Weebl 216 Posted February 23, 2017 Can't believe I actually completely missed Raymond Smullyan's death seeing as he was on my own personal 2017 list! Probably due to the lack of reliable news sources... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 27, 2017 Smullyan received a Telegraph obit last week (behind paywall). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 12, 2017 Donald Balmer, a fixture in Oregon politics whose work as a Lewis & Clark professor led hundreds to careers as elected officials, ambassadors, civil servants and even members of Congress, died in Portland Saturday from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 90. During his half century on the faculty at Lewis & Clark College, Balmer taught everything from constitutional law, political theory and American politics to economic regulation, environmental and natural resource politics and public administration. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 12, 2017 Two deaths in Italy. Great literature critic Giorgio Barberi Squarotti died on April the 9th aged 87 and politologist Giovanni Sartori died on April the 1st (not a joke) aged 92 after a respiratory crysis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 19, 2017 Death Notice for Stella Turk, British zoologist, who has died aged 92. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=stella-maris-treharne-turk-mbe&pid=185124344 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Turk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted April 22, 2017 American philosopher Hubert Dreyfus has died at the age of 87. Another big miss for my theme team. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 22, 2017 9 minutes ago, The Dead Cow said: American philosopher Hubert Dreyfus has died at the age of 87. Another big miss for my theme team. A big name in computer philosophy. Only Roger Searle is left from that generation, with Minsky, Putnam and Dreyfus dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 22, 2017 Hmm, Dreyfus needs an obituary/article for the Hare's Pool. Blogs don't count. We'll see a report soon I'd hope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,344 Posted April 23, 2017 Take a look at @hubertdreyfus's Tweet: Not that this is a qualifying obituary but Huberts passing has been confirmed on his twitter account clearly by a family member or friend with access. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 23, 2017 Raymond Smullyan all over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted April 23, 2017 Good enough for the Hares Dead Pool? http://www.apaonline.org/news/341800/In-Memoriam-Hubert-Dreyfus.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Joey Russ said: Good enough for the Hares Dead Pool? http://www.apaonline.org/news/341800/In-Memoriam-Hubert-Dreyfus.htm No date of death... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 24, 2017 Still no obits for Dreyfus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,472 Posted April 24, 2017 From his Telegraph obit: Quote Raymond Merrill Smullyan was born on May 25 1919 in Far Rockaway, New York, and recalled that his first induction into the joys of logical paradoxes came on April Fools Day 1925 when, aged five, he was ill in bed and his older brother Emile bounced into his bedroom and promised to fool him as he had never been fooled before. All day long, young Raymond waited for Emile to carry out his promise, but by bedtime nothing had happened. “So, you expected me to fool you, didn’t you?” asked Emile. “Yes,” responded Raymond. “But I didn’t, did I? So I fooled you, didn’t I!” “Fooling means I don’t get what I expect,” Smullyan reflected later. “I expected to be fooled. But if I was fooled, then I did get what I expected. So in what sense could I have been fooled? It’s a real paradox.” BBC news referenced Dreyfus just a few weeks ago, so I'd expect a QO of some sort before too long. News travels slow in academia. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted April 24, 2017 34 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Good enough? So so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 24, 2017 4 minutes ago, drol said: So so. Still a blog... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted April 25, 2017 I think this will do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted April 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Joey Russ said: I think this will do? About bloody time...yep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted May 4, 2017 American economist William Baumol has died at the age of 95. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted May 9, 2017 Economist and Federal Reserve Historian Allan Meltzer dead at 89: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/allan-meltzer-who-wrote-history-of-federal-reserve-dies-at-89 Second pick of my 2015 economics theme team to die this week (after Baumol, who didn't obit). So a list of the missed entry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 10, 2017 16 hours ago, gcreptile said: Economist and Federal Reserve Historian Allan Meltzer dead at 89: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-09/allan-meltzer-who-wrote-history-of-federal-reserve-dies-at-89 Second pick of my 2015 economics theme team to die this week (after Baumol, who didn't obit). So a list of the missed entry. There is still time; have faith, young reptile. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,301 Posted May 17, 2017 Philosopher Karl-Otto Apel passed away May 15th. The founder of Transcendental Pragmatics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted May 19, 2017 On 17/5/2017 at 08:28, theoldlady said: Philosopher Karl-Otto Apel passed away May 15th. The founder of Transcendental Pragmatics. I dropped him from my personal 50 this year. The shock may have finished him off. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted June 14, 2017 Mathematics Professor Emeritus of Oxford's Magdalen College Brian Bellhouse failed to predict the trajectory of a herd of cows. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
