Christopher Pincock

History and Philosophy of Science · 2004–2015

A researcher in the Science corpus: 3 papers; trusts 8 researchers and is trusted by 4 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• History and Philosophy of Science — 10 citations into it; #158 of 602 by trust here, #472 by citations
• Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — 6 citations into it; #3,377 of 9,731 by trust here, #9,360 by citations

Whom Christopher Pincock trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. Robert W. Batterman
2. Keith A. Markus
3. Michael Strevens
4. Marc Lange
5. Collin Rice
6. Aidan Lyon
7. Bradford Skow
8. James F. Woodward

Who trusts Christopher Pincock overall

1. Otávio A. S. Bueno
2. Mark Colyvan
3. Collin Rice
4. Robert W. Batterman

Papers from Christopher Pincock's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers Christopher Pincock trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation
2. The devil in the details : asymptotic reasoning in explanation, reduction, and emergence
3. What Are Mathematical Coincidences (and Why Does It Matter)
4. Mathematical Explanation: Why it Matters
5. Moving Beyond Causes: Optimality Models and Scientific Explanation
6. Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)? (British Journal for the Philosophy of Science)
7. Mathematical Explanations Of Empirical Facts, And Mathematical Realism
8. Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation
9. The Indispensability of Mathematics
10. Simulation and Similarity: Using Models to Understand the World (Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science) by Michael Weisberg (Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation)

Their papers

• Abstract Explanations in Science (2015) — 97 citations
• Mathematics and Scientific Representation (2012) — 186 citations
• A New Perspective on the Problem of Applying Mathematics (2004) — 65 citations