Donald Smith

Department of Philosophy 

Virginia Commonwealth University

The Starke House ∙ 915 W. Franklin St.

Richmond, VA 23284-2025

Phone: (Office) 804-828-1225 ∙ Email: dpsmith@vcu.edu

 

Published and Forthcoming Papers:

  1. Kant on the Dependency of the Cosmological Argument on the Ontological Argument, European Journal of Philosophy, 2003, 11: 206-218.
  2. Critical Notice of Hawthorne’s Knowledge and Lotteries, Philosophical Books, 2005, 46: 123-31.
  3. ‘Wholly Present’ Defined, with Thomas Crisp, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2005, 71: 318-344.
  4. The Vagueness Argument for Mereological Universalism, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2006, 87: 357-368.
  5. Vague Singulars, Semantic Indecision, and the Metaphysics of Persons, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2007, 74: 569-585.
  6. “The Fall of the Mind Argument and Some Lessons about Freedom”, with E.J. Coffman, forthcoming in Topics in Contemporary Philosophy: Volume 7: Action, Ethics, and Responsibility, MIT Press.
  7. “Lottery Puzzles and Jesus’ Return”, forthcoming, Religious Studies.
  8. “How to Endure and Alleged Paradox”, forthcoming, The Journal of Philosophical Research.
  9. “Mereology without Weak Supplementation”, forthcoming, Australasian Journal of Philosophy.