Philosopher accuses U. professor of plagiarism
Marcia BrownDickinson College Professor of philosophy Cripsin Sartwell recently accused University professor Alexander Nehamas GS ’71 of plagiarism and libel. DickinsonCollege has placed Sartwell on temporary leave shortly after the allegation. Sartwell did not respond to requests for comment. Nehamas deferred comment to a statement. In a statement sent to the 'Prince', Nehamas denied Sartwell’s allegations of intellectual dishonesty. “True, Sartwell’s ‘Six Names of Beauty’ came out in 2004 but most of the material in my book had already been published by then,” Nehamas wrote.