BRACERS Record Detail for 53537

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
339
Source if not BR
Quine, W. Van Orman
Recipient(s)
Quine, W.V.O.
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1949/02/04
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LD
Notes and topics

BR thanks Quine for his "What There Is" article. BR himself in the airplane accident at Trondheim almost ceased to be among "What There Is".

There is a typed copy at record 81510.

Transcription

BR TO W.V.O. QUINE, 4 FEB. 1949
BRACERS 53537. ALS(X). W.V.O. Quine. Auto. 3: 46
Proofread by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
18a Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1
Feb. 4, 1949

Dear Dr. Quine

Thank you for your kind letter, and for your paper on “What There Is” — a somewhat important subject. When I first sent my theory of description to Mind in 1905, Stout thought it such rubbish that he almost refused to print it.

I am glad you noticed the allusion to yourself on p. 140.

I was lucky in the aeroplane accident, as nearly half those on the plane ceased to be among “what there is”.

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

Textual Notes

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Publication
Auto. 3: 46
Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
53537
Record created
Aug 19, 2013
Record last modified
Sep 03, 2024
Created/last modified by
duncana