Descartes Scholar Paul Hoffman Dies
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.