[lit-ideas] Re: The 'Sidgwick' Problem
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:33:12 -0230
What is this? A parliamentary democracy!? While heads definitely count in
matters of truth, and while heads have been known to roll in the pursuit of
truth wherever it leads, truth itself permits of no headcounts.
But if we are to vote, it behooves me to mention that one Professor Henry E.
Allsion, author of the critically acclaimed *Kant's theory of freedom*
consistently writes "Sidgewick" in his book. And that was what I was reading
last just before posting on the Sidgewick affair.
Now it is true that he mentions the name only once in his text, and the only
other appearance of the name is in the index. But the latter, too, is spelled
"Sidgewick." So there is corroboration of sorts.
Korsgaard, Hill, Silber and Martha (Henry's mother) write "Sidgwick." And in 3
editions of *Methods of Ethics", the author's name appears as "Sidgwick."
And so, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I put it to you: What would a man of
right reason conclude on the basis of such evidence?
Walter O.
Chair and Secretary
Department of Eristics and Eros
Universitaet Bishofshoffen
Oestereich, Saskatchewan
Quoting Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>:
> Walter wrote
>
> > Apologies for spelling errors in a recent post. It's actually "Henry
> > Sidgewick"...
>
> I think you were right the first time, unless Sidgwick tried out
> various spellings of his name occasionally. The Stanford
> Encyclopedia of Philosophy has 'Sidgwick' both in the title of the
> article on him and throughout the text; all of the items in the
> bibliography refer to 'Sidgwick.' A search on abebooks.com for
> 'Sidgwick/Methods of Ethics,' turned up several copies of that notable
> book; however, a search for 'Sidgewick/Methods of Ethics' got a
> snarky response asking if I meant 'Sidgwick.'
>
> The Oxford University Press uses 'Sidgwick' consistently, as in, e.g.,
> 'Essays on Ethics and Method, Henry Sidgwick. Edited by Marcus G. Singer.'
>
> We could vote on it.
>
> Robert Paul
> reed.edu
>
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