J. J. C. Smart
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John Jamieson Carswell Smart, AC or Jack Smart (born 1920) is a Scottish philosopher who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He works in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy.
[edit] Career
Born in Cambridge, England, but of Scottish parents, in 1920. Did his M.A. at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1946. He then did the postgraduate B.Phil at Oxford University, graduating in 1948. He then worked as a Junior Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford for two years.
Arrived in Australia in August 1950 to take up the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, which he occupied from 1950-72. After twenty two years in Adelaide he moved to La Trobe University where he was Reader in Philosophy from 1972-76. He then moved to the Australian National University where 1976-85 he was Professor of Philosophy.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
- An Outline of a System of Utilitarian Ethics - 1961
- Philosophy and Scientific Realism - 1963
- Problems of Space and Time - 1964 (Edited with Introduction)
- Between Science and Philosophy: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science - 1968
- Utilitarianism : For and Against co-authored with Bernard Williams - 1973 (excerpt: Utilitarianism and the Future) (Revised edition of 1961 essay)
- Ethics, Persuasion and Truth - 1984
- Essays Metaphysical and Moral - 1987
- Atheism and Theism (Great Debates in Philosophy) - With contributions by J. J. Haldane; 1996
- Metaphysics and Morality: Essays in Honour of J. J. C. Smart - 1987 (Edited by Philip Pettit, Richard Sylvan and Jean Norman)
[edit] External links
- The annual Jack Smart lecture at Philosophy RSSS, the Australian National University.
- J.J.C Smart's homepage at Monash University.
