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Hubert Dreyfus Audio Archive Project: Funds Sought

December 30, 2025

The Hubert L. Dreyfus Foundation, a nonprofit, public benefit corporation founded by Hubert Dreyfus’s family following the philosopher’s death in 2017, is raising funds to…
Lives of Philosophers

Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017)

April 24, 2017

[The following is an obituary of Hubert Dreyfus by Sean D. Kelly, Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University.] …

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Hubert Dreyfus Audio Archive Project: Funds Sought

Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017)