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J. J. C. Smart Biography

John Jamieson Carswell "Jack" Smart AC (16 September 1920 – 6 October 2012) was an Australian philosopher and academic, and was appointed as an Emeritus Professor by the Australian National University. He worked in the fields of metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. He wrote multiple entries for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved.

Atheist, Conflict, Emotional, Giving Up, Religion

Indeterminism does not confer freedom on us: I would feel that my freedom was impaired if I thought that a quantum mechanical trigger in my brain might cause me to leap into the garden and eat a slug

Brain, Cause, Doe, Garden, Indeterminism, Mechanical

An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to scientism - the view that the only things that really exist are those recognized by fundamental physical theory, and that the only forms of genuine knowledge are scientific ones.

Allegiance, Believe, Met, Philosophy, Views, Westren

Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier

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Rufino Tamayo

Jonathan Gottschall

Jonathan Gottschall

Dennis Cardoza

Dennis Cardoza

Kristian Bush

Kristian Bush

Jamilah Lemieux

Jamilah Lemieux

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Andre Beaufre

Andre Beaufre

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Harry Anderson

Harry Anderson

Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

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Lynda Barry