(April 20, 2024 at 6:28 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Dennett: Dies(April 19, 2024 at 7:59 pm)Belacqua Wrote: I've never been a fan of Dennett's work, but today on Twitter there are hundreds of tweets remembering what a thoughtful teacher he was, and how he treated even combative undergrads with respect and courtesy.
These days university profs with his level of fame frequently turn out to have unpleasant episodes in their histories, exploiting that fame for sex or power. It's very nice indeed to hear that he was a genuinely good guy.
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Of course you haven’t - Dennett was an original thinker. If he’d simply parroted Plato, Augustine, or Aquinas, you’d not be able to get enough of him.
Boru
Bel: Well, at least he wasnt a sexual predator
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