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" Daniel Dennett, who, it is reported (I have no idea if the report is true or not), after having given a lecture to a department of philosophy on personal identity, was not given his honorarium. The department refused to give him his honorarium because, given Dennett’s arguments about personal identity or lack thereof, the department was not confident that the person who had delivered the lecture would be the same person who would receive the honorarium. "

Stanley Hauerwas , Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir


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Stanley Hauerwas quote : Daniel Dennett, who, it is reported (I have no idea if the report is true or not), after having given a lecture to a department of philosophy on personal identity, was not given his honorarium. The department refused to give him his honorarium because, given Dennett’s arguments about personal identity or lack thereof, the department was not confident that the person who had delivered the lecture would be the same person who would receive the honorarium.