George Trumbull Ladd an Vaihinger, New Haven (Conn.), 3.6.1897, 2 S., hs., Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen, Aut. XXII, 6 c, Nr. 2

Yale University, New Haven town, U. S. A.

June 3d 1897

Prof. Dr. Vaihinger, Halle a S.,

Dear Professor Vaihinger:

According to your request for material in behalf of the “Kantstudien” I have asked Dr Buchner[1] to prepare a notice of a work[2] of mine just published on the “Philosophy of Knowledge”, so far as this work interprets and critiques the positions of Kant.

I enclose a notice of a Kant “Seminar”[3] which I expect to hold through next | year, with a class of graduate students of philosophy. A similar Seminary this year[4] has had some twenty-five members, engaged in the study of the “Kritik der reinen Vernunft”. Several pieces of work in preparation of Kantiana for doctor’s thesis[5] are already given out; and should they seem worthy, when finished, I will take the liberty to call your attention to them.

I am, sincerely yours,

George Trumbull Ladd

Kommentar der Herausgeber

1↑Dr Buchner ] vgl. Ladd an Vaihinger vom 1.9.1896
2↑prepare a notice of a work ] vgl. James Edwin Creighton an Vaihinger vom 2.10.1897. Von Edward Franklin Buchner erschien keine Rezension des Ladd’schen Werkes in Kant-Studien.
3↑a notice of a Kant “Seminar” ] vgl. die Ankündigung für das Wintersemester 1897/1898 in Kant-Studien 2 (1898), S. 496: New Haven (Conn.), Yale University: Ladd: Kant Seminary (2). A rapid reading of Kant’s ethical writings will be followed by a more careful study of the Critique of Judgment, as a basis for discussing the principal conceptions in the philosophy of the beautiful. After an expository and critical lecture, a paper upon a topic given out some time in advance will be read, to be followed by discussion on the part of both teacher and class.
4↑A similar Seminary this year ] vgl. die Notiz in Kant-Studien 2 (1898), S. 383: Nachträge zum Vorlesungsverzeichnis für das Sommersemester 1897. […] New-Haven: G. T. Ladd, Kant Seminary; reading of Kants critique of Pure reason (25 Members).
5↑doctor’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, z. B. S. 176: Edward Gridley Kendall: The place of experience in cognition: a thesis defended against the claims of Kant (1899; https://archive.org/details/doctorsofphiloso00yalerich/page/176/mode/2up (23.8.2024)).