William Bechtel - Publications

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1994-2002 Washington University, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 
 2002-2007 Philosophy University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 

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Year Citation  Score
2022 Bechtel W. Reductionistic Explanations of Cognitive Information Processing: Bottoming Out in Neurochemistry. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 16: 944303. PMID 35859708 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2022.944303  0.331
2020 Bechtel W. Hierarchy and levels: analysing networks to study mechanisms in molecular biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 375: 20190320. PMID 32089112 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2019.0320  0.338
2019 Bechtel W. From parts to mechanisms: research heuristics for addressing heterogeneity in cancer genetics. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 41: 27. PMID 31240400 DOI: 10.1007/S40656-019-0266-X  0.329
2019 Bechtel W. Resituating cognitive mechanisms within heterarchical networks controlling physiology and behavior Theory & Psychology. 29: 620-639. DOI: 10.1177/0959354319873725  0.492
2018 Bechtel W. The Importance of Constraints and Control in Biological Mechanisms: Insights from Cancer Research Philosophy of Science. 85: 573-593. DOI: 10.1086/699192  0.342
2018 Winning J, Bechtel W. Rethinking Causality in Biological and Neural Mechanisms: Constraints and Control Minds and Machines. 28: 287-310. DOI: 10.1007/S11023-018-9458-5  0.371
2017 Sheredos B, Bechtel W. Sketching Biological Phenomena and Mechanisms. Topics in Cognitive Science. PMID 28914494 DOI: 10.1111/Tops.12290  0.796
2017 Bechtel W. Analysing Network Models to Make Discoveries about Biological Mechanisms The British Journal For the Philosophy of Science. 70: 459-484. DOI: 10.1093/Bjps/Axx051  0.352
2017 Bechtel W. Explaining features of fine-grained phenomena using abstract analyses of phenomena and mechanisms: two examples from chronobiology Synthese. 1-23. DOI: 10.1007/S11229-017-1469-X  0.39
2017 Green S, Şerban M, Scholl R, Jones N, Brigandt I, Bechtel W. Network analyses in systems biology: new strategies for dealing with biological complexity Synthese. 195: 1751-1777. DOI: 10.1007/S11229-016-1307-6  0.316
2017 Bechtel W. Using the hierarchy of biological ontologies to identify mechanisms in flat networks Biology & Philosophy. 32: 627-649. DOI: 10.1007/S10539-017-9579-X  0.302
2016 Bechtel W. Using computational models to discover and understand mechanisms. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 56: 113-21. PMID 27083091 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsa.2015.10.004  0.423
2016 Bechtel W. Mechanists Must be Holists Too! Perspectives from Circadian Biology. Journal of the History of Biology. PMID 26966017 DOI: 10.1007/S10739-016-9439-6  0.442
2016 Winning J, Bechtel W. Review of Biological AutonomyAlvaro Moreno and Matteo Mossio, Biological Autonomy. Dordrecht: Springer (2015), 221 pp., $129.00. Philosophy of Science. 83: 446-452. DOI: 10.1086/685747  0.42
2015 Bechtel W. Can mechanistic explanation be reconciled with scale-free constitution and dynamics? Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 53: 84-93. PMID 25977254 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsc.2015.03.006  0.321
2015 Bechtel W, Shagrir O. The Non-Redundant Contributions of Marr's Three Levels of Analysis for Explaining Information-Processing Mechanisms. Topics in Cognitive Science. 7: 312-22. PMID 25900887 DOI: 10.1111/Tops.12141  0.371
2014 Burnston DC, Sheredos B, Abrahamsen A, Bechtel W. Scientists' use of diagrams in developing mechanistic explanations: A case study from chronobiology Pragmatics and Cognition. 22: 224-243. DOI: 10.1075/Pc.22.2.04Bur  0.731
2014 Green S, Levy A, Bechtel W. Design sans adaptation European Journal For Philosophy of Science. 5: 15-29. DOI: 10.1007/S13194-014-0096-3  0.352
2014 Abrahamsen A, Bechtel W. Diagrams as Tools for Scientific Reasoning Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 6: 117-131. DOI: 10.1007/S13164-014-0215-2  0.434
2014 Bechtel W. Investigating neural representations: the tale of place cells Synthese. DOI: 10.1007/S11229-014-0480-8  0.404
2013 Bechtel W. Network organization in health and disease: on being a reductionist and a systems biologist too. Pharmacopsychiatry. 46: S10-21. PMID 23599240 DOI: 10.1055/S-0033-1337922  0.302
2013 Sheredos B, Burnston D, Abrahamsen A, Bechtel W. Why do biologists use so many diagrams? Philosophy of Science. 80: 931-944. DOI: 10.1086/674047  0.72
2013 Levy A, Bechtel W. Abstraction and the Organization of Mechanisms Philosophy of Science. 80: 241-261. DOI: 10.1086/670300  0.371
2013 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen AA. Thinking Dynamically About Biological Mechanisms: Networks of Coupled Oscillators Foundations of Science. 18: 707-723. DOI: 10.1007/S10699-012-9301-Z  0.4
