Perhaps this was mentioned and I missed it, but with respect to James, Susy Smith doesn't seem to include him in the bibliography, and she certainly takes authorship (and most likely remuneration), though she "admits" that she didn't write the book (it was really James). She states that, although the writing style is clumsier than James would typically use, it's her fault, not his. For more, see:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Book-James-William-That/dp/1583485732 Carol On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that it is bad form to reply to one's own post but > an example came to mind which I thought I'd throw out there: > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 19:37:35 -0500, Mike Palij wrote: > >> Hmm, a more vexing question, I think, is how do you cite >> the voices in one's head? Should one just identify this as a >> "personal communication" or is there a more appropriate >> citation and reference? >> > > Remember the movie "The Shining"? At the end, the little boy > Danny and his mother escape, implying they have lives beyond > the movie. Imagine that Danny grows up, gets a Ph.D. in > psychology, and happily writes papers for publication. Remember > that as a child Danny acknowledged that there was a little boy > named "Tony" that lived in his mouth (see: > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/quotes ) > Imagine that Tony leaves Danny's mouth and another "person" > moves in, oh, named "William James". In the movie, Tony > provided suggestions and opinions (e.g., REDRUM) and it > is quite possible that as an adult, William James would provide > advice to Danny on a number of issues ranging from research > design to interpretation of results/issues to advice on writing. > How should Danny cite the advice he receives from William > James? Consider the following example: > > "Many have interpreted William James' statement on the infant's > perception of the world as being 'one great blooming, buzzing > confusion' as a statement about the tabula rosa state of the infant's > mind, that is, the infant lacks knowledge about the world and to > categorize its experience of the different stimuli that it experience > (see, for example:Goldman 2013 > http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/07/26/ > blooming-buzzing-confusion-but-who-is-confused/ ) . > But in discussions with William James who lives in my mouth, > he tells me that he was actually engaged in a little wordplay > and wondered how many people would mistakenly think that > he said "booming, buzzing confusion" instead of "blooming, > buzzing confusion" because of the apparent unusual use of the > term "blooming" for the more consistent word "booming" > (William James, personal communications, November 1, 2013). > Indeed, James has expressed some degree of satisfaction over > this point because a Google search shows that many people in > fact do use "booming" instead of "blooming"; see: > https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&client= > firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&q= > great+booming,+buzzing+confusion&nfpr=1&sa=X&ei= > N46gUtuoNOrlsATjooHgAQ&ved=0CCoQvgUoAQ . > This highlights the importance of not only checking original sources > but checking with authors even if they are currently deceased." > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920. > a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=31012 > or send a blank email to leave-31012-177920.a45340211ac7929163a02162444433 > [email protected] > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=31019 or send a blank email to leave-31019-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
