Most cited papers in Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
What are the most cited papers in Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism?
The most cited paper in Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism is "Being There: The Subjective Experience of Presence" (Carrie Heeter, 1992), with 1,355 citations. Next come "Deconstruction and Criticism" (959) and "Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics" (932).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 134 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being There: The Subjective Experience of Presence Carrie Heeter · PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality | 1992 | 1,355 |
| 2 | Deconstruction and Criticism Monroe Curtis Beardsley, Harold Bloom, Paul de Man et al. · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1980 | 959 |
| 3 | Distant Suffering: Morality, Media and Politics Luc Boltanski, Graham Burchell | 1999 | 932 |
| 4 | Interpretation and the Sciences of Man Charles Taylor | 1973 | 869 |
| 5 | Phenomenology of Practice Max van Manen · Phenomenology & Practice | 28 Oct 2007 | 816 |
| 6 | Interpretive approaches in nursing research: the influence of Husserl and Heidegger Tina Koch · Journal of Advanced Nursing | May 1995 | 727 |
| 7 | Risking Ourselves in Education: Qualification, Socialization, and Subjectification Revisited Gert Biesta · Educational Theory | Feb 2020 | 597 |
| 8 | Precarious Life, Vulnerability, and the Ethics of Cohabitation Judith Butler · The Journal of Speculative Philosophy | Apr 2012 | 560 |
| 9 | Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief Monroe Curtis Beardsley, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cyril Barrett · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1968 | 467 |
| 10 | The essence of essences – the search for meaning structures in phenomenological analysis of lifeworld phenomena Karin Dahlberg · International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being | 2006 | 465 |
| 11 | Perfectionist Liberalism and Political Liberalism Martha C. Nussbaum · Philosophy & Public Affairs | 2011 | 458 |
| 12 | Practicing Phenomenological Writing Max van Manen · Phenomenology + Pedagogy | 1984 | 441 |
| 13 | What is Reflection‐In‐Action? A Phenomenological Account Dvora Yanow, Haridimos Tsoukas · Journal of Management Studies | 5 Aug 2009 | 428 |
| 14 | Phenomenology in Its Original Sense Max van Manen · Qualitative Health Research | 2 Apr 2017 | 378 |
| 15 | Subjectification: the relevance of Butler’s analysis for education Bronwyn Davies · British Journal of Sociology of Education | 29 Aug 2006 | 364 |
| 16 | Audism: Exploring the Metaphysics of Oppression H-D. L. Bauman · The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | 3 Mar 2004 | 362 |
| 17 | Rules for the Human Zoo : A Response to the Letter on Humanism Peter Sloterdijk · Environment and Planning D Society and Space | 2009 | 357 |
| 18 | An Illusory Interiority: Interrogating the discourse/s of inclusion Linda J. Graham, Roger Slee · Educational Philosophy and Theory | 19 May 2007 | 356 |
| 19 | Hermeneutics, human sciences and health: linking theory and practice Jonathan Ashley Smith · International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being | Mar 2007 | 315 |
| 20 | Beyond empathy: Phenomenological approaches to intersubjectivity Dan Zahavi · Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) | 2001 | 309 |
| 21 | Freeing Ourselves From Objectivity: Managing Subjectivity or Turning Toward a Participatory Mode of Consciousness? Lous Heshusius · Educational Researcher | Apr 1994 | 306 |
| 22 | Interpretation and the sciences of man CHARLES E. TAYLOR · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 19 Jun 2012 | 302 |
| 23 | Wounded Attachments WENDY BROWN · Political Theory | Aug 1993 | 299 |
| 24 | Knowledge of the Body Michael D. Jackson · Man | Jun 1983 | 282 |
| 25 | Documents of Life 2: An Invitation to a Critical Humanism Raymond Mark Lee · Field Methods | Aug 2001 | 277 |
| 26 | Postmodern Nursing and Beyond John Paley · Nursing Philosophy | Jul 2000 | 276 |
| 27 | Complicity and Collusion in the Mediation of Everyday Life Roger Silverstone · New Literary History | Sep 2002 | 274 |
| 28 | The Nuremberg Code and the Nuremberg Trial Jay Katz · JAMA | 27 Nov 1996 | 268 |
| 29 | Nihilism and Emancipation: Ethics, Politics, and Law Leslie Paul Thiele · Perspectives on Politics | 26 Feb 2008 | 265 |
| 30 | On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. 260 pp. New York, Macmillan, 1969. $5.95 James N. Lapsley · Theology Today | Apr 1970 | 261 |
| 31 | On Recognition, Caring, and Dementia Janelle S. Taylor · Medical Anthropology Quarterly | Dec 2008 | 258 |
| 32 | The engine of reason, the seat of the soul Per Ebbe Roland · Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy | Oct 1996 | 257 |
| 33 | Performative Powerlessness: A Response to Simon Critchley Jacques Derrida · Constellations | Dec 2000 | 254 |
| 34 | Humanismo do outro homem: Vanderlei Carbonara · EDUCAÇÃO E FILOSOFIA | 17 Feb 2021 | 245 |
| 35 | Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks Nicholas P. Wolterstorff · Pro Ecclesia A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology | May 1998 | 237 |
| 36 | WITTGENSTEIN AND ANTHROPOLOGY Veena Das · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 1998 | 232 |
| 37 | Deconstructive aporias: quasi-transcendental and normative Matthias Fritsch · Continental Philosophy Review | 27 Oct 2011 | 230 |
| 38 | Must We Mean What We Say?: A Book of Essays Stanley Cavell | 1976 | 230 |
| 39 | Habermas, Foucault and Nietzsche: A Double Misunderstanding Thomas Biebricher · Foucault Studies | Nov 2005 | 230 |
| 40 | On Habermas’s Critique of Husserl Matheson Russell · Husserl Studies | 25 Nov 2010 | 224 |
| 41 | What is a Dispositive? Jeffrey Bussolini · Foucault Studies | Nov 2010 | 222 |
| 42 | The Limits of Learning: H abermas' Social Theory and Religion Maeve Cooke · European Journal of Philosophy | 29 Jul 2014 | 221 |
| 43 | Do We (Still) Need the Concept of Bildung? Jan Masschelein, Norbert Ricken · Educational Philosophy and Theory | 2003 | 221 |
| 44 | Deleuzian Concepts for Education: The subject undone Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre · Educational Philosophy and Theory | 2004 | 219 |
| 45 | Towards a phenomenology of ethical expertise Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus · Human Studies | Dec 1991 | 217 |
| 46 | The (Im)Possibilities of Writing the Self-Writing: French Poststructural Theory and Autoethnography Susanne Gannon · Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies | 11 Oct 2006 | 208 |
| 47 | The Ontological Turn C. B. Martin, John Heil · Midwest Studies in Philosophy | 1999 | 201 |
| 48 | Receiving the Gift of Teaching: From ‘Learning From’ to ‘Being Taught By’ Gert Biesta · Studies in Philosophy and Education | 21 Jun 2012 | 197 |
| 49 | The Question of the Limit: Desecuritisation and the Aesthetics of Horror in Political Realism Jef Huysmans · Millennium Journal of International Studies | Sep 1998 | 193 |
| 50 | Analogy as a Source of Knowledge Konrad Zacharias Lorenz · Science | 19 Jul 1974 | 193 |
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