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  1. Utilitarianism: For and Against.J. J. C. Smart & Bernard Williams - 1973 - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Edited by Bernard Williams.
    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; he tries to formulate a consistent and persuasive elaboration of the doctrine that the rightness and wrongness of actions is determined solely by their consequences, and in particular their consequences for the sum total of human happiness. In Part II Bernard Williams offers a sustained (...)
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  2. Philosophy and Scientific Realism.J. J. C. Smart - 1963 - New York,: Routledge.
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    Philosophy and Scientific Realism.J. J. C. Smart - 1965\ - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 15 (60):358-360.
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    The Anthropic Cosmological Principle.J. J. C. Smart - 1987 - Philosophical Quarterly 37 (149):463-466.
  5. Utilitarianism: For and Against.Gerald Dworkin, J. J. C. Smart & Bernard Williams - 1975 - Philosophical Review 84 (3):419.
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  6. (1 other version)Extreme and restricted utilitarianism.J. J. C. Smart - 1956 - Philosophical Quarterly 6 (25):344-354.
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  7. (2 other versions)Utilitarianism; For and Against.J. J. C. Smart, Bernard Williams & Anthony Quinton - 1974 - Philosophy 49 (188):212-215.
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  8. On some criticisms of a physicalist theory of colors.J. J. C. Smart - 1975 - In Charles L. Y. Cheng, Philosophical Aspects of the Mind-Body Problem. Hawaii University Press. pp. 54-63.
     
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  9. Time and becoming.J. J. C. Smart - 1980 - In Peter van Inwagen, Time and Cause: Essays Presented to Richard Taylor. D. Reidel. pp. 3-15.
  10. Materialism.J. J. C. Smart - 1963 - Journal of Philosophy 60 (October):651-62.
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    Review of T he Direction of Time.J. J. C. Smart - 1958 - Philosophical Quarterly 8 (30):72-77.
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  12. The tenseless theory of time.J. J. C. Smart - 2008 - In Theodore Sider, John P. Hawthorne & Dean W. Zimmerman, Contemporary debates in metaphysics. Malden, MA: Blackwell. pp. 226--38.
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  13. Spatialising time.J. J. C. Smart - 1955 - Mind 64 (254):239-241.
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  14. Physicalism and emergence.J. J. C. Smart - 1981 - Neuroscience 6:109-13.
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    Ethics, Persuasion and Truth.David O. Brink & J. J. C. Smart - 1987 - Philosophical Review 96 (2):290.
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  16. The existence of God.John Kick, J. J. C. Smart & Antony Flew - 1964 - New York,: Macmillan.
     
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  17. Can biology be an exact science?J. J. C. Smart - 1959 - Synthese 11 (4):359 - 368.
  18. (1 other version)Our Place in the Universe.J. J. C. Smart - 1990 - Mind 99 (394):315-316.
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  19. Ockham’s razor.J. J. C. Smart - 1984 - In James H. Fetzer, Principles of philosophical reasoning. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld. pp. 118--28.
     
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  20. Laws of nature and cosmic coincidences.J. J. C. Smart - 1985 - Philosophical Quarterly 35 (140):272-280.
  21. Explanation—Opening Address.J. J. C. Smart - 1990 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 27:1-19.
    It is a pleasure for me to give this opening address to the Royal Institute of Philosophy Conference on ‘Explanation’ for two reasons. The first is that it is succeeded by exciting symposia and other papers concerned with various special aspects of the topic of explanation. The second is that the conference is being held in my old alma mater, the University of Glasgow, where I did my first degree. Especially due to C. A. Campbell and George Brown there was (...)
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  22. Realism v. Idealism.J. J. C. Smart - 1986 - Philosophy 61 (237):295 - 312.
    It is characteristic of realists to separate ontology from epistemology and of idealists to mix the two things up. By ‘idealists’ here I am mainly referring to the British neo-Hegelians but the charge of mixing up ontology and epistemology can be made against at least one ‘subjective idealist’, namely Bishop Berkeley, as his wellknown dictum ‘esse ispercipi’ testifies. The objective idealists rejected the correspondence theory of truth and on the whole accepted a coherence theory. The qualification is needed here because (...)
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  23. Colours.J. J. C. Smart - 1961 - Philosophy 36 (April-July):128-142.
    In this paper I wish first of all to argue against two possible views about colour qualities, which I shall label the Objectivist and Subjectivist views respectively. I find these views to be prevalent among philosophers of my acquaintance, though sometimes they are hidden by a veneer of post-Wittgensteinian sophistication. Part of my argument will depend on modern scientific theories of colour vision. In the second part of the paper I shall argue for a different view of my own.
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    Atheism and Theism.J. J. C. Smart & J. J. Haldane (eds.) - 1996 - Wiley-Blackwell.
    In this book two philosophers, each committed to unambiguous versions of belief and disbelief, debate the central issues of atheism and theism. Considers one of the oldest and most widely disputed philosophical questions: is there a God? 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.
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  25. A note on categories.J. J. C. Smart - 1953 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 4 (15):227-228.
    The relation between categories and sentence frames as presented in ryle's "the concept of mind" is discussed. smart states, "it is important to note that the fact that two expressions 'a' and 'b' "will" go into the same blank in a sentence frame does "not" prove that they are of the same category." (staff).
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  26. The space-time world.J. J. C. Smart - 2004 - In Tim Crane & Katalin Farkas, Metaphysics: a guide and anthology. New York: Oxford University Press.
     
