Robert King is a contemporary philosopher of education whose work engages with epistemology and critical thinking theory. He has contributed to debates about the nature of general cognitive skills and their role in education, particularly in response to subject-specificity arguments in the philosophy of education.
Defended the existence of domain-general critical thinking skills against subject-specificity critiques
Engaged critically with John McPeck's influential arguments in philosophy of education
Contributed to analytic debates on the transferability of reasoning skills across disciplines