The following notice was kindly prepared by Dom Lopes. Some of you may remember the lively exchanges with Denis Dutton on our predecessor forum, aesthetics-online. -- Cheerskep
I'm saddened to pass on the news that Denis Dutton died yesterday. He was an unmistakeable and provocative presence in the aesthetics world and he will be missed. Remembrances will soon be posted on aesthetics-online.org. Here is are some pieces from the press: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10696919 http://www.newsupdatez.com/denis-dutton-death/ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12495833 And this was just added to his wikipedia page: In his final email correspondence to the students of his first semester University of Canterbury Philosophy 110 class entitled Science Good, Bad and Bogus, he advised them that b The shoulder pain he had been noticeably suffering from was in fact cancer but that he had recently begun a non-alternative treatment and was thankfully feeling much betterb . His noticeable decline continued, however, and it was in his last lecture of the year, that he announced his reluctant retirement to his second semester class of Philosophy 220 students and without ceremony slipped quietly out the door of the university he had lectured at since 1984. Other university students within the Humanities did not know of his retirement until a memo was sent out acknowledging the cancellation and re-structuring of his former courses. He had also received a Research Medal from the University at a graduation ceremonyB barely a fortnight before his death on 28 December 2010. dom Dominic McIver Lopes Professor of PhilosophyB lopes.mentalpaint.net Secretary-Treasurer, APA Pacific apa-pacific.org = _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.aesthetics-online.org/listinfo.cgi/news-aesthetics-online.org
