Dear Alan,

Let me attempt again to clarify my position here.  I share  the view of
Russell and others, which resembles a charge that the promotion of
Wittgenstein’s philosophy was a crime against rationality.

I chose to act as detective on that matter.  Since Keynes was spotted near
the scene of the crime (promoting Wittgenstein, and denigrating Newton
too!), he needs to be treated as a potential suspect.  

My request to group was for leads regarding new evidence, for or against,
his culpability.

Your mail contains no new evidence.  It just reiterates what Keynes himself
argued.  I assure you I already understood that.  When a suspect offers an
alibi, a good detective has a duty to check it.  After all, as the
delightful Mandy Rice Davis reputedly stated “He would say that, wouldn’t he?”

Disappointing that I have received no new leads.

Rob Tye, York, UK