William Seager

1.4k total citations
53 papers, 521 citations indexed

About

William Seager is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, William Seager has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 521 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 13 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 10 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in William Seager's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (17 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (11 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). William Seager is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (17 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (11 papers) and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 papers). William Seager collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Netherlands. William Seager's co-authors include Jaegwon Kim, Hendrik Knoche, Jack Jansen, Pablo César, David Geerts, Dick C. A. Bulterman, M. Angela Sasse, Manuel Oliveira, Colin McGinn and George Hunter and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Consciousness and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

William Seager

44 papers receiving 436 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Seager Canada 10 198 140 139 137 111 53 521
P. Suppes United States 10 119 0.6× 54 0.4× 97 0.7× 36 0.3× 39 0.4× 27 641
Robin Le Poidevin United Kingdom 16 353 1.8× 301 2.1× 122 0.9× 188 1.4× 68 0.6× 65 702
Joseph W. Dauben United States 11 84 0.4× 67 0.5× 48 0.3× 119 0.9× 37 0.3× 52 599
J. R. Lucas United Kingdom 11 164 0.8× 107 0.8× 134 1.0× 120 0.9× 59 0.5× 41 592
Joseph C. Maloney United States 4 151 0.8× 115 0.8× 147 1.1× 80 0.6× 43 0.4× 9 462
Michiel van Lambalgen Netherlands 19 243 1.2× 75 0.5× 370 2.7× 85 0.6× 29 0.3× 56 1.1k
Kenneth M. Sayre United States 14 166 0.8× 193 1.4× 146 1.1× 104 0.8× 58 0.5× 59 714
Reinhard Blutner Netherlands 10 209 1.1× 58 0.4× 86 0.6× 26 0.2× 41 0.4× 31 734
Jenann Ismael United States 14 199 1.0× 185 1.3× 184 1.3× 239 1.7× 20 0.2× 36 591
Stephen Leeds United States 11 298 1.5× 219 1.6× 123 0.9× 268 2.0× 35 0.3× 35 632

Countries citing papers authored by William Seager

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Seager

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Seager

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Seager. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Seager 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 William Seager. William Seager 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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Seager, William. (2016). Theories of Consciousness. 14 indexed citations
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César, Pablo, et al.. (2008). Enhancing Social Sharing Of Videos: Fragment, Annotate, Enrich, And Share. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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César, Pablo, Dick C. A. Bulterman, David Geerts, et al.. (2008). Enhancing social sharing of videos. Lirias (KU Leuven). 11–20. 45 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (2006). The 'intrinsic nature' argument for panpsychism. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 13. 35 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (2006). Emergence, epiphenomenalism and consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (2003). Tye on Consciousness: Time to Panic?. Philosophical Studies. 113(3). 237–247. 2 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (2002). Emotional introspection. Consciousness and Cognition. 11(4). 666–687. 19 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (2001). Consciousness, Value and Functionalism. 7. 4 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1999). The reality ofnow. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 13(1). 69–82.
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Seager, William & Colin McGinn. (1994). The Problem of Consciousness.. The Journal of Philosophy. 91(6). 327–327. 3 indexed citations
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Heil, John & William Seager. (1993). Metaphysics of Consciousness.. The Philosophical Review. 102(4). 612–612. 2 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1993). The Elimination of Experience. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 53(2). 345–345. 2 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1992). Externalism and Token Identity. The Philosophical Quarterly. 42(169). 439–439. 3 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1991). Disjunctive laws and supervenience. Analysis. 51(2). 93–98. 6 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1988). Scientific Anti-Realism and the Epistemic Community. PSA Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. 1988(1). 181–187. 1 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1988). Weak Supervenience and Materialism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 48(4). 697–697. 9 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1987). Credibility, Confirmation and Explanation. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 38(3). 301–317. 2 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1986). SCIENTIFIC ANTI‐REALISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND. Pacific philosophical quarterly. 67(2). 136–151. 2 indexed citations
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Seager, William. (1983). Probabilistic Semantics, Identity and Belief. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 13(3). 353–364. 1 indexed citations
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Hunter, Graeme K. & William Seager. (1981). The Discreet Charm of Counterpart Theory. Analysis. 41(2). 73–73.

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