Denis Dutton, 1944-2010

Denis Dutton passed away this week. He was probably best known for founding Arts & Letters Daily, but readers of this blog might know him best for his book, The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution, which was, as the title indicates, about Darwinian aesthetics. I didn’t know him or his work very well, so I’ll just refer you to the web site he founded. There, articles, including obits, and a link to his TED talk, are linked under “Articles of Note.”

Added 5 Jan 2011: Joseph Carroll wrote this very nice piece for the Chronicle, which  I highly recommend.

30. December 2010 by kurzbanepblog
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