Brandon Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brandon Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brandon |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5992-6316 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Variation in global trauma care
BACKGROUND: Trauma is a heterogeneous disease entity, with high rates of mortality and morbidity observed globally. While the health systems in which trauma patients are cared for worldwide have been previously assessed to varying degrees, many of the system processes that shape trauma patient outcomes remain unknown. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 187 hospitals across 51 countries, through the GOAL-Trauma collaborative network. We explored pr…
Spinoza's Early Modern Eudaimonism
This article explores Spinoza's distinctive contribution to the eudaimonistic tradition, which considers happiness (eudaimonia) to be the highest good. Most (if not all) ancient eudaimonists endorse some sort of hierarchy between mind and body, where one is always dependent on, or subordinate to, the other. In particular, many of them endorse ethical intellectualism, where mental things are considered more valuable than bodily ones. I argue that …
Healthy and Happy Natural Being
In this paper I aim to undermine Stoic and Neo-Stoic readings of Benedict de Spinoza by examining the latter’s strong agreements with Epicurus (a notable opponent of the Stoics) on the nature and ethical role of pleasure in living a happy life. Ultimately, I show that Spinoza and Epicurus are committed to three central claims which the Stoics reject: (1) pleasure holds a necessary connection to healthy natural being, (2) pleasure manifests health…
Shaping What Shapes Us
We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."That statement, made by Winston Churchill in an October 28, 1943, address in the House of Lords, summarized Churchill's sentiments for the reconstruction of the House of Commons, a building that had been destroyed approximately two years earlier during the German blitzkrieg
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Healthy and Happy Natural Being
In this paper I aim to undermine Stoic and Neo-Stoic readings of Benedict de Spinoza by examining the latter’s strong agreements with Epicurus (a notable opponent of the Stoics) on the nature and ethical role of pleasure in living a happy life. Ultimately, I show that Spinoza and Epicurus are committed to three central claims which the Stoics reject: (1) pleasure holds a necessary connection to healthy natural being, (2) pleasure manifests health…
Shaping What Shapes Us
We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."That statement, made by Winston Churchill in an October 28, 1943, address in the House of Lords, summarized Churchill's sentiments for the reconstruction of the House of Commons, a building that had been destroyed approximately two years earlier during the German blitzkrieg
Variation in global trauma care
BACKGROUND: Trauma is a heterogeneous disease entity, with high rates of mortality and morbidity observed globally. While the health systems in which trauma patients are cared for worldwide have been previously assessed to varying degrees, many of the system processes that shape trauma patient outcomes remain unknown. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 187 hospitals across 51 countries, through the GOAL-Trauma collaborative network. We explored pr…
Spinoza's Early Modern Eudaimonism
This article explores Spinoza's distinctive contribution to the eudaimonistic tradition, which considers happiness (eudaimonia) to be the highest good. Most (if not all) ancient eudaimonists endorse some sort of hierarchy between mind and body, where one is always dependent on, or subordinate to, the other. In particular, many of them endorse ethical intellectualism, where mental things are considered more valuable than bodily ones. I argue that …
Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Happiness (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medieval and Classical Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (2 works)