David Pears

53 papers and 445 indexed citations
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About

David Pears is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pears has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 445 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Philosophy, 4 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Pears’s work include Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (4 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 papers). David Pears is often cited by papers focused on Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (18 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (4 papers) and Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 papers). David Pears collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and India. David Pears's co-authors include Bertrand Russell, Tom Richards, Annette C. Baier, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Stuart Hampshire, Jonathan E. Adler, Brian McGuinness, David Charles, William Child and Raymond Klibansky and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Journal of Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pears

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

Fields of papers citing papers by David Pears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by David Pears

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