William Bechtel

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

William Bechtel is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bechtel has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 42 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 35 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William Bechtel's work include Philosophy and History of Science (55 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (21 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers). William Bechtel is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (55 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (21 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers). William Bechtel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. William Bechtel's co-authors include Adele Abrahamsen, Robert C. Richardson, Jennifer Mundale, Carl F. Craver, Arnon Levy, Leonardo Bich, Robert N. McCauley, Werner Callebaut, Oron Shagrir and Adele A. Abrahamson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Neuropsychologia.

In The Last Decade

William Bechtel

142 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Peers

William Bechtel
Comparison fields: 5 of 175
  • History and Philosophy of Science 2.0k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 1.7k
  • Molecular Biology 1.0k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 718
  • Social Psychology 522
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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6 16
7 21
8 51
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A Phylogenetic Perspective on Distributed Decision-Making Mechanisms
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11 8
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Representing Time in Scientific Diagrams
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Cognitive Biology: Surprising Model Organisms for Cognitive Science
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Taking the naturalistic turn, or, How real philosophy of science is done
88
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Filosofía de la mente: una panorámica para la ciencia cognitiva
3

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