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J. J. C. Smart. John Jamieson Carswell Smart AC FAHA (16 September 1920 – 6 October 2012) [2] was a British-Australian philosopher who was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by the Australian National University. He worked in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy.
Professor J.J.C. (Jack) Smart, AC, (Companion of the Order of Australia), died on October 6th 2012, aged 92. He was a Scot whose father was an eminent astronomer. He went to Oxford as a student, where he was influenced by Gilbert Ryle and his behaviourist approach in philosophy of mind. He became Professor of Philosophy at the University of ...
J.J.C. Smart. (1920-2012) J.J.C. Smart, in his July 1961 Mind article Free-Will, Praise and Blame (reprinted in in Dworkin, 1970), put forward what became a paradigm for the standard argument against free will, used by a generation of philosophers after him to refute libertarian metaphysical free will, showing it to be self-contradictory by ...
Other articles where John Jamieson Carswell Smart is discussed: philosophy of mind: Qualitative states: …emerged in the wake of J.J.C. Smart’s discussions of identity theory is the suggestion that these apparent features of experience are not genuine properties “in the mind” or “in the world” but only the contents of mental representations (perhaps in a language of thought).
Oct 6, 2012 · Things may happen by chance or accident in a purely deterministic universe...Now there is perhaps a sense of 'could not have done otherwise' in which whether or not a person could or could not have done otherwise depends on whether or not the universe is deterministic.”. J.J.C. Smart is the author of Utilitarianism (3.63 avg rating, 303 ...
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Jan 12, 2000 · Place's very original and pioneering paper was written after discussions at the University of Adelaide with J.J.C. Smart and C.B. Martin. For recollections of Martin's contributions to the discussion see Place (1989) ‘Low Claim Assertions’ in Heil (1989).
Dec 13, 2002 · Presents the atheism/theism issue in the form of philosophical debate between two highly regarded scholars, widely praised for the clarity and verve of their work. This second edition contains new essays by each philosopher, responding to criticisms and building on their previous work. Report an issue with this product or seller.
- J. J. C. Smart, J. J. Haldane
