Marcia Cavell

I knew Barry not so much as a philosopher -- though I did audit his provocative course on skepticism --but as a friend and fellow traveler. My husband Donald Davidson and I, Thomas Nagel and his wife Anne Hollander, traveled with Barry and often his friend Gabriella, to Egypt, Patagonia, and along the coast of Turkey. These trips were strictly for pleasure. Then in our professional roles we were together at conferences in Mexico, Spain, and San Merino. Barry was a wonderful traveling companion, curious, delighted, ingenious in times of difficulty. I talked to him on the phone about a week before he died, reminding him of our travels together. I did not expect him to speak, but he was actually able to respond coherently. Barry was a wonderful traveling companion, curious, delighted, ingenious in times of difficulty. As a friend and neighbor, he was not only interesting and kind, but also a terrific cook. I will remember him as one of my dearest friends with whom I wish I were still exploring the world.