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  27. "Tensed statements": A comment.J. J. C. Smart - 1962 - Philosophical Quarterly 12 (48):264-265.
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  28. Is time travel possible?J. J. C. Smart - 1963 - Journal of Philosophy 60 (9):237-241.
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    Value, Truth, and Action:Needs, Values, Truth: Essays in the Philosophy of Value. David Wiggins.J. J. C. Smart - 1990 - Ethics 100 (3):628-.
  30. Further remarks on sensations and brain processes.J. J. C. Smart - 1961 - Philosophical Review 70 (July):406-407.
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    Metaphysical Realism.J. J. C. Smart - 1982 - Analysis 42 (1):1 - 3.
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    Why Philosophers Disagree.J. J. C. Smart - 1993 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 23 (sup1):67-82.
    Why is it that philosophers find it so hard to come to agreement? Many disputes that have gone on for centuries or even millennia are still unresolved, even though there has been increased conceptual sophistication on the part of the contending parties. Consider, for example, the question of free will, where libertarians still contest the field with determinists and compatibilists.
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  33. Metaphysical illusions.J. J. C. Smart - 2006 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 84 (2):167 – 175.
    The paper begins by considering David Armstrong's beautiful paper 'The Headless Woman Illusion and the Defence of Materialism', which conjectures how we get the illusion that there are non-physical qualia. There are discussions of other metaphysical illusions, that there is a passage of time, that we have libertarian free will, and that consciousness is ineffable (which last also relates to Armstrong), and of their possible explanations. Moral: avoid appeal to so called intuition or phenomenology.
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    Open Vistas: Philosophical Perspectives of Modern Science.J. J. C. Smart & Henry Margenau - 1962 - Philosophical Quarterly 12 (49):378.
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    The methods of ethics and the methods of science.J. J. C. Smart - 1965 - Journal of Philosophy 62 (13):344-349.
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  36. (4 other versions)Atheism and Theism.J. J. C. Smart & J. J. Haldane - 1996 - Mind 110 (439):836-839.
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  37. A form of metaphysical realism.J. J. C. Smart - 1995 - Philosophical Quarterly 45 (180):301-315.
    This essay defends a view which is near enough to Putnam's characterization of metaphysical realism for it to be called by the same name. Indeterminacy of reference is conceded, in the sense that there may be multiple reference relations, but it is denied that this implied belief in unknowable noumena. It is enough for metaphysical realism as conceived here, that there be at least one reference relation. The essay also argues against defining truth epistemically. Even a Peircean ideal theory might (...)
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    Reports of immediate experiences.J. J. C. Smart - 1971 - Synthese 22 (3-4):346-359.
  39. Ruth Anna Putnam and the fact-value distinction.J. J. C. Smart - 1999 - Philosophy 74 (3):431-437.
    This article is a defence of the Fact-Value distinction against considerations brought up by Ruth Anna Putnam in three articles in Philosophy, especially her ‘Perceiving Facts and Values’ January 1998. I defend metaphysical realism about facts and anti-realism about values against Putnam' intermediate position about both and I relate the matter to the logic of imperatives. The motivations of scientists or historians to select fields of investigation are irrelevant to the objectivity of their hypotheses, and so is the goodness or (...)
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    Heinrich Hertz and the concept of force.J. J. C. Smart - 1951 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 29 (1):36 – 45.
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    The Moving 'Now'.J. J. C. Smart - 1953 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 31 (3):184 – 187.
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  42. Comments on the papers.J. J. C. Smart - 1967 - In Charles Frederick Presley, The identity theory of mind. [St. Lucia, Brisbane]: University of Queensland Press. pp. 91--91.
     
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  43. The reality of the future.J. J. C. Smart - 1979 - Philosophia 10 (3-4):141-150.
  44. Utilitarianism and justice.J. J. C. Smart - 1978 - Journal of Chinese Philosophy 5 (3):287-299.
  45. A Variant of the 'Heterological' Paradox.J. L. Mackie & J. J. C. Smart - 1953 - Analysis 13 (3):61 - 65.
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    Brain processes and incorrigibility.J. J. C. Smart - 1962 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 40 (1):68-70.
  47. Godel's theorem, church's theorem, and mechanism.J. J. C. Smart - 1961 - Synthese 13 (1):105-10.
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    'Looks red' and dangerous talk.J. J. C. Smart - 1995 - Philosophy 70 (274):545-554.
    This paper is partly to get rid of some irritation which I have felt at the quite common tendency of philosophers to elucidate ‘is red’ in terms of ‘looks red’. For a relatively recent example see, for example, Frank Jackson and Robert Pargetter, ‘An Objectivist′s Guide to Subjectivism about Colour’. However rather than try to make a long list of references, I would rather say ‘No names, no pack drill’. I have even been disturbed to find the use of the (...)
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    Meaning and Purpose.J. J. C. Smart - 1999 - Philosophy Now 24:16-16.
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    Negative Utilitarianism.J. J. C. Smart - 1989 - In Fred D'Agostino & I. C. Jarvie, Freedom and Rationality: Essays in Honor of John Watkins. Reidel. pp. 35--46.
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