I am a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Sydney.
I work mainly in epistemology, ethics, and decision theory.
I completed my PhD at the University of Sydney in 2024 under Brian Hedden, Mark Colyvan, and Philip Pettit. My thesis was examined by Daniel Greco and Jessica Brown. I also have a BA and MPhil from USYD, and have been a visiting graduate student at Princeton University, King’s College London, and the University of Chicago.
Here’s my CV
You can contact me at timjsmartt@gmail.com
Papers
More Scepticism about Epistemic Blame
Philosophical Studies vol. 183, no. 1 (2026): 375–384
Does Ought Imply Can in Epistemology?
American Philosophical Quarterly. Forthcoming
Formal Epistemology without Demandingness
Synthese vol. 206, no. 184 (2025): 1–22
Do Conspiracy Theory Interventions Rest on a Mistake? (with Mark Colyvan and Hannah Tierney)
Synthese vol. 206, no. 164 (2025): 1–19
My media piece on the film Bugonia presents this work for a public audience.
Scepticism about Epistemic Blame
Philosophical Studies vol. 180, no. 5–6 (2023): 1813–1828
Reply from Cameron Boult
Reply from Adam Piovarchy
Reconsidering the Rule of Consideration: Probabilistic Knowledge and Legal Proof
Episteme vol. 19, no. 2 (2022): 303–318
Arbitrariness Arguments Against Temporal Discounting
Australasian Philosophical Review vol. 5, no. 3 (2021): 302–308
Reply from Craig Callender
Book Reviews
Review of Probabilistic Knowledge by Sarah Moss
Ethics vol. 129, no. 2 (2019): 430–438
Edited Collections
Topical Collection on Responsible Beliefs: Accountability Practices in Epistemology
(co-edited with Adam Piovarchy)
Synthese. Forthcoming
Call for Papers (closes 1 May 2026)
Teaching Articles
Knowing Your Own Mind: René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditation 2
The Philosophy Teaching Library (2024), edited by Wes Siscoe
Media
Episode 164. The Long Goodbye (dir. Robert Altman, 1973)
Podcast appearance on Cows in the Field hosted by Justin Khoo and Laura Khoo. April 24, 2026.
ABC Religion & Ethics. November 21, 2025.
Where There's Smoke, There's Conspiracy Theorists (with Mark Colyvan and Hannah Tierney)
ABC Religion & Ethics. November 3, 2020.
Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination Makes Sense
Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, and WA Today. August 10, 2020.