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Researcher · Tumaini University · Tanzania

J. O. Urmson

J. O. Urmson publishes mostly in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Law, on topics such as Classical Philosophy and Thought, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Ethics in medical practice.

OpenAlex
World rank
#191,279
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Tanzania
#32
of 265
Works
21
Citations
88
Citations per work
4.2

What does J. O. Urmson research?

Philosophy: 40.0%History and Philosophy of Science: 20.0%Law: 13.3%General Health Professions: 6.7%other fields: 20.0%40%top field
Philosophy40.0%History and Philosophy of Science20.0%Law13.3%General Health Professions6.7%other fields20.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Philosophy40% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science20% of their works
  3. 3Law13% of their works
  4. 4General Health Professions7% of their works
  5. 5Urban Studies7% of their works
  6. 6Education7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe J. O. Urmson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Metaphysics, Aristotle, Belief, Knowledge, Philosophy of Science, Plato, Acceptance and Ethical Climate.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Metaphysics32 topics
  2. Aristotle21 topic
  3. Belief21 topic
  4. Knowledge21 topic
  5. Philosophy of Science22 topics
  6. Plato21 topic
  7. Acceptance11 topic
  8. Ethical Climate11 topic
  9. Ethics11 topic
  10. Evolutionary Synthesis11 topic
  11. Evolutionary Theory11 topic
  12. Logical Empiricism11 topic
  13. Mechanistic Explanation11 topic
  14. Moral Distress11 topic
  15. Moral Realism11 topic
  16. Problem of Evil11 topic
  17. Theodicy11 topic
  18. Vienna Circle11 topic

Where does J. O. Urmson work?

J. O. Urmson's main affiliation in the publication record is Tumaini University, Tanzania.

How many publications and citations does J. O. Urmson have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 88 citations for J. O. Urmson, ranking #191,279 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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