Michael A. Smith | |
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| Born | Michael Andrew Smith 23 July 1954 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Monash University (BA, MA) University of Oxford (BPhil, DPhil) |
| Awards | Centenary Medal, APA book prize, AAA&S Fellow |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Motivation and Moral Realism (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Simon Blackburn |
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).[1] 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.