A Philosopher
Rob Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. With degrees from Michigan State, Oxford, and UCLA, he specializes in metaphysics and philosophical logic, with special interest in philosophical theology and the foundations of both science and ethics.
Robert C. (“Rob”) Koons is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught for 35 years. M. A. Oxford, Ph.D. UCLA. He is the author or co-author of five books, including: Realism Regained (Oxford University Press, 2000) and The Atlas of Reality: A Comprehensive Guide to Metaphysics, with Timothy H. Pickavance (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is the co-editor (with George Bealer) of The Waning of Materialism (Oxford University Press, 2010), (with Nicholas Teh and William Simpson) of Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science (Routledge, 2018), and (with William Simpson and James Orr) of Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Nature (Routledge, 2021). He has been working recently on an Aristotelian interpretation of quantum theory, on defending and articulating Thomism in contemporary terms, and on arguments for classical theism. His forthcoming books include: Is Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy of Nature Obsolete? (St. Augustine Press) and Classical Theism (Routledge), co-edited with Jonathan Fuqua.
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An edited collection (2010) of modern challenges to materialism (physicalism) as a theory of the mind.
The most comprehensive treatment of contemporary metaphysics available today (2017).
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Develops a formal theory of causation, with applications to teleology and epistemology (2000).
A 2017 collection that defends Aristotle's framework as the best way of making sense of contemporary science.
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A textbook on contemporary metaphysics (2014). Includes Aristotelian theory as one of four options.
An essay I wrote immediately before joining the Catholic Church in 2007. Focuses on the issue of justification by faith.
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A book on the relevance of Aristotelian-Thomist philosophy of nature to modern quantum theory. Based on my 2022 Aquinas Lecture at the University of Dallas.
A collection on Classical Theism, co-edited with Jonathan Fuqua.
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My first book (1993), on Liar-like paradoxes involving belief, knowledge, and rational decision. Develops a contextual theory of truth and justification.
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