Postcard to Kazimierz Twardowski written 29.05.1924

Author Roman Ingarden

Category outgoing correspondence, Polish researchers

Archive Joined Libraries WFiS UW, IFiS PAN and PTF

Date of creation 29.05.1924

Related places Freiburg, Toruń

Reference code in archive PTF Rps 02.1, t. XII

Resource type postcard

Subject matter academic issues, publication issues, terminology

Field philosophy

Tags #? Mianowski, #? Witkowski, #academic work, #Essentiale, #essentional, #Essentionale Fragen, #essentionalist, #Freiburg, #German, #Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, #Kazimierz Twardowski, #Oscar Becker, #printing of a work, #proofreading, #Roman Ingarden, #title change, #title issue, #Toruń, #translations

Toruń, 29/5/24.

Most Honoured Professor!

I was informed yesterday that the first four chapters of my paper, which I’d sent earlier, had already been sent to the printer. At the same time, I was informed that the title ‘Essentionale Fragen’ [German: Essentional questions] had been changed to ‘Essential’, [O1] citing the analogy of ‘existentia/ existential’. (This was written by a docent at the University of Freiburg, Dr O. Becker[O2] , who was supposed to review my dissertation in terms of language.) I asked Dr Mianowski which was proper; he declared himself in favour of ‘essential’, but didn’t give me a certain answer. Thus I’m hesitating over what to do, especially since there is no mediaeval Latin dictionary here. You mentioned in a conversation with Ajdukiewicz that apparently the word is ‘essentionalis’. I know that Prof. Witkowski [O3] was at the meeting of the Scientific Soc. Thus, for me it’d be a very interesting thing whether he noted, by any chance, that the term ‘essentional’ was inappropriate. Soon, some proofs will start coming in from Germany. ‒

I enclose expressions of profound esteem and respect

Ingarden

Maybe in this case it should have been changed into essencjalny in the Polish text?

[O1]W języku angielskim nie ma essentional, więc ta sprawa jest trochę niejasna dla czytelniku angielskiego
[O2]Oskar Becker (1889‒1964)
[O3]Stanisław Witkowski (1866‒1950)