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William C. Wimsatt

University of Illinois Chicago

91

Works

5,187

Citations

32

h-index

46

i10-index

Research Topics

Philosophy and History of Science Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Affiliations

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1976–1976

University of Minnesota2011–2021

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1976–1976

University of Pittsburgh1970–1970

Vanderbilt University1976–1976

Top Works

Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings

William C. Wimsatt

20071,009 citations

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Language and cultural evolution

Complex Systems and Decision Making

Developmental Constraints, Generative Entrenchment, and the Innate-Acquired Distinction

William C. Wimsatt

1986334 citations

The Ontology of Complex Systems: Levels of Organization, Perspectives, and Causal Thickets

William C. Wimsatt

1994286 citations

Reductionism, Levels of Organization, and the Mind-Body Problem

William C. Wimsatt

1976272 citations

Aggregativity: Reductive Heuristics for Finding Emergence

William C. Wimsatt

1997244 citations

Reductive Explanation: A Functional Account

William C. Wimsatt

1976234 citations

Complexity and Organization

William C. Wimsatt

1976219 citations

Reductionistic Research Strategies and Their Biases in the Units of Selection Controversy

William C. Wimsatt

1982180 citations

Robustness, Reliability, and Overdetermination (1981)

William C. Wimsatt

2012177 citations