William Newton-Smith

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William Newton-Smith
Born
William Herbert Newton-Smith

(1943-05-25)May 25, 1943
DiedApril 8, 2023(2023-04-08) (aged 79)
NationalityCanadian
EducationQueen's University at Kingston
Cornell University (MA)
Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil)
OccupationPhilosopher

William Herbert Newton-Smith (May 25, 1943 – April 8, 2023) was a Canadian

philosopher of science.[1][2]

Biography

Newton-Smith's undergraduate degree from

DPhil in philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford
, in 1974. His working life before retirement was mainly as a Fellow of Balliol.

Newton-Smith's 1980 book The Structure of Time focuses on the

philosophy of time.[3] In the 1980s he led a small team of British philosophers, including Kathy Wilkes and Roger Scruton, who travelled to Czechoslovakia to give unauthorized philosophy lectures.[4]

Newton-Smith led Central European University from its foundation in 1991 until Alfred Stepan was elected rector in 1993.[5]

Newton-Smith had two daughters with his first wife Dorris Heffron.[6] His daughter Rain Newton-Smith is an economist who became the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in April 2023.

In 2003, Newton-Smith and his second wife

lavender on a field scale in Wales. They became the sole distillers of lavender oil
in Wales. Their company, Welsh Lavender Ltd, produces face and body creams.

Newton-Smith died of throat cancer on April 8, 2023, at the age of 79.[7][8]

Works

  • The Structure of Time (1980)
  • The Rationality of Science (1981)
  • Logic (1984)
  • Modelling the Mind (1990) editor with K. V. Wilkes
  • Popper in China (1992) editor with J. Tianji
  • Chapter 1 - Popper, ciência e racionalidade. In Karl Popper: Filosofia e problemas (1997), organized by Anthony O'Hear, translated to Portuguese by Luiz Paulo Rouanet. Editora Unesp. Cambridge University Press.
  • The Companion to the Philosophy of Science (2000)

References

  1. ISBN 9780631230205
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-415-09180-0
    . Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  3. ^ Schlesinger, George N. (1983). "Reviewed Work: The Structure of Time. by W. H. Newton-Smith". Mind. 92 (366): 293–296.
  4. ^ Weinberg, Justin (14 April 2023). "William Newton-Smith (1943-2023)". Daily Nous. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Shalini Randeria Elected CEU's 6th Rector and President | Central European University". www.ceu.edu.
  6. ^ "W. H. Newton-Smith Obituary". The Globe and Mail. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ "William Herbert Newton-Smith 1943–2023 | Balliol College, Oxford".
  8. ^ "Bill Newton-Smith obituary". The Times. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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