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Wolfgang Smith
mathematician and philosopher of science
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- born
- 1930
- died
- 2024
- age at death
- 94
- known for
- mathematician, physicist, philosopher
1930 β 2024

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who wolfgang smith is
Wolfgang Smith was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, philosopher of science, metaphysician, and member of the Traditionalist School. He wrote extensively in the field of differential geometry, as a critic of scientism and as a proponent of a new interpretation of quantum mechanics that draws heavily from premodern ontology and realism.
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