Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS c/98/65
Titel
Copy letter from Henry Sidgwick to Victoria Welby
Datum(s)
- 22 Sep 1892 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Deel
Omvang en medium
1 doc: typed copy letter.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
(1838-1900)
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Refers to Welby's idea of 'Significs', which, he believes, includes three inquiries. In relation to the inquiry into the meaning of things, he asks '[w]hat is there to be known about the relations of things beyond what we know already', and '[w]hat is the value or worth of things' or '[w]hat is the ultimate end or good to which all the processes of change in the world we know are really means'. Declares the latter as the fundamental question of philosophy, and discusses the likely reactions of 'the ordinary scientist' and the logician to it.