John Edwin Smith
John Edwin Smith | |
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| Born | May 27, 1921 Brooklyn |
| Died | December 7, 2009 Arlington, Va |
| Education | |
| Thesis | Royce's Social Infinite: An Analysis of the Theory of Interpretation and Community (1948) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
John Edwin Smith (May 27, 1921 - December 7, 2009) was an American philosopher and Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He served as president of the American Philosophical Society, Eastern Division, the American Theological Society, the Metaphysical Society of America, the Hegel Society of America and the C.S. Peirce Society.