Collection UQFL291 - Richard Sylvan Papers

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Reference code

UQFL291

Title

Richard Sylvan Papers

Date(s)

  • 195?-2003 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

172 boxes (Offsite Storage)

Context area

Name of creator

(1935-1996)

Biographical history

Richard Routley, who later changed his name to Richard Sylvan, was a philosopher and key figure in research on relevant logic, non-standard logic and environmental philosophy.

Name of creator

(1943-)

Biographical history

Academic and logician.

Archival history

Material in boxes 159 to 172 were passed on to Dr Ross Brady after Sylvan's death in 1996. Brady edited the second volume of Sylvan’s book Relevant Logics and their Rivals, published in 2003.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired from the estate of the creator.

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Scope and content

Correspondence, manuscripts, publications, research material compiled on various philosophical subjects.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Language of material

  • English

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Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

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Publication note

Material from this collection has been cited in:
Hyde, D. (2014). Eco-logical lives : the philosophical lives of Richard Routley/Sylvan and Val Routley/Plumwood. White Horse Press.
Taylor, N. A. J. (2020). Antipodean Antinuclearism: (Re)constructing Richard Routley/Sylvan's Nuclear Philosophy (http://www.antipodean-antinuclearism.org).

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991003528909703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b19698410

Libraries Australia ID

63004905 ; 21260331

OCLC Number

1096570005 ; 222659413

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Status

Revised

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, AM, 11-Jan-2023.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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