2012 Bechtel W. From molecules to behavior and the clinic: Integration in chronobiology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. PMID 23149109 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsc.2012.10.001  0.412
2012 Bechtel W. Referring to localized cognitive operations in parts of dynamically active brains Perception, Realism, and the Problem of Reference. 262-284. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511979279.012  0.308
2012 Bechtel W. Identity, reduction, and conserved mechanisms: Perspectives from circadian rhythm research New Perspectives On Type Identity the Mental and the Physical. 43-65. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511687068.003  0.357
2012 Bechtel W. Understanding endogenously active mechanisms: A scientific and philosophical challenge European Journal For Philosophy of Science. 2: 233-248. DOI: 10.1007/S13194-012-0046-X  0.455
2011 Kaplan DM, Bechtel W. Dynamical models: an alternative or complement to mechanistic explanations? Topics in Cognitive Science. 3: 438-44. PMID 25164303 DOI: 10.1111/J.1756-8765.2011.01147.X  0.356
2011 Bechtel W. Mechanism and biological explanation Philosophy of Science. 78: 533-557. DOI: 10.1086/661513  0.383
2011 Burnston D, Sheredos B, Bechtel W. HIT on the psychometric approach Psychological Inquiry. 22: 108-114. DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2011.547387  0.748
2011 Herschbach M, Bechtel W. Relating Bayes to cognitive mechanisms Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 34: 202-203. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X11000318  0.768
2010 Bechtel W. How can philosophy be a true cognitive science discipline? Topics in Cognitive Science. 2: 357-66. PMID 25163865 DOI: 10.1111/J.1756-8765.2010.01088.X  0.523
2010 Bechtel W, Behrmann M, Chater N, Glushko RJ, Goldstone RL, Smolensky P. The rumelhart prize at 10. Cognitive Science. 34: 713-5. PMID 21564232 DOI: 10.1111/J.1551-6709.2010.01116.X  0.372
2010 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen A. Dynamic mechanistic explanation: computational modeling of circadian rhythms as an exemplar for cognitive science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 41: 321-33. PMID 21466124 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsa.2010.07.003  0.5
2010 Bechtel W. The cell: locus or object of inquiry? Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 41: 172-82. PMID 20934638 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsc.2010.07.006  0.353
2010 Bechtel W. CONNECTIONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND: AN OVERVIEW* The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 26: 17-41. DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-6962.1988.Tb00461.X  0.504
2010 Bechtel W. Generalization and discovery by assuming conserved mechanisms: Cross-Species research on circadian oscillators Philosophy of Science. 76: 762-773. DOI: 10.1086/605790  0.374
2010 Bechtel W. The Downs and Ups of Mechanistic Research: Circadian Rhythm Research as an Exemplar Erkenntnis. 73: 313-328. DOI: 10.1007/S10670-010-9234-2  0.401
2010 Bechtel W, Herschbach M. Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences Philosophies of the Sciences: a Guide. 237-261. DOI: 10.1002/9781444315578.ch10  0.365
2009 Bechtel W. Constructing a philosophy of science of cognitive science. Topics in Cognitive Science. 1: 548-69. PMID 25165001 DOI: 10.1111/J.1756-8765.2009.01039.X  0.532
2009 Bechtel W. Some virtues of modeling with both hands Adaptive Behavior. 17: 293-295. DOI: 10.1177/1059712309340843  0.349
2009 Bechtel W. Looking down, around, and up: Mechanistic explanation in psychology Philosophical Psychology. 22: 543-564. DOI: 10.1080/09515080903238948  0.408
2008 Bechtel W. Mechanisms in cognitive psychology: What are the operations? Philosophy of Science. 75: 983-994. DOI: 10.1086/594540  0.423
2007 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen A. In search of mitochondrial mechanisms: interfield excursions between cell biology and biochemistry. Journal of the History of Biology. 40: 1-33. PMID 17993169 DOI: 10.1007/S10739-006-9103-7  0.337
2007 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen A. Explaining human freedom and dignity mechanistically: From receptive to active mechanisms Journal of Philosophical Research. 32: 43-66. DOI: 10.5840/Jpr20073239  0.42
2007 Wright C, Bechtel W. Mechanisms and Psychological Explanation Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science. 31-79. DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451540-7/50019-0  0.348
2007 Craver CF, Bechtel W. Top-down causation without top-down causes Biology and Philosophy. 22: 547-563. DOI: 10.1007/S10539-006-9028-8  0.305
2005 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen A. Explanation: a mechanist alternative. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 36: 421-41. PMID 19260199 DOI: 10.1016/J.Shpsc.2005.03.010  0.467
2005 Bechtel W. The challenge of characterizing operations in the mechanisms underlying behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 84: 313-25. PMID 16596967 DOI: 10.1901/Jeab.2005.103-04  0.407
