What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Epistemology
- Social psychology
- Metaphysics
Joshua Knobe mainly focuses on Epistemology, Social psychology, Action, Folk psychology and Moral responsibility.
His research in Philosophy of mind, Experimental philosophy, Western philosophy, Philosophical literature and Ordinary language philosophy are components of Epistemology.
His research in Western philosophy intersects with topics in Determinism and Free will.
He combines subjects such as Developmental psychology, Intentionality and Social perception with his study of Social psychology.
His Action study combines topics in areas such as Moral psychology, Moral authority, Moral reasoning and Social cognitive theory of morality.
He has included themes like Theory of mind and Moral disengagement in his Folk psychology study.
His most cited work include:
- Intentional Action and Side Effects in Ordinary Language (546 citations)
- The Folk Concept of Intentionality (477 citations)
- Moral Responsibility and Determinism: The Cognitive Science of Folk Intuitions (389 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Joshua Knobe focuses on Epistemology, Social psychology, Experimental philosophy, Morality and Action.
His Social psychology research incorporates themes from Moral responsibility, Social cognition and Social perception.
His Moral responsibility research includes themes of Determinism and Free will.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Philosophy of science, Reproducibility, Field and Philosophy of psychology in addition to Experimental philosophy.
The Morality study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive science and Happiness.
His Action study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Affect, Cognitive psychology and Moral disengagement.
He most often published in these fields:
- Epistemology (44.27%)
- Social psychology (30.53%)
- Experimental philosophy (19.85%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Epistemology (44.27%)
- Experimental philosophy (19.85%)
- Essentialism (4.58%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Joshua Knobe mostly deals with Epistemology, Experimental philosophy, Essentialism, Philosophy of science and Cognitive psychology.
In the subject of general Epistemology, his work in Realism, Causation and Formalism is often linked to Common law and Jurisprudence, thereby combining diverse domains of study.
As a member of one scientific family, Joshua Knobe mostly works in the field of Experimental philosophy, focusing on Empirical research and, on occasion, Metaphilosophy and Contemporary philosophy.
His Cognitive psychology research includes elements of Context, Probability distribution, Action, Causal reasoning and Overdetermination.
As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Philosophy of psychology, concentrating on Free will and frequently concerns with Social psychology.
He works in the field of Social psychology, focusing on Attribution in particular.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Estimating the Reproducibility of Experimental Philosophy (16 citations)
- Experimental Philosophical Bioethics. (10 citations)
- A counterfactual explanation for the action effect in causal judgment (9 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Epistemology
- Social psychology
- Social science
His scientific interests lie mostly in Epistemology, Experimental philosophy, Essentialism, Categorization and Overdetermination.
His Epistemology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Test and Field.
His Experimental philosophy research incorporates elements of Applied psychology, Reproducibility, Philosophy of science, Reliability and Sample.
His Overdetermination research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Counterfactual thinking, Cognitive psychology, Causal reasoning and Action.
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