I only knew Denis Dutton via his media appearances, as an academic & skeptic, in New Zealand. I don’t recall when I started reading Arts & Letters Daily but it was it was several years before blogged about it in 2004 and I still visit it regularly. Two clips below highlight different aspects of the Denis I remember. Perhaps the most fitting memorial is that, like Arts & Letters Daily, he nourished many minds.
Denis Dutton, Founder of 'Arts & Letters Daily,' Dies - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Denis Dutton, founder and editor of Arts & Letters Daily and a professor of philosophy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, has died. Born in California, Mr. Dutton received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He created Arts & Letters Daily in 1998…
The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Denis Dutton
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