Australian philosopher
Nicholas Smith | |
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Born | 1962 |
Education | University of Glasgow (PhD), University of York (MA), Newcastle University (BA) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental |
Institutions | University of Connecticut, Macquarie University |
Thesis | Modernity, crisis and critique: an examination of rival philosophical conceptions in the work of Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | C.F.J. Martin |
Main interests | hermeneutics and political philosophy |
Nicholas Hugh Smith (born 1962) is an Australian philosopher and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University. Smith is known for his research on hermeneutics, political philosophy and Charles Taylor's thought.
Books
- Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity, Routledge 1997, ISBN 9780415164313
- Charles Taylor: Meaning, Morals and Modernity, Polity 2002, ISBN 9780745615752
- Critique Today, edited with Jean-Philippe Deranty, Robert Sinnerbrink, and Peter Schmiedgen, Brill 2006
- New Philosophies of Labour: Work and the Social Bond, edited with Jean-Philippe Deranty, Brill 2011, ISBN 9789004215467
- Recognition Theory as Social Research: Investigating the Dynamics of Social Conflict, co-edited with Shane O'Neill, Palgrave Macmillan 2012
- Perspectives on the Philosophy of Charles Taylor, co-edited with Arto Laitinen, Helsinki, Acta Philosophica Fennica, vol. 71, 2002
- Reading McDowell: On Mind and World, Routledge 2002.
References
- Baker, Deane-Peter (2003). "'Condemned to Meaning': A Critical Review of Recent Work on Charles Taylor". Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory (102): 139–146. JSTOR 41791395.
- Levy, N. (June 2001). "Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 79 (2): 296–297. doi:10.1080/713659206. ISSN 0004-8402. S2CID 170889762.
- Barwell, Ismay (June 2004). "Charles Taylor: Meaning Morals and Modernity". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 82 (2): 364–365. doi:10.1080/713659825. ISSN 0004-8402. S2CID 170178652.
- Anderson, JH (1999). "Book Note on Nicholas Smith, Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity". Ethics. 109. hdl:1874/20322.
- Redhead, Mark (2 August 2004). "Review of Charles Taylor". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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