Timothy Smiley
| Timothy John Smiley |
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November 13, 1930 (1930-11-13) (age 81)
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British |
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Philosophy |
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logic |
Timothy John Smiley FBA is Emeritus Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge University.
He has edited and contributed to numerous papers and publications including:
Studies in the Philosophy of Logic and Knowledge, (co-edited with Thomas Baldwin.) [1]
Mathematics and Necessity: Essays in the History of Philosophy. [2]
Philosophical Logic. [3]
Philosophical Dialogues: Plato, Hume, Wittgenstein. Dawes Hicks Lectures on Philosophy. [4]
Smiley and D. J. Shoesmith are the authors of Multiple-Conclusion Logic (1978) (see Multiple-conclusion logic).[5]
In recent years, he has collaborated on a number of articles on plural descriptions with Alex Oliver. [6] [7]
Most recently Timothy Smiley's professional standing was marked by the publication of The Force of Argument: Essays in Honor of Timothy Smiley (T. J. Smiley, Jonathan Lear and Alex Oliver, Routledge, 2010.) [8]
Professor Smiley was appointed Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, in 1980 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984. [9]
He is the father of the author Sophie Smiley.
External links
Clare College, Cambridge
References
- ^ Studies in the Philosophy of Logic and Knowledge, (co-edited with Thomas Baldwin.) Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2005 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Mathematics and Necessity: Essays in the History of Philosophy. Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2000 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Philosophical Logic. Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1998 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Philosophical Dialogues: Plato, Hume, Wittgenstein. Dawes Hicks Lectures on Philosophy. Reprint, Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1996 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Cambridge University Press - publication listing. 'Multiple Conclusion Logic' by D. J. Shoesmith and T. J. Smiley, reprinted 2009 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Philosophical papers, online listing of Plural Descriptions and Many-Valued Functions, Alex Oliver and Timothy Oliver, 2005 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Philosophical papers, online listing of What Are Sets, and What Are They For?, Alex Oliver and Timothy Oliver, 2006 Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ Philosophical papers, online listing of The Force of Argument: Essays in Honor of Timothy Smiley Retrieved 30 December 2010
- ^ British Academy - list of Fellows Retrieved 30 December 2010
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