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Nick Smith
Born1972
EducationPrinceton University (PhD), University of Sydney (BA)
AwardsAustralian Academy of the Humanities fellowship
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
ThesisVagueness (2001)
Doctoral advisorGideon Rosen, John P. Burgess
Main interests
philosophy of language, logic
Notable ideas
degree-based theory of vagueness

Nicholas Jeremy Josef Smith (born 1972) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities[1] and a former President of the Australasian Association for Logic. Smith is known for his research on logics.[2][3][4] He is a lecturer for the popular PHIL1012: Introductory Logic course at the University of Sydney, which broke records in 2021 as the largest course by enrolments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.[5]

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  1. ^ "Fellow Profile: Nicholas JJ Smith". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Paoli, F. (27 March 2014). "Logic. The Laws of Truth". History and Philosophy of Logic. 35 (3): 306–308. doi:10.1080/01445340.2014.902243. ISSN 0144-5340. S2CID 119567628.
  3. ^ Cook, Roy T. (25 November 2010). "Vagueness and Degrees of Truth - By Nicholas J. J. Smith". Theoria. 76 (4): 380–384. doi:10.1111/j.1755-2567.2010.01088.x. ISSN 0040-5825.
  4. ^ Ripley, David (2010). "Review of Vagueness and Degrees of Truth". Analysis. 70 (1): 188–190. doi:10.1093/analys/anp152. JSTOR 23315099.
  5. ^ "Logic taking the University by storm". Honi Soit. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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