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Practical Philosophy

Practical Philosophy is a branch of philosophical inquiry that belongs to the broader domain of ethics and moral theory, distinguished by its focus on the application of philosophical reasoning to concrete ethical problems, personal conduct, and the cultivation of virtuous character in everyday life.

434

Publications

30.8K

Citations

463

Authors

200

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

47

Variants

Praktische Philosophie

Parents

Publications

434

XXIX. An experimental investigation of the circumstances which determine whether the motion of water shall be direct or sinuous, and of the law of resistance in parallel channels

Osborne Reynolds · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 1883 · 2.1K citations

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Philosophy as a way of life: spiritual exercises from Socrates to Foucault

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.6K citations

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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

R. S. Downie · Journal of Medical Ethics · 1986 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy

Howard H. Harriott · International Philosophical Quarterly · 1986 · 1K citations

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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy.

Thomas Nagel, Bernard Williams · The Journal of Philosophy · 1986 · 996 citations

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Authors

463

  1. WU
    Werner Ulrich

    Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

    4 publications · 763 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. MW
    Mary Whiton Calkins

    Wellesley College, United States

    4 publications · 59 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. DG
    David Gauthier

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    3 publications · 108 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. KS
    Karl Schäfer

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    3 publications · 164 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. AW
    Allen W. Wood

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 316 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 463

Institutions

200

  1. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    185 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    85 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    93 citations

  4. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    102 citations

  5. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    73 citations

  6. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    192 citations

  7. Trinity College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    85 citations

  8. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    169 citations

1–8 of 200

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 29 publications · 5.2K citations

    24

    h-index

  2. The Philosophical Review

    14 publications · 515 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. The Philosophical Quarterly

    14 publications · 843 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. Journal of Philosophy of Education

    7 publications · 415 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Inquiry

    6 publications · 144 citations

    6

    h-index

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