Justin E. H. Smith Explained

Justin Smith-Ruiu
Birth Name:	Justin Erik Halldór Smith
Birth Date:	30 July 1972
Birth Place:	Reno, Nevada, US
Discipline:	Philosophy
Sub Discipline:	Philosophy of science

Justin Smith-Ruiu (formerly Justin E. H. Smith) (born July 30, 1972, in Reno, Nevada) is an American-Canadian professor of history and philosophy of science at the Université Paris Cité.^[1] His primary research interests include Leibniz, Post-structuralism, early modern philosophy, history and philosophy of biology, classical Indian philosophy, the history and philosophy of anthropology.

Smith-Ruiu is the author of several books^[2] and is also a contributor to The New York Times,^[3] Harper's Magazine,^[4] n+1, Slate,^[5] and Art in America.^[6]

Smith-Ruiu is an editor-at-large of Cabinet Magazine.^[7]

Since the fall of 2020, he has been publishing philosophical and critical essays on his Substack newsletter: Justin Smith-Ruiu's Hinternet.

The main-belt asteroid 13585 Justinsmith is named after Smith-Ruiu.^[8]

Background and education

• 2023 Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University
• 2019–20 John and Constance Birkelund Fellow, Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library
• 2016–17 Émile Francqui Chair, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
• 2011 Visiting scholar in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton^[9]
• 2007–08 Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt University of Berlin
• 2000 PhD in philosophy from Columbia University
• 1997–98 Doctoral Research on a DAAD Fellowship University of Münster
• 1994 BA with honors in philosophy and Russian at University of California, Davis

Bibliography

• The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning, Princeton University Press (March 22, 2022)
• Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason, Princeton University Press (April, 2019)
• The Philosopher: A History in Six Types, Princeton University Press (May 7, 2016)
• Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy, Princeton University Press (June 30, 2015)
• Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life, Princeton University Press (May 1, 2011)
• The Life Sciences in Early Modern Philosophy (ed., with Ohad Nachtomy), Oxford University Press (January 6, 2014)
• The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (ed.), Cambridge University Press (May 22, 2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Justin E. H. . Smith . Justin E.H. Smith's Hinternet . About . n.d.. April 2, 2023.
2. Web site: Justin E. H. . Smith . Curriculum Vitae . April 19, 2020 . April 2, 2023.
3. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/justin-e-h-smith/?_r=0 The New York Times: Opinionator: Posts published by Justin E. H. Smith
4. http://harpers.org/author/justinsmith/ The Joke, By Justin Smith
5. News: Why Did the Killers Target the Eagles of Death Metal Concert?. Slate. 2015-11-16. 2015-11-22. 1091-2339. en-US. Justin E. H.. Smith.
6. https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazines/cave-art-means/ What Cave Art Means, by Justin E. H. Smith
7. Web site: CABINET // Justin E. H. Smith. cabinetmagazine.org.
8. Web site: JPL Small-Body Database Browser. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. 2015-11-22.
9. Web site: Smith, Justin Erik Halldór. ias.edu.