| Thinking about mechanisms P Machamer, L Darden, CF Craver Philosophy of science 67 (1), 1-25, 2000 | 3731 | 2000 |
| Interfield theories L Darden, N Maull Philosophy of science 44 (1), 43-64, 1977 | 842 | 1977 |
| In search of mechanisms: Discoveries across the life sciences CF Craver, L Darden University of Chicago Press, 2013 | 713 | 2013 |
| Theory change in science: Strategies from Mendelian genetics L Darden Oxford University Press, 1991 | 591 | 1991 |
| Reasoning in biological discoveries: Essays on mechanisms, interfield relations, and anomaly resolution L Darden Cambridge University Press, 2006 | 436 | 2006 |
| Strategies for discovering mechanisms: Schema instantiation, modular subassembly, forward/backward chaining L Darden Philosophy of Science 69 (S3), S354-S365, 2002 | 241 | 2002 |
| Selection type theories L Darden, JA Cain Philosophy of Science 56 (1), 106-129, 1989 | 224 | 1989 |
| Discovering mechanisms in neurobiology C Craver, L Darden Theory and method in the neurosciences, 112-137, 2001 | 210 | 2001 |
| Strategies in the interfield discovery of the mechanism of protein synthesis L Darden, C Craver Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and …, 2002 | 187 | 2002 |
| Thinking again about biological mechanisms L Darden Philosophy of science 75 (5), 958-969, 2008 | 147 | 2008 |
| Relations among fields: Mendelian, cytological and molecular mechanisms L Darden Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and …, 2005 | 89 | 2005 |
| William Bateson and the promise of Mendelism L Darden Journal of the History of Biology 10, 87-106, 1977 | 86 | 1977 |
| Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy of Science Reasoning by Analogy in Theory Construction L Darden PSA: Proceedings of the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science …, 1982 | 80 | 1982 |
| Reasoning in scientific change: Charles Darwin, Hugo de Vries, and the discovery of segregation L Darden Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 7 (2), 127-169, 1976 | 70 | 1976 |
| Theory construction in genetics L Darden Scientific discovery: Case studies, 151-170, 1980 | 63 | 1980 |
| Strategies for anomaly resolution L Darden | 60 | 1992 |
| Diagnosing and fixing faults in theories L Darden Computational models of scientific discovery and theory formation/edited by …, 1990 | 57 | 1990 |
| Mechanisms and models L Darden | 54 | 2007 |
| Recent work in computational scientific discovery L Darden Proceedings of the nineteenth annual conference of the cognitive science …, 1997 | 49 | 1997 |
| Viewing the history of science as compiled hindsight L Darden AI magazine 8 (2), 33-33, 1987 | 43 | 1987 |
