Peter Simons

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Simons is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Simons has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Philosophy, 27 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 24 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Peter Simons's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (23 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (13 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (11 papers). Peter Simons is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (23 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (13 papers) and Classical Philosophy and Thought (11 papers). Peter Simons collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Ireland. Peter Simons's co-authors include Kevin Mulligan, Barry Smith, Timothy Williamson, Joseph Melia, Jan Łukasiewicz, Jan Woleński, Herbert Hochberg, Herbert Spiegelberg, Henk Jan Conradi and Achille C. Varzi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Philosophy and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

In The Last Decade

Peter Simons

95 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Parts : a Study in Ontology

1987 625 citations Peter Simons Revue de métaphysique et de morale profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Simons United Kingdom	17	998	712	617	479	165	107	1.9k
David Lewis United Kingdom	19	914 0.9×	860 1.2×	709 1.1×	311 0.6×	154 0.9×	57	2.6k
Achille C. Varzi United States	23	675 0.7×	402 0.6×	325 0.5×	844 1.8×	242 1.5×	124	2.1k
Rudolf Carnap United States	21	730 0.7×	564 0.8×	1.2k 2.0×	758 1.6×	318 1.9×	78	2.9k
John P. Burgess United States	22	782 0.8×	432 0.6×	468 0.8×	758 1.6×	633 3.8×	117	1.9k
John Perry United States	20	1.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.7×	473 0.8×	1.1k 2.4×	228 1.4×	48	3.5k
Roberto Casati France	18	425 0.4×	202 0.3×	147 0.2×	485 1.0×	87 0.5×	95	1.5k
Gottlob Frege Australia	23	1.3k 1.3×	963 1.4×	787 1.3×	423 0.9×	181 1.1×	58	2.3k
Igor Douven Netherlands	30	755 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	704 1.1×	728 1.5×	133 0.8×	158	2.6k
P. T. Geach United Kingdom	19	941 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	411 0.7×	701 1.5×	226 1.4×	95	2.4k
E. J. Lowe United Kingdom	24	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	848 1.4×	263 0.5×	105 0.6×	152	2.2k

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All Works

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Simons, Peter. (2018). And Now for Something Completely Different: Meinong’s Approach to Modality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2014). Linguistic Complexity and Argumentative Unity: A Lvov-Warsaw School Supplement. Studies in Logic Grammar and Rhetoric. 36(1). 101–119. 3 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2013). Metaphysics in Analytic Philosophy. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2012). Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Old French Narrative Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Old French Narrative . By P hyllis G affney . Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011. x + 236 pp.. French Studies. 66(3). 385–386.

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Conradi, Henk Jan, et al.. (2011). Partner Attachment as a Predictor of Long-Term Response to Treatment with Couples Therapy. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. 37(4). 286–297. 11 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2008). Why the Negations of False Atomic Propositions are True. 84. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2007). Abstraction, Structure, and Substitution. 1(1). 81–100. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2006). Real Wholes, Real Parts. The Journal of Philosophy. 103(12). 597–613. 16 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2005). The Reach of Correspondence: Two Kinds of Categories. Dialogue. 44(3). 551–562. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2004). Location. dialectica. 58(3). 341–348. 4 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2004). Extended Simples. The Monist. 87(3). 371–384. 40 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2003). Bocheński and Balance: System and History in Analytic Philosophy. Studies in East European Thought. 55(4). 281–297.

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Simons, Peter & Joseph Melia. (2000). Continuants and occurrents, I. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume. 74(1). 30 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2000). The Four Phases of Philosophy. The Monist. 83(1). 68–88. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (2000). How to Exist at a Time When You Have No Temporal Parts. The Monist. 83(3). 419–436. 16 indexed citations

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Smith, Barry, Hans Albert, D. M. Armstrong, et al.. (1992). Derrida degree: A question of honour. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 2 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (1992). Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski. 30 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (1987). Parts : a Study in Ontology. Revue de métaphysique et de morale. 2. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simons, Peter, et al.. (1983). Das Naturrechtsdenken heute und morgen : Gedächtnisschrift für René Marcic. Duncker & Humblot eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Simons, Peter. (1982). On Understanding Leśniewski. History and Philosophy of Logic. 3(2). 165–191. 11 indexed citations

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