Bryan Frances

481 total citations
30 papers, 168 citations indexed

About

Bryan Frances is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Frances has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 168 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Philosophy, 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Bryan Frances's work include Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (19 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (13 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (4 papers). Bryan Frances is often cited by papers focused on Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (19 papers), Philosophy and Theoretical Science (13 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (4 papers). Bryan Frances collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. Bryan Frances's co-authors include Russell Eisenman and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Noûs and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Frances

24 papers receiving 140 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bryan Frances United States 8 140 85 57 31 20 30 168
Guy Longworth United Kingdom 7 134 1.0× 92 1.1× 53 0.9× 22 0.7× 28 1.4× 25 184
Marc A. Moffett United States 5 158 1.1× 114 1.3× 58 1.0× 39 1.3× 21 1.1× 11 193
Thomas Grundmann Germany 8 154 1.1× 66 0.8× 68 1.2× 34 1.1× 45 2.3× 33 195
Michael Pace United States 8 105 0.8× 51 0.6× 77 1.4× 17 0.5× 43 2.1× 9 157
Diego E. Machuca Argentina 9 189 1.4× 64 0.8× 60 1.1× 32 1.0× 17 0.8× 39 215
Laura Schroeter Australia 10 188 1.3× 165 1.9× 71 1.2× 61 2.0× 23 1.1× 29 256
Karl Schäfer United States 11 256 1.8× 97 1.1× 119 2.1× 24 0.8× 28 1.4× 31 294
Lisa Miracchi United States 6 120 0.9× 75 0.9× 65 1.1× 19 0.6× 28 1.4× 13 160
Stacey Swain United States 2 146 1.0× 50 0.6× 121 2.1× 32 1.0× 18 0.9× 2 175
David Sosa United States 8 113 0.8× 79 0.9× 65 1.1× 45 1.5× 12 0.6× 25 183

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bryan Frances

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bryan Frances

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All Works

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Frances, Bryan. (2020). The Epistemology of Theistic Philosophers’ Reactions to the Problem of Evil. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 94(4). 547–572.
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Frances, Bryan. (2020). Is It Rational to Reject Expert Consensus?. 10(3-4). 325–345. 1 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan, et al.. (2019). Epistemically Different Epistemic Peers. Topoi. 40(5). 1063–1073. 4 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2017). Extensive Philosophical Agreement and Progress. Metaphilosophy. 48(1-2). 47–57. 9 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2015). THE IRRATIONALITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF. Think. 15(42). 15–33.
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Frances, Bryan. (2015). THE RATIONALITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. Think. 14(40). 109–117.
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Frances, Bryan. (2015). Rationally held ‘P, but I fully believe ~P and I am not equivocating’. Philosophical Studies. 173(2). 309–313.
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Frances, Bryan. (2013). Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil: A Comprehensive Introduction. 1 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2013). Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil. 2 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2012). Discovering Disagreeing Epistemic Peers and Superiors. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 20(1). 1–21. 2 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2006). The New Leibniz's Law Arguments for Pluralism. Mind. 115(460). 1007–1022. 11 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2006). Externalism, Physicalism, Statues, and Hunks. Philosophical Studies. 133(2). 199–232. 1 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2005). Scepticism Comes Alive. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 14 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (2002). A test for theories of belief ascription. Analysis. 62(274). 116–125.
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Frances, Bryan. (1999). On the Explanatory Deficiencies of Linguistic Content. Philosophical Studies. 93(1). 45–75. 2 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (1998). Defending Millian theories. Mind. 107(428). 703–728. 11 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (1998). Arguing for Frege’s Fundamental Principle. Mind & Language. 13(3). 341–346. 3 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan. (1996). Plato’s Response to the Third Man Argument in the Paradoxical Exercise of the Parmenides. Ancient Philosophy. 16(1). 47–64. 5 indexed citations
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Frances, Bryan & Russell Eisenman. (1964). Sex differences in learning. Psychonomic Science. 1(1-12). 226–226. 5 indexed citations

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