Smithson, Robert

Associate Professor

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Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion , College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

I am an assistant professor in philosophy at UNC-W. Previously, I taught at Rollins College and Duke University. I received my Ph.D. from UNC-CH.

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smithsonr@uncw.edu

910.962.0529

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Selected Publications

Academic Article
- Metaphysical and Conceptual Grounding. Erkenntnis. 85:1501-1525. 2020-12-01
- Conceptual Cartography. INQUIRY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY. 2020-01-01
- Idealism and illusions. European Journal of Philosophy. 2020-01-01
- Non-Humean Laws and Scientific Practice. Erkenntnis.. 87:2871–2895. 2020-01-01
- A New Epistemic Argument for Idealism. Goldschmidt and Pearce. 17-33..
- An Idealist Critique of Naturalism. . 62:504-526..
- Newman’s Objection and the No Miracles Argument.. Erkenntnis. 82:993-1014..
- The Principle of Indifference and Inductive Scepticism. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 68:253–272..

Presentations

Presentation
- Idealism and the Coherence Objection 2022-01-01
- Macroidealism and the Knowledge Argument, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2021-02-01
- Macroidealism and the Knowledge Argument 2021-01-01
- In Defense of Macroidealism, UF Philosophy Colloquium 2020-11-01
- In Defense of Macroidealism, Central APA 2020-05-01
- Macroidealism and the Explanatory Gap, Central APA 2020-03-01
- Macroidealism and the Explanatory Gap, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2020-02-01
- Edenic Idealism, Idealism Seminar at the University of Miami 2019-11-01
- Edenic Idealism 2019-05-01
- Edenic Idealism 2018-11-01
- Logic and Ordinary Reasoning 2018-11-01
- Water, Games, and Causes: A Decision Procedure for Essence Hunters, Eastern APA 2018-06-01
- Edenic Idealism 2018-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism 2018-05-01
- Paradise Regained: An Argument for Idealism, Central APA 2018-03-01
- Platonic Justice and the Well-Ordered Soul 2018-03-01
- Escaping the Cartesian Cricle 2017-09-01
- Edenic Idealism, North Carolina Philosophical Society 2017-05-01
- Kantian Value and the Motive of Duty 2017-03-01
- Paradise Regained: An Argument for Idealism 2017-03-01
- An Idealist Critique of Naturalism, Idealism and the Metaphilosophy of Mind Conference 2016-05-01
- Edenic Idealism 2016-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism 2016-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism 2016-05-01
- Edenic Idealism 2016-01-01
- Edenic Idealism 2015-09-01