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MOVING TO FRONT FROM JANUARY 14–UPDATED
Emeritus at Princeton, Professor Pitcher was perhaps best known for his work on Wittgenstein and on Berkeley. I will post links to memorial notices as they appear.
(Thanks to Shelly Kagan for letting me know.)
UPDATE: An obituary from the NYT, from Princeton, and from the Salzburg Global Seminar.
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