Here's Prof. Dennett's reply to my inquiry:
On 09 Jul, 2004, at 01:39 PM, Daniel Dennett wrote:
I've been using the term for years, but I don't know if I invented it.
I
don't think so. But then I don't know who did.
DCD
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hello Prof. Dennett,
There is an ongoing discussion on an email list I subscribe to about
the term "scare quotes." Someone mentioned that the earliest
available
citation he could find for this term was in _Consciousness Explained_.
Is this term original to you?
- Darcy
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