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Jennifer Hudin sent me this.

Yes, actually, but I found a problem, I think, in John’s account of social ontology.  I’m not sure anything theoretical rides on it, but it is a puzzle nonetheless.  Everyone present agreed.

  I will polish the notes up for you.

  I was happy with the talk.  I managed to keep myself together (I learned  to do this during his trial), and tell some funny and touching stories about John no one knew.  There was a sweet part of John not many people saw.

  A woman from Vienna  flew in for the talk as a surprise.

  There was love for you at the talk, too.  This group, which is international, is the way the profession should be.  It was John’s favorite activity at the end of his life.

  We went over Ned Block’s tasteless comment that John valued winning a debate over the truth.  No one agreed. We had seen John have some pretty fierce debates with philosophers and then go out for beer afterwards.  Tom Nagel and he disagreed on a lot of major points.  But they were close friends.  Yes, I watched him debate Chalmers, but at the end of the day, John didn’t hold a grudge and he went on with his life.

  I’ll try to get that paper together and send you something.

J