John Jamieson Carswell Smart

…emerged in the wake of J.J.C. Smart’s discussions of identity theory is the suggestion that these apparent features of experience are not genuine properties “in the mind” or “in the world” but only the contents of mental representations (perhaps in a language of thought). Because this representationalist strategy may initially…

…methodology; and the Australian materialist J.J.C. Smart did so with a metaphysical application of the principle (called “Ockham’s razor”) that entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity. A physicalistic materialist has, of course, an obligation to go on to give a suitable account of such apparently nonphysicalist qualities as the…

Another utilitarian, the Australian philosopher J.J.C. Smart, defended hedonistic utilitarianism by asserting that he took a favourable attitude toward making the surplus of happiness over misery as large as possible. As these differences suggest, consequentialism can be held on the basis of widely differing metaethical views.

…other hand, was defended by J.J.C. Smart, a British-Australian philosopher.