Philosophy

449.2k papers and 4.1M indexed citations i.

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449.2k papers covering Philosophy have received a total of 4.1M indexed citations since 1950. Papers on subfields are most often about the specific topic of Mental Health and Psychiatry, Discourse Analysis and Argumentation Studies and Education Practices and Challenges and also cover the fields of Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. Papers citing papers on subfields are usually about Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. Some of the most active scholars covering Philosophy are David V. Sheehan, Nancy C. Andreasen, John Dewey, Robert L. Spitzer, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean Endicott, Lee N. Robins, Chris Frith, Anthony S. David and Shaun Gallagher.

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