J J C Smart

Biographic Data

ID976059
NAMEJ J C Smart
GIVEN NAMESJ J C
FAMILY NAMESmart
SIGNATURESMART J J C
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Adelaide
ORCID0000-0003-2070-3208
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS49
TOTAL CITATIONS34
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1950
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX3

  • Ethics, Persuasion and Truth

    J J C SmartBOOKEthics, Persuasion and Truth2020Cited by: 3

    Originally published in 1984, deals with meta-ethics – that is the semantics and pragmatics of ethical language. This book eschews the notions of meaning and analyticity on which meta-ethics normally depends. It discusses questions of free will and responsibility and the relations between ethics on the one hand and science and metaphysics on the other. The author regards ethics as concerned with deciding what to do and with persuading others – no…

  • Utilitarianism: For and Against

    Bernard Williams, J J C SmartBOOKUtilitarianism2013

  • Philosophy and Scientific Realism

    J J C SmartBOOKPhilosophy and Scientific Realism2008

  • The brain in the vat and the question of metaphysical realism

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLEStudies in History and Philosophy…2004

  • Atheism and theism

    J J C Smart, J J HaldaneBOOKAtheism and theism2002

    The issue of whether or not there is a God is one of the oldest and most widely disputed philosophical questions. It is a debate that spreads far across the range of philosophical questions about the status of science, the nature of mind, the character of good and evil, the epistemology of experience and testimony, and so on. In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues o…

  • What is this thing called philosophy of science

    Open AccessJohn Worrall, John L Worrall et al.ARTICLEMetascience2000

  • Atheism and Theism

    Hugh J Mccann, J J C Smart et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1998

  • Utilitarianism: For and Against

    J J C SmartBOOKUtilitarianism1995

    This title consists of two essays on utilitarianism, written from opposite points of view, by J.J.C. Smart and Bernard Williams. In the first part of the book, Professor Smart advocates a modern and sophisticated version of classical utilitarianism

  • A Form of Metaphysical Realism

    J J C SmartARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1995

    Journal Article A Form of Metaphysical Realism Get access J.J.C. SMART J.J.C. SMART Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 45, Issue 180, July 1995, Pages 301–315, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219652 Published: 01 July 1995

  • Essays Metaphysical and Moral: Selected Philosophical Papers

    Philip Gasper, J J C SmartARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1990

  • Ethics, Persuasion and Truth

    David O Brink, J J C SmartARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1987

  • The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

    J J C SmartREVIEWThe Philosophical Quarterly1987Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Anthropic Cosmological Principle. By John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Pp. xx +706. Price £25.00.) J.J.C. Smart J.J.C. Smart The Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 37, Issue 149, October 1987, Pages 463–466, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219581 Published: 01 October 1987

  • Laws of Nature and Cosmic Coincidences

    J J C SmartARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1985Cited by: 4

    Journal Article Laws of Nature and Cosmic Coincidences Get access J.J.C. Smart J.J.C. Smart The Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 140, July 1985, Pages 272–280, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218906 Published: 01 July 1985

  • Prior and the basis of ethics

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLESynthese1982References: 17

  • Utilitarianism and Generalized Benevolence

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLEPacific philosophical quarterly1980Cited by: 1

  • Critical notice

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLESynthese1979

  • A Physicalist Account of Psychology

    J J C SmartARTICLEThe British Journal for the…1979References: 2

  • The Content of Physicalism

    J J C SmartARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1978Cited by: 5

    Journal Article The Content of Physicalism Get access J. J. C. Smart J. J. C. Smart The Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 113, October 1978, Pages 339–341, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219085 Published: 01 October 1978

  • A critique of utilitarianism

    Open AccessJ J C Smart, Bernard WilliamsCHAPTERUtilitarianism1973

    If we possess our why of life we can put up with almost any how. – Man does not strive after happiness; only the Englishman does that.Nietzsche, The Twilight of the Idols

  • Science, History and Methodology

    J J C SmartARTICLEThe British Journal for the…1972Cited by: 3

  • Reports of immediate experiences

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLESynthese1971Cited by: 2

  • Empiricism and Ethics

    J J C Smart, D H MonroARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1969

  • Space and Time

    J J C Smart, Richard SwinburneARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1969

    Book Reviews Get access Space and Time. By Richard Swinburne. (London : Macmillan. 1968. Pp. vii + 319. Price 63s) J. J. C. Smart J. J. C. Smart Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 77, October 1969, Page 375, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217867 Published: 01 October 1969

  • Quine's philosophy of science

    Open AccessJ J C SmartARTICLESynthese1968References: 2

  • Philosophy of Space and Time, and the Inner Constitution of Nature: A Phenomenological Study

    J J C Smart, Michael WhitemanARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1968

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Philosophy of Space and Time, and the Inner Constitution of Nature : A phenomenological study. By Michael Whiteman. (London : Allen & Unwin. 1967. Pp. 436. Price 75s). J. J. C. Smart J. J. C. Smart Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 73, October 1968, Pages 372–373, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217810 Published: 01 October 1968