George Trumbull Ladd an Vaihinger, New Haven (Conn.), 1.9.1896, 3 S., hs., Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Aut. XXII, 6 c, Nr. 1

Yale University, New Haven, Conn[ecticut] U. S. A.

September 1st 1896

Professor W Vaihinger[a], Halle, Germany

My dear Professor Vaihinger:

Your kind letter[1] of inquiry was received just as I returned from Chicago where I had been lecturing during the Summer term of the University. It was some little time before I could see Miss Cutler, who was then absent on her vacation. Will you not accept this explanation in excuse for my delay?

I think that some account of Miss Cutler’s thesis[2] would interest you and your readers. And she has consented to prepare an abstract[3] of her posi|tions which, when it is brought to me, I will gladly read through. I have nurtured to ask her to make this abstract rather full, and if it should be more lengthy than you wish to publish. I think you may feel free to reduce it’s size so as to suit the purpose of your “Studien”.

I am very glad to learn of the pleasure you have had in Dr. Buchner’s society[4]. He seems to me a very promising young student of philosophy. Perhaps he informed you that he is to give (privat-docent fashion) a course of lectures[5] on the biological development of the Kantian System, which will supplement my lectures[b] | and[c] seminar work in the interpretation and criticism of Kant.

I share in your desire that we may meet at some time[6] in the near future; and why should it not be on American as well as on German ground? In the summer of ‛92 I lectured on philosophy in Japan and I am now hoping to visit that country again in the Fall of ‛99 and to return home through Europe the following winter and summer.

Faithfully and sincerely yours,

George Trumbull Ladd

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1↑Your kind letter ] nicht ermittelt
2↑Miss Cutler’s thesis ] vgl. Doctors of Philosophy of Yale University. With the titles of their dissertations 1861–1915. Prepared by the Graduate School. Published by the University. New Haven April 1916, S. 175 (https://archive.org/details/doctorsofphiloso00yalerich/page/174/mode/2up (22.8.2024)): 1896 | Anna Alice Cutler, B. A. Smith College 1885, M. A. 1889. | Dissertation: The influence of aesthetical considerations upon Kant’s theory of knowledge. (Published in part as follows: The aesthetical factors in Kant’s theory of knowledge, Kantstudien, 2:419-439. Hamburg, 1898.) | Professor of Philosophy, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
3↑an abstract ] vgl. Anna Alice Cutler (New Haven, Connecticut): The Aesthetical Factors in Kant’s Theory of Knowledge. [From a dissertation presented in candidacy for the degree of doctor of philosophy at Yale University in June 1896]. In: Kant-Studien 2 (1898), S. 419–439.
4↑Dr. Buchner’s society ] Edward Franklin Buchner (1868–1929) 1893 an der Yale University graduiert (PhD), 1903–1908 Professor of Education University of Alabama, ab 1908 in selber Eigenschaft an der Johns Hopkins University (https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/3/resources/105 (1.3.2022)), hat eine Anzeige eines eigenen Buches in Kant-Studien 1 (1896/1897), S. 283 erscheinen lassen, signiert mit: New Haven-Dresden. Näheres über einen Deutschland-Aufenthalt nicht ermittelt; ein Zusammentreffen mit Vaihinger könnte im Herbst 1896 stattgefunden haben. Keine Korrespondenz ermittelt.
5↑course of lectures ] vgl. die Notiz in Kant-Studien 1 (1896/1897), S. 486 für das Wintersemester 1896/1897: New-Haven (Yale-University): Prof. Ladd, Kant Seminary. – Dr. Buchner, History of the Kantian Philosophy. Mehr für das angekündigte Thema nicht nachgewiesen; Buchner lehrte im Wintersemester 1897/1898 an der New York University: Comparative study of the Scottish Philosophers, especially Reid and Hamilton, and of Kant, with inquiry into the influence of Scottish Philosophy upon American Thought (Kant-Studien 2 (1898), S. 496).
6↑we may meet at some time ] Treffen nicht ermittelt