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When Enid Barness suggested the title “Cot Death for Real!” to me, I could not but agree. But when I came to look at the title again I wondered. I know what a cot is in England, but in the New World they are called cribs—they are structures made for children and babies to sleep in or on. I think I understand the meaning of the word “death,” at least in its pathological sense, but when it comes to the meaning of “for real” I am on soft ground. When it comes to the meaning of reality, I have great sympathy with the great lexicographer Dr Johnson when, in defiance of Bishop Berkley, he kicked the stone and said, “That stone is real.” But, even in this materialistic world, I still find myself unable to get round Berkley’s concept of subjectivism1 and cannot get away from the belief that “real” is what all of us believe at any one time.
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Emery, J.L. (1990). Cot Death for Real! Families with Repeat SIDS. In: Pomerance, H.H., Bercu, B.B. (eds) Topics in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3230-8_11
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