Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
J. J. C. Smart
Born: September 16, 1920
Died: October 6, 2012 (aged 92)
Bio: John Jamieson Carswell "Jack" Smart AC was an Australian philosopher and academic, and was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by Australian National University Australia.
Known for:
- Utilitarianism: For and Against (1973)
- Philosophy and scientific realism (1963)
- Atheism and Theism (2003)
- Essays Metaphysical and Moral (1987)
- Ethics, persuasion, and truth (1984)