Barry Smith (ontologist)

For British philosopher and director of the Institute of Philosophy, see Barry C. Smith.

Barry Smith
Born (1952-06-04) 4 June 1952
Bury, England
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationUniversity of Oxford
University of Manchester (PhD, 1976)
Known forTruthmaker theory
European Society for Analytic Philosophy
IFOMIS
OBO Foundry
Basic Formal Ontology
AwardsWolfgang Paul Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scientific career
FieldsOntology
Philosophy
Biomedical informatics
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Sheffield
International Academy of Philosophy, Liechtenstein
University at Buffalo
ThesisThe Ontology of Reference: Studies in Logic and Phenomenology (1976)
Doctoral advisorWolfe Mays
Doctoral studentsBerit Brogaard
David Koepsell
Other notable studentsAmie Thomasson
Websiteontology.buffalo.edu/smith/

Barry Smith (born 4 June 1952) is an American mathematician, philosopher, and researcher in the field of applied ontology.

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