Hristo Smolenov

Hristo Smolenov
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristo Smolenov
Born1954 (age 69–70)
NationalityBulgarian
Alma mater
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsLogics
Institutions
Websitesmolenov.com

Hristo Smolenov is a Bulgarian scientist, logician and antiterrorism expert, born 1954 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2007 was revealed as associated with the communist secret services.[1]

Academic career

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After graduating from the Moscow State University he became a guest professor at the University of Montreal and at the Catholic University of America in Washington. He is an associate professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[2][3] As a specialist in logic and methodology of science he has long been involved in creative solutions in non-standard situations.

Books and publications

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  • Codes in Space, 2016
  • Zagora - Varna - the hidden super-culture, 2012
  • The Lost Aurolithic Civilization? Codes from a Black Sea Atlantis, 2010
  • Self-Producing Terror, 2005
  • The Market Life of Global Terrorism, 2004
  • The Cannibals Paradox: Global Terrorism and Hyper-Capital, 2003
  • Struktur und Dynamik wissenschaftlicher Theorien: Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie aus der bulgarischen Forschung, 1990[4]
  • Zeno's paradoxes and temporal becoming in dialectical atomism, 1984[5]
  • Truthfulness and non-trivial contradiction, 1984[6]

Political career

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Smolenov initiated the creation of Independent Society of Ecoglasnost in 1988,[7] which later became a founding member of the umbrella opposition movement Union of Democratic Forces. Between 1995-1997 he was the Parliamentary Secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense. In 1999 Smolenov was elected for MP in the 38th Bulgarian National Assembly.[8]

Awards and achievements

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In 2017 Smolenov was honored with the title Honorary Professor of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy.[9]

References

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  1. ^ ""Агенти на ДС продължават да извират от парламента", "Млади учени се "обесиха" заради липсата на пари"". 5 September 2007.
  2. ^ About Hristo Smolenov
  3. ^ "Terrorism has made European society sick". www.europost.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  4. ^ Poser, Hans (1990-03-01). "Struktur und Dynamik wissenschaftlicher Theorien: Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie aus der bulgarischen Forschung . Christfried Tögel, Hristo Smolenov, Anguel Stefanov". Isis. 81 (1): 154–155. doi:10.1086/355322. ISSN 0021-1753.
  5. ^ Smolenov, Hristo (1984). "Zeno's Paradoxes and Temporal Becoming in Dialectical Atomism". Studia Logica. 43 (1–2): 169–180. doi:10.1007/BF00935748. S2CID 122988299.
  6. ^ Smolenov, Hristo (1984). "Truthfulness and Non-Trivial Contradiction". Bulletin of the Section of Logic. 13 (3): 144–150.
  7. ^ OMDA. "Smolenov biography (Bulgarian)". old.omda.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  8. ^ "Bulgarian National Assembly results". www.online.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  9. ^ "Honorary Professor award (in Bulgarian)". Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2018-01-01.