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Daniel Dennett has passed away - C C - Apr 19, 2024
One of the few that could still cause a tremor.
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Obituary
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-philosopher-atheist-darwinist/
Daniel Dennett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett
https://youtu.be/90BTBqRPbqk
RE: Daniel Dennett has passed away - Magical Realist - Apr 19, 2024
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..
RE: Daniel Dennett has passed away - Yazata - Apr 19, 2024
CC is quick, I heard just now that he died today at the age of 82.
I'm sad to see him go.
RE: Daniel Dennett has passed away - Secular Sanity - Apr 20, 2024
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.
RE: Daniel Dennett has passed away - C C - Apr 20, 2024
(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/philosopher-daniel-dennett-dead-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...
RE: Daniel Dennett has passed away - Secular Sanity - Apr 21, 2024
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.