Saul Smilansky

1.6k total citations
82 papers, 588 citations indexed

About

Saul Smilansky is a scholar working on Philosophy, Cognitive Neuroscience and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Saul Smilansky has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 588 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Philosophy, 39 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Saul Smilansky's work include Free Will and Agency (39 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (31 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (19 papers). Saul Smilansky is often cited by papers focused on Free Will and Agency (39 papers), War, Ethics, and Justification (31 papers) and Philosophical Ethics and Theory (19 papers). Saul Smilansky collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Finland. Saul Smilansky's co-authors include Juha Räikkä, Carolina Sartorio and Robert Kane and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and The Philosophical Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Saul Smilansky

71 papers receiving 492 citations

Peers

Saul Smilansky
Warren Quinn United States
Jens Timmermann United Kingdom
Michael Ridge United Kingdom
Nomy Arpaly United States
Ishtiyaque Haji Canada
Tom Dougherty United Kingdom
Dana Kay Nelkin United States
James Lenman United Kingdom
Geoffrey Sayre‐McCord United States
Douglas W. Portmore United States
Warren Quinn United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smilansky, Saul. (2025). Doing What We Can with Free Will. Philosophia. 53(3). 939–951.
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Smilansky, Saul. (2024). Realność wolnej woli. Roczniki Filozoficzne. 72(1). 99–114.
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Smilansky, Saul. (2022). Two Concepts of Effort. Philosophia. 50(5). 2663–2673. 1 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2022). Reversing Pascal: scepticism about religious belief and its value. Religious Studies. 60(1). 160–173.
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Kane, Robert, Carolina Sartorio, & Saul Smilansky. (2021). Do We Have Free Will?: A Debate. 2 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2019). A Hostage Situation. The Journal of Philosophy. 116(8). 447–466. 3 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2018). Punishing the Dead. The Journal of Value Inquiry. 52(2). 169–177. 2 indexed citations
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Räikkä, Juha & Saul Smilansky. (2012). The Ethics of Alien Attitudes. The Monist. 95(3). 511–532. 3 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2011). Hard Determinism and Punishment: A Practical Reductio. Law and Philosophy. 30(3). 353–367. 21 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2008). More prepunishment for compatibilists: a reply to Beebee. Analysis. 68(299). 260–263. 2 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2006). Some Thoughts on Terrorism, Moral Complaint, and the Self-Reflexive and Relational Nature of Morality. Philosophia. 34(1). 65–74. 3 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2005). Choice-egalitarianism and the paradox of the baseline: a reply to Manor. Analysis. 65(288). 333–337. 2 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (2002). Gratitude, contribution and ethical theory. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. 5(4). 34–48. 2 indexed citations
14.
Smilansky, Saul. (2000). Free Will and Illusion. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 116 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1997). Egalitarian justice and the importance of the free will problem. Philosophia. 25(1-4). 153–161. 6 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1994). Methodological Cynicism In Ethics. International Journal of Applied Philosophy. 9(1). 53–58. 1 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1994). The time to punish. Analysis. 54(1). 50–53. 23 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1993). The Political-Economic Population-Paradox. International Journal of Applied Philosophy. 8(1). 9–12. 1 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1993). DOES THE FREE WILL DEBATE REST ON A MISTAKE?. Philosophical Papers. 22(3). 173–188. 5 indexed citations
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Smilansky, Saul. (1991). The Contrariety of Combatibilist Positions. Journal of Philosophical Research. 16. 293–308. 1 indexed citations

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