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- 21 July 1967-2 February 1972 (Creation)
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Comprises correspondence, mainly with Dr Rubin Gotesky (editor, The Philosophy Forum, Northern Illinois University Press) on subjects including: Bronowski becoming a member of the editorial board; the philosophy of Karl Popper and Bronowski's articles on Popper; asking Bronowski to give lectures at Northern Illinois University; Bronowski's Silliman lectures ['The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination'], Korzybski lectures [Alfred Korzybski memorial lectures at the Institute of Semantics] and Condon lectures on 'Nature and Knowledge'; asking Bronowski to write reviews and articles for The Philosophy Forum and contribute to a book on 'Current Topics in Contemporary Thought'; articles by Bronowski on 'The Creative Process' and 'Humanism and the Growth of Knowledge' (on Karl Popper).
Also includes correspondence with Richard T Congdon (director of Northern Illinois University Press) on the quality of volume 7 of The Philosophy Forum.