When told of the death of the philosopher David Armstrong, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott had this to say: ‘David was a fine man, a deep thinker and a fighter for the things he believed in.’ In his tribute at the recent funeral service Peter Anstey noted that Exeter College at Oxford flew its flag at half-mast and that European newspapers such as the Italian La Stampa carried the news of Armstrong’s death.
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