Stephen Kearns

626 total citations
30 papers, 286 citations indexed

About

Stephen Kearns is a scholar working on Philosophy, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Kearns has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 286 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Philosophy, 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stephen Kearns's work include Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers) and Free Will and Agency (11 papers). Stephen Kearns is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and Theoretical Science (15 papers), Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (12 papers) and Free Will and Agency (11 papers). Stephen Kearns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Stephen Kearns's co-authors include Daniel Star, Ofra Magidor, Alfred R. Mele and Neil Levy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Philosophical Review, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Noûs.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Kearns

26 papers receiving 250 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Kearns United States 10 235 176 113 33 19 30 286
Joachim Horvath Germany 9 176 0.7× 126 0.7× 96 0.8× 42 1.3× 21 1.1× 25 239
Bob Beddor Singapore 10 217 0.9× 101 0.6× 113 1.0× 23 0.7× 33 1.7× 26 246
Sinan Dogramaci United States 8 238 1.0× 97 0.6× 128 1.1× 58 1.8× 53 2.8× 18 260
Carrie Jenkins United Kingdom 8 202 0.9× 60 0.3× 146 1.3× 65 2.0× 37 1.9× 20 259
Marc A. Moffett United States 5 158 0.7× 58 0.3× 114 1.0× 39 1.2× 21 1.1× 11 193
Sarah Sawyer United Kingdom 9 163 0.7× 65 0.4× 147 1.3× 45 1.4× 21 1.1× 24 233
Karl Schäfer United States 11 256 1.1× 119 0.7× 97 0.9× 24 0.7× 28 1.5× 31 294
Anandi Hattiangadi Sweden 10 323 1.4× 118 0.7× 221 2.0× 29 0.9× 15 0.8× 21 376
Kevin Dorst United States 8 159 0.7× 56 0.3× 66 0.6× 28 0.8× 37 1.9× 17 195
Kurt Sylvan United Kingdom 9 240 1.0× 146 0.8× 101 0.9× 18 0.5× 45 2.4× 19 261

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Kearns

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Kearns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kearns, Stephen. (2022). Tit for tat for tit: On reactive loops and regresses. Analysis. 83(1). 55–60.
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Kearns, Stephen, et al.. (2022). Self-Control.
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Kearns, Stephen. (2020). Meno, Know-How: Oh No, What Now?. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 99(3). 421–434. 2 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen, et al.. (2019). Difficult Circumstances: Situationism and Ability. PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation). 1 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2018). Being, Freedom and Method. Analysis. 79(1). 154–164. 2 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2018). Reasons, Choices, and Responsibility. Oxford University Press eBooks.
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Kearns, Stephen. (2017). Responsibility from the Margins. Analysis. 77(4). 869–872. 1 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen, et al.. (2017). This is a Tricky Situation: Situationism and Reasons-Responsiveness. The Journal of Ethics. 21(2). 151–183. 5 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2016). Finding the Value in Things: Remarks on Markovits'sMoral Reason. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 92(2). 539–548. 1 indexed citations
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Mele, Alfred R. & Stephen Kearns. (2014). Have compatibilists solved the luck problem for libertarians. 2(2). 9–36. 1 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2014). Naturalism and the First Person Perspective By LYNNE RUDDER BAKER. Analysis. 74(4). 733–735. 1 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2013). Free Will Agnosticism. Noûs. 49(2). 235–252. 10 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen & Daniel Star. (2013). Weighing Reasons. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 10(1). 70–86. 16 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2011). Can a thing be part of itself. American Philosophical Quarterly. 11 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2011). Aborting the zygote argument. Philosophical Studies. 160(3). 379–389. 28 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen & Daniel Star. (2011). On good advice: a reply to McNaughton and Rawling. Analysis. 71(3). 506–508. 9 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2010). Ishtiyaque Haji, Incompatibilism's Allure: Principal Arguments for Incompatibilism.. The Philosophical Review. 119(3). 391–394. 2 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2010). Responsibility for necessities. Philosophical Studies. 155(2). 307–324. 15 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen & Daniel Star. (2008). Reasons: Explanations or Evidence?. Ethics. 119(1). 31–56. 60 indexed citations
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Kearns, Stephen. (2007). In praise of folly: a reply to Blome-Tillmann. Analysis. 67(3). 219–222. 2 indexed citations

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