William Bechtel

William Bechtel

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 59

North America-United States

About William Bechtel

William Bechtel, With an exceptional h-index of 59 and a recent h-index of 33 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, San Diego, specializes in the field of philosophy of the life sciences, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of neuroscience.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Phylogenetically distant animals sleep: why do sleep researchers care?

Organisms Need Mechanisms; Mechanisms Need Organisms

Minding the gap: discovering the phenomenon of chemical transmission in the nervous system

Using neurons to maintain autonomy: Learning from C. elegans

Rethinking cognitive architecture: A heterarchical network of different types of information processors

Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms

Philosophy of neuroscience

Control mechanisms: Explaining the integration and versatility of biological organisms

William Bechtel Information

University

Position

Dept. of Philosophy;

Citations(all)

19032

Citations(since 2020)

5123

Cited By

16210

hIndex(all)

59

hIndex(since 2020)

33

i10Index(all)

164

i10Index(since 2020)

89

Email

University Profile Page

University of California, San Diego

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William Bechtel Skills & Research Interests

philosophy of the life sciences

philosophy of cognitive science

philosophy of neuroscience

Top articles of William Bechtel

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Phylogenetically distant animals sleep: why do sleep researchers care?

Biology & Philosophy

William Bechtel

2024/2

Organisms Need Mechanisms; Mechanisms Need Organisms

New Mechanism. Explanation, Emergence and Reduction

William Bechtel

Leonardo Bich

2024/12/13

Minding the gap: discovering the phenomenon of chemical transmission in the nervous system

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

William Bechtel

2023/12

Using neurons to maintain autonomy: Learning from C. elegans

BioSystems

William Bechtel

Leonardo Bich

2023/10/1

Rethinking cognitive architecture: A heterarchical network of different types of information processors

Rivista internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia

William Bechtel

2023/8/31

Discovering autoinhibition as a design principle for the control of biological mechanisms

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Andrew Bollhagen

William Bechtel

2022/10/1

Philosophy of neuroscience

Elements in Philosophy of Mind

William Bechtel

Linus Ta-Lun Huang

2022/2

Control mechanisms: Explaining the integration and versatility of biological organisms

Adaptive Behavior

Leonardo Bich

William Bechtel

2022/10

Reductionistic explanations of cognitive information processing: Bottoming out in neurochemistry

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

William Bechtel

2022/7/4

Figuring out what is happening: the discovery of two electrophysiological phenomena

History and philosophy of the life sciences

William Bechtel

Richard Vagnino

2022/6

Organization needs organization: Understanding integrated control in living organisms

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

Leonardo Bich

William Bechtel

2022/6/1

Discovering control mechanisms: The controllers of dynein

Philosophy of Science

William Bechtel

2022/12

Levels in biological organisms: Hierarchy of production mechanisms, heterarchy of control mechanisms

The Monist

William Bechtel

2022/4/1

Mechanism, autonomy and biological explanation

Biology & Philosophy

Bich Leonardo

William Bechtel

2021/12/1

Model organisms for studying decision-making: A phylogenetically expanded perspective

Philosophy of Science

Linus Ta-Lun Huang

Leonardo Bich

William Bechtel

2021/12

Explaining features of fine-grained phenomena using abstract analyses of phenomena and mechanisms: Two examples from chronobiology

Synthese

William Bechtel

2021/10

Grounding cognition: heterarchical control mechanisms in biology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

William Bechtel

Leonardo Bich

2021/3/15

Heuristic identity theory (or back to the future): The mind-body problem against the background of research strategies in cognitive neuroscience

William Bechtel

Robert N McCauley

2020/12/22

Decentering cognition

William Bechtel

Linus T Huang

2020/5/27

THE BRAIN IN CONTEXT: A PRAGMATIC GUIDE TO NEUROSCIENCE

Jonathan D Moreno

Jay Schulkin

2020/12/31

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Co-Authors

H-index: 39
Carl F. Craver

Carl F. Craver

Washington University in St. Louis

H-index: 30
Ingo Brigandt

Ingo Brigandt

University of Alberta

H-index: 28
Robert N. McCauley

Robert N. McCauley

Emory & Henry College

H-index: 27
Adele Abrahamsen

Adele Abrahamsen

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 25
Oron Shagrir

Oron Shagrir

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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