In Memoriam: Arthur C. Danto

We report with great sadness the death of our friend and colleague Arthur Danto. Arthur was a member of the Columbia faculty for forty years. He made some of the most important contributions to aesthetics of the past five decades, and his writings on the philosophy of action and the philosophy of history are continuing foci of discussion. He was a public philosopher in the realm of the arts, acting as Art Critic for The Nation from 1984. The recipient of many honorary degrees, he continued to work selflessly as Editor of The Journal of Philosophy long after his retirement. He was a model, and we will miss him.

Photos of Professor Danto were taken by Professor Lydia Goehr in the last two months of his life.