2004 Weiskopf DA, Bechtel W. Remarks on Fodor on Having Concepts Mind and Language. 19: 48-56. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-0017.2004.00246.X  0.56
2002 Bechtel W. Aligning Multiple Research Techniques in Cognitive Neuroscience: Why Is It Important? Philosophy of Science. 69: S48-S58. DOI: 10.1086/341767  0.456
2002 Bechtel W, Uttal WR. Decomposing the mind-brain: A long-term pursuit Brain and Mind. 3: 229-242+261. DOI: 10.1023/A:1019980423053  0.447
2001 McCauley RN, Bechtel W. Explanatory Pluralism and Heuristic Identity Theory Theory and Psychology. 11: 736-760. DOI: 10.1177/0959354301116002  0.427
2001 Bechtel W. The compatibility of complex systems and reduction: A case analysis of memory research Minds and Machines. 11: 483-502. DOI: 10.1023/A:1011803931581  0.333
1999 Bechtel W, Mundale J. Multiple realizability revisited: Linking cognitive and neural states Philosophy of Science. 66: 175-207.  0.329
1998 Van Gelder T, Bechtel W, Beer RD, Braisby N, Cooper R, Franks B, Bridgeman B, Bundy A, Chater N, Hahn U, Chrisley RL, Crutchfield JP, Davids K, Bennett S, Dennett DC, et al. The dynamical hypothesis in cognitive science Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 21: 615-665. PMID 10097022 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X98001733  0.342
1998 Waskan J, Bechtel W. Paul Thagard, Mind: An Introduction to Cognitive Science. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press1996. Pp. xi + 213. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. 28: 587-608. DOI: 10.1080/00455091.1998.10715986  0.778
1998 Bechtel W. Representations and cognitive explanations: Assessing the dynamicist's challenge in cognitive science Cognitive Science. 22: 295-318. DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(99)80042-1  0.514
1997 Waskan J, Bechtel W. Directions in connectionist research: Tractable computations without syntactically structured representations Metaphilosophy. 28: 31-62.  0.776
1995 Bechtel W. Consciousness: perspectives from symbolic and connectionist AI. Neuropsychologia. 33: 1075-86. PMID 7501130 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00049-9  0.332
1994 Bechtel W. Natural deduction in connectionist systems Synthese. 101: 433-463. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01063897  0.448
1994 Bechtel W. Levels of description and explanation in cognitive science Minds and Machines. 4: 1-25. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00974201  0.478
1993 Bechtel W. The case for connectionism Philosophical Studies. 71: 119-154. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00989853  0.314
1993 Bechtel W. Currents in connectionism Minds and Machines. 3: 125-153. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00975529  0.313
1993 Bechtel W. Decomposing intentionality: Perspectives on intentionality drawn from language research with two species of chimpanzees Biology & Philosophy. 8: 1-32. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00868503  0.385
1993 Bechtel W. Integrating sciences by creating new disciplines: The case of cell biology Biology & Philosophy. 8: 277-299. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00860430  0.389
1990 Bechtel W. Multiple levels of inquiry in cognitive science Psychological Research. 52: 271-281. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00877535  0.539
1990 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen AA. Beyond the exclusively propositional era Synthese. 82: 223-253. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3716-4_6  0.502
1989 Bechtel W. Belief and Cognitive Psychology Contemporary Psychology: a Journal of Reviews. 34: 860-862. DOI: 10.1037/031108  0.327
1988 Bechtel W. Studies of Categorization: A review essay of Neisser’s ‘Concepts and Conceptual Development’ and Hamad’s ‘Categorical Perception’ Philosophical Psychology. 1: 381-389. DOI: 10.1080/09515088808572953  0.313
1988 Bechtel W. Connectionism and Rules and Representation Systems: Are they compatible? Philosophical Psychology. 1: 5-16. DOI: 10.1080/09515088808572922  0.447
1988 Bechtel W, Abrahamsen A. Learning, reward, and cognitive differences Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 11: 448. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00058283  0.343
1988 Bechtel W. New insights into the nature of science: What does Hull's evolutionary epistemology teach us? Biology and Philosophy. 3: 157-164. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00140990  0.343
1987 Bechtel W. Psycholinguistics as a case of cross-disciplinary research: Symposium introduction Synthese. 72: 293-311. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00413748  0.355
1985 Bechtel W. Realism, Instrumentalism, and the Intentional Stance* Cognitive Science. 9: 473-497. DOI: 10.1016/S0364-0213(85)80022-7  0.425
1983 Bechtel W. A bridge between cognitive science and neuroscience: The functional architecture of mind Philosophical Studies. 44: 319-330. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1882-5_14  0.423
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