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Descartes Scholar Paul Hoffman Dies
Descartes Scholar Paul Hoffman Dies

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webpage03[1] The UCR Highlander reports that Paul Hoffman passed away on Thursday, May 13th suddenly. Eric Schwitzgebel of UCR who writes the Splintered Mind blog reports that Hoffman died of a heart attack. Hoffman is best known for his work on Descartes but he also wrote in other areas notably metaphysics and epistemology.

A student blog has a statement from UCR Chancellor Timothy White here on Professor Hoffman.

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