Michael Tooley

3.2k total citations
42 papers, 850 citations indexed

About

Michael Tooley is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Tooley has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 850 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Philosophy, 11 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 8 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Tooley's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (11 papers), Theology and Philosophy of Evil (10 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers). Michael Tooley is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (11 papers), Theology and Philosophy of Evil (10 papers) and Philosophy and History of Science (7 papers). Michael Tooley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Michael Tooley's co-authors include Quentin R. Smith, Nancy Davis, Alvin Plantinga, Evan Fales, Galen Strawson, E. J. Lowe, Alison M. Jaggar, Michael Wreen, Philip E. Devine and Steven Luper and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Tooley

36 papers receiving 713 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Tooley United States 14 450 399 340 123 73 42 850
Cynthia Macdonald United Kingdom 12 409 0.9× 515 1.3× 287 0.8× 284 2.3× 80 1.1× 41 979
Robert Pargetter Australia 16 456 1.0× 456 1.1× 418 1.2× 253 2.1× 60 0.8× 56 1.1k
Kenneth F. Schaffner United States 17 163 0.4× 116 0.3× 479 1.4× 105 0.9× 74 1.0× 71 1.0k
Elizabeth Kingdom United Kingdom 6 275 0.6× 365 0.9× 156 0.5× 294 2.4× 25 0.3× 16 755
David S. Oderberg United Kingdom 13 292 0.6× 233 0.6× 154 0.5× 109 0.9× 14 0.2× 67 578
James Van Cleve United States 17 626 1.4× 574 1.4× 382 1.1× 136 1.1× 37 0.5× 58 958
Phil Dowe Australia 14 348 0.8× 378 0.9× 530 1.6× 160 1.3× 152 2.1× 43 916
Robert Merrihew Adams United States 21 1.3k 3.0× 604 1.5× 317 0.9× 470 3.8× 50 0.7× 81 2.1k
Michael J. Loux United States 12 529 1.2× 600 1.5× 394 1.2× 101 0.8× 81 1.1× 33 1.0k
Michael C. Rea United States 19 501 1.1× 402 1.0× 192 0.6× 93 0.8× 18 0.2× 59 845

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Tooley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Tooley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tooley, Michael. (2020). Analyzing Sterba’s argument. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 87(3). 217–222. 2 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (2019). The Problem of Evil. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (2013). Philosophy, critical thinking and ‘after-birth abortion: why should the baby live?’. Journal of Medical Ethics. 39(5). 266–272. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (2010). Time, Truth, Actuality, and Causation: On the Impossibility of Divine Foreknowledge. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 2(1). 143–163.
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Tooley, Michael. (2003). The Stalnaker-Lewis Approach to Counterfactuals. The Journal of Philosophy. 100(7). 371–377. 13 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (2002). Backward causation and the Stalnaker-Lewis approach to counterfactuals. Analysis. 62(275). 191–197. 4 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (2001). Functional Concepts, Referentially Opaque Contexts, Causal Relations, and the Definition of Theoretical Terms. Philosophical Studies. 105(3). 251–279. 3 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1999). Laws of nature, causation, and supervenience. Garland Pub. eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1999). Necessity and possibility : the metaphysics of modality. 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Quentin R. & Michael Tooley. (1999). Time, Tense and Causation.. The Philosophical Review. 108(1). 123–123. 146 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1999). The Nature of Properties: Nominalism, Realism, and Trope Theory. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael & John W. Carroll. (1997). Laws of Nature.. The Philosophical Review. 106(1). 119–119. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael, et al.. (1993). Causation: A Realist Approach.. Noûs. 27(1). 91–91. 3 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1990). Causation: Reductionism Versus Realism. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 50. 215–215. 27 indexed citations
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Fales, Evan & Michael Tooley. (1990). Causation: A Realist Approach.. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 50(3). 605–605. 15 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1988). In Defense of the Existence of States of Motion. Philosophical Topics. 16(1). 225–254. 43 indexed citations
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Davis, Nancy & Michael Tooley. (1985). Abortion and Infanticide.. The Philosophical Review. 94(3). 436–436. 91 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1984). Laws and Causal Relations. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 9(1). 93–112. 5 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael & Stuart C. Brown. (1972). Do Religious Claims Make Sense?. The Philosophical Review. 81(4). 501–501. 1 indexed citations
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Tooley, Michael. (1970). Does the Cosmological Argument Entail the Ontological Argument?. The Monist. 54(3). 416–426. 1 indexed citations

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