Editing Denis Dutton (section)

{{Short description|Professor and philosopher (1944–2010)}}
{{About|the American philosopher|similarly named fictional characters|The Vertical Hour|and|The Crouches}}
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| name          = Denis Dutton
| image         = Dutton HandAxe Steve Jurvetson.jpg
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| caption       = Denis Dutton at a February 2010 TED Conference in Long Beach, California
| birth_name    = Denis Laurence Dutton
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1944|02|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Los Angeles]], California, United States
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2010|12|28|1944|02|09|df=yes}}
| death_place   = [[Christchurch]], New Zealand
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| occupation    = Academic, internet entrepreneur, and media commentator
| language      = English
| nationality   = [[Americans|American]] and [[New Zealand]]er
| education     = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]] {{Small|(B.A. 1966, PhD 1975)}}
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| subjects      = Art, evolution, and media
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| notableworks  = [[Arts & Letters Daily]]
| spouse        = {{Marriage|Margit Stoll Dutton|1969}}
| children      = 2
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| website       = {{URL|denisdutton.com}}
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'''Denis Laurence Dutton''' (9 February 1944 – 28 December 2010)<ref name=margalit-fox>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/arts/01dutton.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print|first=Margalit|last=Fox|work=The New York Times|date=31 December 2010|title=Denis Dutton, Philosopher, Dies at 66}}</ref> was an American philosopher of art, web entrepreneur, and media activist. He was a professor of philosophy at the [[University of Canterbury]] in [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]]. He was also a co-founder and co-editor of the websites [[Arts & Letters Daily]], ClimateDebateDaily.com, and cybereditions.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.salon.com/tech/view/2000/11/03/dutton/index.html |title=The gleeful contrarian |date=3 November 2000 |access-date=25 March 2008 |author=Ray Sawhill |work=Salon.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307112136/http://archive.salon.com/tech/view/2000/11/03/dutton/index.html |archive-date=7 March 2008 }}</ref>