What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of mind
His main research concerns Identity, Epistemology, Psychoanalysis, Self-knowledge and Social psychology.
His Epistemology research focuses on Metaphysics, Qualia, Property, Infallibility and Privileged access.
As part of his studies on Metaphysics, he often connects relevant areas like Functionalism.
Sydney Shoemaker combines subjects such as Introspection, Artificial consciousness and Character with his study of Qualia.
The various areas that Sydney Shoemaker examines in his Self-knowledge study include Indexicality, Incorrigibility, Personal identity, Self-awareness and Self-reference.
His work carried out in the field of Incorrigibility brings together such families of science as Perception and Subject.
His most cited work include:
- Causality and Properties (498 citations)
- The Inverted Spectrum (299 citations)
- Functionalism and qualia (290 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Sydney Shoemaker spends much of his time researching Epistemology, Metaphysics, Analytic philosophy, Philosophy of mind and Perception.
His work is connected to Contemporary philosophy, Functionalism, Qualia, Consciousness and Causation, as a part of Epistemology.
His research in Qualia intersects with topics in Primary/secondary quality distinction, Quine, Content and Quality.
His research investigates the link between Consciousness and topics such as Psychoanalysis that cross with problems in Identity.
His Metaphysics research incorporates elements of Property, Materialism, Personal identity and Reductionism.
His Perception research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Self-knowledge, Introspection and Subject.
He most often published in these fields:
- Epistemology (55.41%)
- Metaphysics (25.68%)
- Analytic philosophy (14.86%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2016)?
- Epistemology (55.41%)
- Metaphysics (25.68%)
- Personal identity (9.46%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Sydney Shoemaker focuses on Epistemology, Metaphysics, Personal identity, Philosophy of mind and Physicalism.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Order and Psychoanalysis in addition to Epistemology.
His Metaphysics study focuses on Philosophy of language in particular.
Sydney Shoemaker interconnects Denial, Causation, Causality and Functionalism in the investigation of issues within Personal identity.
His Philosophy of mind research includes themes of Contemporary philosophy and Analytic philosophy.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Property and Representation in addition to Physicalism.
Between 2002 and 2016, his most popular works were:
- Persons, animals, and identity (37 citations)
- Realization, Micro‐Realization, and Coincidence (36 citations)
- Content, Character and Color (34 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Epistemology
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of mind
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Content, Property, Physicalism and Metaphysics.
His Social psychology research integrates issues from Epistemology and Order.
His Content research includes elements of Ontology and Representation.
His Property research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Philosophy of mind and Sortal.
Sydney Shoemaker connects Physicalism with Coincidence in his research.
He mostly deals with Philosophy of language in his studies of Metaphysics.
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