I respectfully disagree with Dr. Phillips'
criticism of anonymous contributions to
this list.

Ideas which are valid require no endorsement
by their author nor by any academic institution
with which he might be affiliated, and nonsense
does not become Veritas no matter how prestigious
its provenance.

Historically, anonymous publications and those
published under pseudonyms have played important roles
in the history of thought. Soren Kierkegaard
published almost all of his work under pseudonyms.
Alice in Wonderland was published under a pseudonym.
Many women authors of the nineteenth century
published under assumed names, George Eliot,
the Bronte sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell.
I can think of many reasons why an author might
wish to remain anonymous, not the least of which
is to protect himself against the verbal abuse
with which contributors to this list frequently
assault one another.

Furthermore, considering the quality of the
contributions to this list which are signed,
it is obvious that we need all the help we can get.

			 Ernst Meyer