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Brian Cantwell Smith

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1950 to 2025 · aged 74

Brian Cantwell Smith was a Canadian-American philosopher and cognitive scientist whose work spanned cognitive science, computer science, information science, and philosophy.

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He is known for introducing the concept of reflective programming in programming languages, and for influential contributions to the philosophy of computing, ontology, epistemology, and the foundations of artificial intelligence.

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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1950 to 2025 · aged 74

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