One typo fixed, italics added, hyperlinks activated... Back to Fuller Bio Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:11:07 -0700 To: editors@plato.stanford.edu From: Kirby Urner <pdx4d@teleport.com> Subject: possible entry? Greetings to the editors of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy -- Some of the philo resources on the web now include citations to R. Buckminster Fuller and his poetic philosophical work, Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking. For example: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/panop/home.htm http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil/miscarea.htm Most of these (not all) link to my site. I'd be willing to contribute an entry, but perhaps your editorial board is of the opinion the Fuller was not a philosopher and/or not be of interest to students of that subject. Re: Fuller as 20th Century Philosopher see: http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/bio.html Any thoughts? Kirby Urner ======================== From: Stanford Encyclopedia Editors <editors@plato.Stanford.EDU> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 18:59:26 -0700 To: Kirby Urner <pdx4d@teleport.com> Subject: Re: possible entry? Dear Kirby, You write: > ...possible entry on Buckminster Fuller... > I'd be willing to contribute an entry, but perhaps your > editorial board is of the opinion the Fuller was not a > philosopher and/or not be of interest to students of > that subject. Thanks for your suggestion and for volunteering. I think I will have to leave this in the hands of the members of the Editorial Board. I am sure that if and when they decide that an entry on Fuller is appropriate for the Encyclopedia, they will commission one. You probably already know that we use only experts with Ph.D.s (no grad students) who have published on the topics in question. Also, from our editorial policies, listed at http://plato.stanford.edu/info.html#policies, you will notice that persons submitting unsolicited requests have to be "qualified" to do so. I am sure you can understand the reason for all of this. All the best, Yours, Ed --- Edward N. Zalta Principal Editor Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy <http://plato.stanford.edu/> ======================== Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:50:52 -0700 To: Stanford Encyclopedia Editors <editors@plato.Stanford.EDU> From: Kirby Urner <pdx4d@teleport.com> Subject: Re: possible entry? Edward N. Zalta Principal Editor Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Dear Ed -- Thanks for getting back to me. As you may know, Stanford has recently aquired the Fuller Archives [1], so it's probably safe to anticipate more Stanford-based students will be designing reading programs which involve delving into that asset. Many grad level degree programs will have ways to justify including some RBF on their syllabi and bibliographies -- even the philosophy department is likely to get its share of thesis proposals along these lines. A lot of Fuller Schoolers are watching with some interest as Ph.D. programs gear up to accommodate student demand -- given the dearth of university-level offerings in this regard until recently, there's a lot of catching-up to do [2]. In the meantime, cyberculture has continued to take Fuller seriously -- and we have some doctors of philosophy among us, certainly. I'll be interested to see if your Encyclopedia decides to commission an entry at some point, and from whom. Let me know if you need some names. Again, thanks for your prompt reply. Kirby [1] http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/diroff/news/july30/fuller.html [2] Dr. Arthur Loeb's courses at Harvard have been among the very few to include Fuller on the required reading list |