Robert C. Koons

1.1k total citations
49 papers, 479 citations indexed

About

Robert C. Koons is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Koons has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 479 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Philosophy, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Koons's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (13 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (9 papers) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (7 papers). Robert C. Koons is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (13 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (9 papers) and Theology and Philosophy of Evil (7 papers). Robert C. Koons collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Robert C. Koons's co-authors include George Bealer, Beishui Liao, William M. Simpson, Nicholas J. Teh, James Orr, Nicholas Asher and Alexander R. Pruss and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Artificial Intelligence and Noûs.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Koons

42 papers receiving 401 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert C. Koons United States 12 204 189 123 99 63 49 479
Sam Baron Australia 14 222 1.1× 276 1.5× 259 2.1× 60 0.6× 55 0.9× 79 596
Storrs McCall Canada 15 179 0.9× 211 1.1× 160 1.3× 144 1.5× 64 1.0× 49 636
Hud Hudson United States 9 280 1.4× 314 1.7× 156 1.3× 34 0.3× 63 1.0× 41 459
Ned Markosian United States 13 288 1.4× 387 2.0× 221 1.8× 47 0.5× 88 1.4× 33 526
Chris Swoyer United States 9 209 1.0× 280 1.5× 280 2.3× 97 1.0× 82 1.3× 24 576
Graham Oppy Australia 16 506 2.5× 257 1.4× 110 0.9× 67 0.7× 81 1.3× 140 800
Stephen Leeds United States 11 219 1.1× 298 1.6× 268 2.2× 61 0.6× 123 2.0× 35 632
Alexander R. Pruss United States 12 385 1.9× 225 1.2× 106 0.9× 54 0.5× 71 1.1× 99 630
Bradford Skow United States 12 251 1.2× 344 1.8× 275 2.2× 36 0.4× 62 1.0× 39 551
William Seager Canada 10 140 0.7× 198 1.0× 137 1.1× 43 0.4× 139 2.2× 53 521

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koons, Robert C., et al.. (2025). The Entanglement Problem for Psychological Hylomorphism. Res Philosophica. 102(1). 41–67. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2024). Prime Matter and the Quantum Wavefunction. 6(1). 92–119. 3 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2020). Remnants of Substances: A Neo-Aristotelian Resolution of the Puzzles. 10(2). 53–68. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C., et al.. (2019). Advancing the Aristotelian Project in Contemporary Metaphysics: A Review Essay. Philosophia Christi. 21(2). 435–442. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2018). The General Argument from Intuition. Oxford University Press eBooks.
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Koons, Robert C.. (2018). Divine persons as relationalqua-objects. Religious Studies. 54(3). 337–357. 6 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2017). Hylomorphic Escalation. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 92(1). 159–178. 11 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C., et al.. (2017). The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics. 12 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C., et al.. (2012). Objects of Intention. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. 86(4). 655–703. 6 indexed citations
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Liao, Beishui, et al.. (2011). Dynamics of argumentation systems: A division-based method. Artificial Intelligence. 175(11). 1790–1814. 60 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2011). Dark Satanic Mills of Mis-Education: Some Proposals for Reform. 24(1). 134–150. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2011). Science, Reason, and Religion. Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. 85. 79–97. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (2004). The Logic of Causal Explanation An Axiomatization. Studia Logica. 77(3). 325–354.
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Koons, Robert C.. (2003). Functionalism without physicalism: Outline of an emergentist program. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (1999). Situation Mereology and the Logic of Causation. Topoi. 18(2). 167–174. 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (1996). A new look at the cosmological argument. American Philosophical Quarterly. 34(2). 28 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (1994). Book Review: Anil Gupta and Nuel Belnap. The Revision Theory of Truth. Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic. 35(4). 1 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (1994). Gauthier and the rationality of justice. Philosophical Studies. 76(1). 1–26.
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Koons, Robert C.. (1992). Doxastic paradox and reputation effects in iterated games. 20(4). 60–72. 2 indexed citations
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Koons, Robert C.. (1989). A representational account of mutual belief. Synthese. 81(1). 21–45. 5 indexed citations

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