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Citations
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6352
National Ranking
3051

Overview

Christopher Hitchcock is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, notably within the Arts and Humanities and Computer Science, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to both philosophical and technical domains.

The primary fields of study covered in Hitchcock's work include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, Hitchcock's subfields of research are notably diverse, encompassing:

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Hitchcock's research addresses several main topics, reflecting a strong emphasis on philosophical inquiry as well as quantitative modeling methodologies:

  • Philosophy and History of Science
  • Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Advanced Algebra and Logic
  • Statistics Education and Methodologies

The body of Hitchcock's recent publications demonstrates engagement with both philosophical discourse and applied geological sciences. Recent papers include:

  • "Interpretations of Probability," 2021, published in Philosophy
  • "EVOLVING RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST AND CONSULTING FIRM OWNER," 2020, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • "A Probabilistic Extension of Existing Site-Specific Liquefaction Triggering And liquefaction Manifestation Methods for Regional Scale Evaluations," 2024, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "REGIONAL SCALE GROUNDWATER MODELING FOR HAZARD ANALYSES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA," 2023, published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Hitchcock has frequently collaborated with other researchers across related fields. Coauthors with whom Hitchcock has published multiple works include:

  • Timothy Estep
  • Alan Hájek
  • Mike Greenfield
  • Jenny Taing
  • Michael Greenfield

Frequent venues for Hitchcock's publications reflect a balance between geological sciences and philosophical inquiry, including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Philosophy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference

    Christopher Hitchcock;Judea Pearl

  • The Intransitivity of Causation Revealed In Equations and Graphs

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • Cause and Norm

    Christopher Hitchcock;Joshua Knobe

  • Explanatory Generalizations, Part I: A Counterfactual Account

    James Woodward;Christopher Hitchcock

  • The Oxford Handbook of Causation

    Helen Beebee;Christopher Hitchcock;Peter Menzies

  • Prediction Versus Accommodation and the Risk of Overfitting

    Christopher Hitchcock;Elliott Sober

  • Explanatory generalizations, part II: Plumbing explanatory depth

    Christopher Hitchcock;James Woodward

  • Graded Causation and Defaults

    Joseph Y. Halpern;Christopher Hitchcock

  • Prevention, Preemption, and the Principle of Sufficient Reason

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • The Role of Contrast in Causal and Explanatory Claims

    Christopher Read Hitchcock

  • Of Humean Bondage

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • Discussion : Salmon on explanatory relevance

    Christopher Read Hitchcock

  • A generalized probabilistic theory of causal relevance

    Christopher Read Hitchcock

  • A Tale of Two Effects

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • The Mishap at Reichenbach Fall: Singular vs. General Causation

    Christopher Read Hitchcock

  • Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Science

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • Contrastive explanation and the demons of determinism

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • Contemporary debates in philosophy of science

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • Three Concepts of Causation

    Christopher Hitchcock

  • The Oxford Handbook of Probability and Philosophy

    Alan Hájek;Christopher Hitchcock

  • Actual Causation and the Art of Modeling

    Joseph Y. Halpern;Christopher Hitchcock

  • Introduction: What is the Philosophy of Science

    Christopher R. Hitchcock

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua Knobe
Joshua Knobe Yale University
James Woodward
James Woodward University of Pittsburgh
Charles W. Kalish
Charles W. Kalish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Elliott Sober
Elliott Sober University of Wisconsin–Madison

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