Michael A. Smith (philosopher)
Michael A. Smith | |
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| Born | Michael Andrew Smith 23 July 1954 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | Centenary Medal, APA book prize, AAA&S Fellow |
| Education | |
| Education | Monash University (BA, MA) University of Oxford (BPhil, DPhil) |
| Thesis | Motivation and Moral Realism (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Simon Blackburn |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Main interests | Moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, political philosophy, moral psychology |
Michael Andrew Smith (born 23 July 1954) is an Australian philosopher who teaches at Princeton University (since September 2004). He taught previously at the University of Oxford, Monash University, and was a member of the Philosophy Program at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. He is the author of a number of important books and articles in moral philosophy.