only Way To Be. Noûs. 53(3). 593–612. 12 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2016). Replies to Wang, Speaks, and Pautz. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 93(2). 487–505. 1 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2015). Propositions. Oxford University Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2013). Three Comments on Writing the Book of the World. Analysis. 73(4). 722–736. 11 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2011). Replies. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 83(1). 212–233. 3 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2007). Truth and ontology. 139 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2006). Goodbye Growing Block. 2. 103–110. 8 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2003). The End of Counterpart Theory. The Journal of Philosophy. 100(10). 521–549. 23 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2003). Précis of Objects and Persons*. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 67(3). 700–703. 5 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2003). Replies. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 67(3). 727–744. 7 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2003). Maximality and Consciousness*. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 66(1). 150–158. 15 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2001). Objects and Persons. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 272 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (2000). ‘No statues’. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 78(1). 47–52. 9 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (1999). Endurance, Psychological Continuity, and the Importance of Personal Identity. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 59(4). 983–983. 16 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (1995). On the Incompatibility of Enduring and Perduring Entities. Mind. 104(415). 521–531. 66 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (1995). SUPERVENIENCE AND MIND. Philosophical Books. 36(3). 156–161. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Merricks, Trenton. (1995). On behalf of the coherentist. Analysis. 55(4). 306–309. 16 indexed citations
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Merricks, Trenton. (1994). Endurance and Indiscernibility. The Journal of Philosophy. 91(4). 165–184. 77 indexed citations

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