William Newton-Smith

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William Herbert Newton-Smith (b. May 25, 1943) is an Anglo-Canadian philosopher of science.

His undergraduate degree from Queen's University was in Mathematics and Philosophy, in 1966. He took an MA from Cornell University in Philosophy, in 1968, and a DPhil in philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1974. His working life before retirement was mainly as a Fellow of Balliol.

[edit] 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
  • The Companion to the Philosophy of Science (2000)