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Timothy Smiley

Timothy John Smiley
Born (1930-11-13) November 13, 1930 (age 86)
Nationality British
Fields Philosophy
Known for logic

Timothy John Smiley FBA (born 13 November 1930) is a British philosopher, appointed Emeritus Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge University.

Smiley was appointed Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge in 1980 and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984.

In recent years, he has collaborated on a number of articles on plural descriptions with Alex Oliver.

Most recently, Smiley's professional standing was marked by the publication of The Force of Argument: Essays in Honor of Timothy Smiley (T. J. Smiley, Jonathan Lear and Alex Oliver, Routledge, 2010)

He is the father of the author Sophie Smiley.

He has edited and contributed to numerous papers and publications including:


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Wikipedia

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