Nicholas J. J. Smith
Nicholas Jeremy Josef Smith (born 1972) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a former President of the Australasian Association for Logic. Smith is known for his research on logics.[1][2][3] He is a lecturer for the popular PHIL1012: Introductory Logic course at the University of Sydney, which broke records in 2021 as the largest course by enrolments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.[4]
Nick Smith | |
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| Born | 1972 |
| Education | Princeton University (PhD), University of Sydney (BA) |
| Awards | Australian Academy of the Humanities fellowship |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of Sydney |
| Thesis | Vagueness (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gideon Rosen, John P. Burgess |
Main interests | philosophy of language, logic |
Notable ideas | degree-based theory of vagueness |
Books
References
- Paoli, F. (27 March 2014). "Logic. The Laws of Truth". History and Philosophy of Logic. 35 (3): 306–308. doi:10.1080/01445340.2014.902243. ISSN 0144-5340. S2CID 119567628.
- Cook, Roy T. (25 November 2010). "Vagueness and Degrees of Truth - By Nicholas J. J. Smith". Theoria. 76 (4): 380–384. doi:10.1111/j.1755-2567.2010.01088.x. ISSN 0040-5825.
- Ripley, David (2010). "Review of Vagueness and Degrees of Truth". Analysis. 70 (1): 188–190. doi:10.1093/analys/anp152. JSTOR 23315099.
- "Logic taking the University by storm". Honi Soit. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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