William H. Newton-Smith, 1943-2023: The Adventurous Life of a Maverick Philosopher
The renowned philosopher of science William Newton-Smith was an intellectual with a practical streak, founding or overhauling 35 universities, in addition to writing several classic books that remain in print after four decades. He was also a co-founder of Project Syndicate.
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LONDON – As an undergraduate at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, William H. Newton-Smith traveled to East Germany as part of a United Nations exchange program to encourage mutual understanding among young people on either side of the Iron Curtain. He had an East German pen pal and visited her in Zittau in 1964. Profoundly shocked by the Volkspolizei, the barbed wire, and the minefields at the border, the visit had an enduring impact on him.