Well he was definitely a formidable gadfly in the cognitive science community. Maybe that's what we need every now and then--a bold socratic questioner of some of our prevailing assumptions and pet theories. May he rest in peace..
CC is quick, I heard just now that he died today at the age of 82.
I'm sad to see him go.
I saw him in a restaurant near here on the coast with a group of other well-known people. They were discussing ham radios. I could have sworn that he was bragging about his equipment, but I could never find anything on the web about him being an amateur radio operator.
(Apr 20, 2024 03:39 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote: [ -> ]I saw him in a restaurant near here on the coast with a group of other well-known people. They were discussing ham radios. I could have sworn that he was bragging about his equipment, but I could never find anything on the web about him being an amateur radio operator.
Ham radio hobby could easily be a neglected item of the partial list...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/...ead-at-82/
His myriad interests weren't limited to the academic. Dennett loved art, music, sailing, pottery, trout fishing, windsurfing, ran his own cider press, and made his own Calvados on a Prohibition-era still. He could call a square dance, whittle a wooden walking stick...
She gave a good description of how he was not one to traffic false modesty. I would have said braggart. It would be eerie and sad to watch a loved one in that short film, "Where am I", after they passed.