Nicholas H. Smith Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
Nicholas Smith
Birth Date:	1962
School Tradition:	Continental
Institutions:	University of Connecticut, Macquarie University
Main Interests:	hermeneutics and political philosophy
Thesis Title:	Modernity, crisis and critique: an examination of rival philosophical conceptions in the work of Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor
Thesis Url:	http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1624/
Thesis Year:	1992
Doctoral Advisor:	C.F.J. Martin
Education:	University of Glasgow (PhD), University of York (MA), Newcastle University (BA)
Influences:	Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Books

• Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity, Routledge 1997,
• Charles Taylor: Meaning, Morals and Modernity, Polity 2002,
• 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,
• 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.

External links

• Nick Smith at Macquarie University

Notes and References

1. Baker . Deane-Peter . 'Condemned to Meaning': A Critical Review of Recent Work on Charles Taylor . . 2003 . 102 . 139–146 . 41791395 .
2. Levy . N. . Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity . . June 2001 . 79 . 2 . 296–297 . 10.1080/713659206 . 170889762 . en . 0004-8402.
3. Barwell . Ismay . Charles Taylor: Meaning Morals and Modernity . . June 2004 . 82 . 2 . 364–365 . 10.1080/713659825 . 170178652 . en . 0004-8402.
4. Anderson . JH . Book Note on Nicholas Smith, Strong Hermeneutics: Contingency and Moral Identity . Ethics . 1999 . 109 . en. 1874/20322 .
5. Redhead . Mark . Review of Charles Taylor . Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews . 2 August 2004 . 16 October 2018 . 1538-1617.