Sonja Smets

Belgian and Dutch logician and epistemologist
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Sonja Smets

Summary

Sonja Smets is a human[1]. She was born on August 24, 1971[2]. She worked as an epistemologist[3], logician[4], philosopher[5], and mathematician[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Sonja Smets was born on August 24, 1971[2].
  • Sonja Smets worked as an epistemologist[3].
  • Sonja Smets worked as a logician[4].
  • Sonja Smets worked as a philosopher[5].
  • Sonja Smets's professions included mathematician[6].
  • Sonja Smets was employed by University of Groningen[8].
  • Sonja Smets was educated at Free University of Brussels[9].
  • Sonja Smets's education included a stint at Vrije Universiteit Brussel[10].
  • Sonja Smets's doctoral advisor was Jean Paul Van Bendegem[11].
  • Sonja Smets was a member of Academia Europaea[12].
  • Sonja Smets was a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[13].
  • Sonja Smets is recorded as female[14].
  • Sonja Smets's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Sonja Smets supervised Shengyang Zhong as a doctoral student[16].
  • Sonja Smets supervised Leif Benjamin Rodenhäuser as a doctoral student[17].
  • Sonja Smets supervised Zoé Christoff as a doctoral student[18].
  • Sonja Smets supervised Aybüke Özgün as a doctoral student[19].
  • Sonja Smets's Commons category is recorded as Sonja Smets[20].
  • Sonja Smets's given name is recorded as Sonja[21].
  • Sonja Smets studied under Jean Paul Van Bendegem[22].
  • Sonja Smets studied under Diederik Aerts[23].

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Origins and Family

Sonja Smets was born on August 24, 1971[2].

Education

Educated at Free University of Brussels[9], a university[24], in Belgium[25], founded in 1834[26], headquartered in Brussels[27] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel[10], a university[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1969[30], headquartered in Ixelles[31]. Sonja Smets's doctoral advisor was Jean Paul Van Bendegem[11]. Studied under Jean Paul Van Bendegem[22], a columnist[32], b. 1953[33], of Kingdom of the Netherlands[34] and Diederik Aerts[23], a physicist[35], b. 1953[36], of Belgium[37].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include epistemologist[3], logician[4], philosopher[5], and mathematician[6]. Among Sonja Smets's employers was University of Groningen[8]. Doctoral students include Shengyang Zhong[16], Leif Benjamin Rodenhäuser[17], Zoé Christoff[18], and Aybüke Özgün[19].

Why It Matters

Sonja Smets ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

FAQs

What did Sonja Smets do for work?

Sonja Smets worked as epistemologist[3], logician[4], philosopher[5], and mathematician[6].

Where did Sonja Smets go to school?

Sonja Smets was educated at Free University of Brussels[9] and Vrije Universiteit Brussel[10].

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  1. [14] . wikidata.org.
  2. [15] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] . wikidata.org.
  18. [2] . albumacademicum.uva.nl. albumacademicum.uva.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.

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  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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