Robert Kirk

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Kirk is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Kirk has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 7 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Kirk's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (10 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (4 papers). Robert Kirk is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (10 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (4 papers). Robert Kirk collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Robert Kirk's co-authors include Jeffrey Poland, Janet E. Squires, Peter Carruthers, Robert Brandom, Yiwei Chen, Gerald Doppelt, Akeel Bilgrami, Stathis Psillos, Jiaxi Wang and Colin McGinn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, The Philosophical Quarterly and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

Robert Kirk

43 papers receiving 945 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.

CONVENTION: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Kirk United Kingdom	10	343	251	228	218	159	46	1.1k
Paolo Legrenzi Italy	16	212 0.6×	229 0.9×	112 0.5×	307 1.4×	127 0.8×	63	1.6k
Vittorio Girotto Italy	26	238 0.7×	274 1.1×	102 0.4×	502 2.3×	129 0.8×	69	2.0k
Richard A. Griggs United States	24	323 0.9×	313 1.2×	103 0.5×	260 1.2×	141 0.9×	121	2.2k
Patrick Grim United States	18	178 0.5×	477 1.9×	245 1.1×	111 0.5×	135 0.8×	97	1.2k
Keith Frankish United Kingdom	13	324 0.9×	218 0.9×	308 1.4×	565 2.6×	98 0.6×	38	1.3k
Georg Henrik von Wright Finland	18	545 1.6×	245 1.0×	782 3.4×	230 1.1×	283 1.8×	47	2.3k
Richard E. Grandy United States	17	289 0.8×	126 0.5×	256 1.1×	74 0.3×	172 1.1×	44	1.4k
Paul Pollard United Kingdom	17	175 0.5×	332 1.3×	85 0.4×	299 1.4×	103 0.6×	33	1.7k
John Burnheim Australia	6	197 0.6×	236 0.9×	236 1.0×	169 0.8×	78 0.5×	16	1.1k
Catarina Dutilh Novaes Netherlands	17	368 1.1×	308 1.2×	565 2.5×	219 1.0×	312 2.0×	69	1.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kirk, Robert. (2015). Age Differences in Identity Processing Styles and Self-Consciousness: A Moderation Analysis and Examination of Ageism. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiwei, et al.. (2014). Age Differences in Adaptive Decision Making: The Role of Numeracy. Educational Gerontology. 40(11). 825–833. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Yiwei, et al.. (2012). Age Differences in Goal Concordance, Time Use, and Well-Being. Educational Gerontology. 38(11). 742–752. 9 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (2010). Nonreductive Physicalism and Strict Implication. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 79(4). 544–552.

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Kirk, Robert. (2006). Physicalism and strict implication. Synthese. 151(3). 523–536. 4 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert, et al.. (2005). Sugihara : conspiracy of kindness. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (2003). Mind and Body. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert & Robert Brandom. (1996). Making it Explicit: Reasoning, Representing, and Discursive Commitment.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 46(183). 238–238. 12 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1996). Strict implication, supervenience and physicalism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 74(2). 244–257. 8 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert & Jeffrey Poland. (1996). Physicalism: The Philosophical Foundations.. The Philosophical Review. 105(1). 92–92. 60 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Owen, et al.. (1996). Consciousness Reconsidered.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 46(184). 417–417. 3 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1996). How physicalists can avoid reductionism. Synthese. 108(2). 157–170. 7 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert & Akeel Bilgrami. (1994). Belief and Meaning: The Unity and Locality of Mental Content.. The Philosophical Quarterly. 44(174). 115–115. 8 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1986). Mental machinery and G�del. Synthese. 66(3). 437–452. 2 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1982). On three alleged rivals to homophonic translation. Philosophical Studies. 42(3). 409–418. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1982). III—Goodbye to Transposed Qualia. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 82(1). 33–44. 3 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1973). Underdetermination of theory and indeterminacy of translation. Analysis. 33(6). 195–201. 5 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1970). CONVENTION: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY. Philosophical Books. 11(2). 14–15. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirk, Robert. (1969). QUINE'S INDETERMINACY THESIS. Mind. LXXVIII(312). 607–608. 1 indexed citations

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Kirk, Robert. (1967). V.—RATIONALITY WITHOUT LANGUAGE¹. Mind. LXXVI(303). 369–386. 5 indexed citations

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