Words&Dirt

Mark Johnson was my senior thesis adviser at the University of Oregon.  More than that, he changed my life profoundly, starting with his Philosophy 101 lecture course on Philosophical Problems, which caused me to change my major after just one term at UO.  Johnson introduced me to the works of John Dewey––my intellectual hero––and also […]

“‘Yes, Dr. Waterhouse, we live in an orderly society and men replace each other.’ ‘Sometimes.  But some can’t be replaced.’ ‘I don’t know that I agree.’ ‘Suppose that, God forbid, Newton died.  Who would replace him?’ ‘Hooke, or maybe Leibniz.’ ‘But Hooke and Leibniz are different.  I put it to you that some men really […]