What kind of copyeditor corrects repeated and consistent use of "Willard" with "William"? Who wouldn't just look it up?
I'm a big fan of Bob Quine, but have no interest whatsoever in William Quine's views about meaning....
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Bob Quine is Willard's nephew? Awesome.
Yes. Awesome.
William Norman Von Quine. Almost as good as philosopher as Paul Kripke.
Paul Kripke? Pff. I'd take Michael Foucault over Kripke any day.
"Bob Quine is Willard's nephew? Awesome."
Wow. Didn't know that until now.
Q: Is Destiny Street the most underrated album in rock history? A: Yes.
It's as if this copyeditor is just running spell check on the document. Spell check: lThat's the kind of copyeditor that corrects repeated and consistent use of "Willard" with "William."
Clarence Clemons has a posse. :-(
But Michael Foucault is no Harry Field...
You know what probably happened? Your copy editor probably started by using word's spelling & grammar checker, and accepted all suggested changes.
12:45--
If your theory is correct, then any copyeditor who would think that Spiros would not have noticed and attended to the red and green squigglies on the page in front of his eyes sets a new standard for cluelessness. Yeech.
wv: plennack, as the gift for theorizing about a plenum of being. "Parmenides had the plennack when it came to the One."
I hear you, Glaucon. Harry Field is great, but I think I'm partial to Garrett Evans.
2:06: I don't know about Spiros, but I have seen plenty of PhDs out there who seemingly don't pay attention to the red and green squigglies. That said, what copy editor in their right mind would dare change a name without checking it first?
Don't get me started on missing hyphens and accents in Lévi-Strauss.
I'm sorry, but I have to advocate for copy editors right now. Clearly, some of you need us. Twice on this blog, Michel Foucault has been called Michael.
It will not truly have success, I feel like this.
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