Smithson, Robert

Selected Publications

Academic Article
- Reviving the Philosophical Dialogue with Large Language Models. Teaching Philosophy. 47:143-171. 2024-05-01
- 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..
- Edenic Idealism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 101:16-33.
- In Defense of Macroidealism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
- 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
- On Resembling a Picture: A Murdochian Critique of LLMs, Virginia Tech Philosophy Colloquium 2025-03-01
- Phenomenal Construction, 2024 Idealism Summit 2024-04-01
- Idealism and Imperceptibility, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2024-02-01
- Idealism and the Coherence Objection, Illusion of the Fortnight 2023-04-01
- Macroidealism and the Coherence Objection, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2022-02-01
- Macroidealism and the Knowledge Argument, Central Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2021-02-01
- 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 Meeting of the American Philosophical Association 2020-02-01
- Edenic Idealism, Idealism Seminar at the University of Miami 2019-11-01
- Edenic Idealism, St. Norbert College 2018-11-01
- Logic and Ordinary Reasoning, University of Central Oklahoma 2018-11-01
- Water, Games, and Causes: A Decision Procedure for Essence Hunters, Eastern APA 2018-06-01
- Edenic Idealism, UNC-Wilmington 2018-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism, UNC-Wilmington 2018-05-01
- Paradise Regained: An Argument for Idealism, Central APA 2018-03-01
- Platonic Justice and the Well-Ordered Soul, St. Norbert College 2018-03-01
- Escaping the Cartesian Cricle, Rollins College 2017-09-01
- Edenic Idealism, North Carolina Philosophical Society 2017-05-01
- Kantian Value and the Motive of Duty, Nanyang Technological University 2017-03-01
- Paradise Regained: An Argument for Idealism, Nanyang Technological University 2017-03-01
- An Idealist Critique of Naturalism, Idealism and the Metaphilosophy of Mind Conference 2016-05-01
- Edenic Idealism, Dalhousie University 2016-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism, Dalhousie University 2016-05-01
- Three Levels of Skepticism, Texas Christian University 2016-05-01
- Edenic Idealism, Texas Christian University 2016-01-01
- Edenic Idealism, Tubingen Masterclass in Theoretical Philosophy 2015-09-01

Research Overview

Metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic

Teaching Overview

Metaphysics, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, history of analytic philosophy, modern philosophy, ethics, metaethics

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