Word: deweyitis
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...well as the most neglected and most needed. There is almost a conspiracy of silence on this phase of the problem--not deliberate, but certainly testifying to the immense strength of the sectarian evil you so ably discuss. Yours is almost a voice in the wilderness."--John Dewey...
...There is no question about his greatness," according to Roderick Firth, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. In a history of philosophy in the twentieth century, Firth says, Lewis will be ranked along with John Dewey, George Santayana, and Alfred Noyes Whitehead, even though he was a "philosopher's philosopher" unknown to the layman...
Lewis made significant contributions in the realms of symbolic logic and ethics, but his major importance continues to stem from his work in the theory of knowledge. He referred to himself as a "pragmatic conceptualist," and had much in common with Dewey. One of the few recent philosophers to develop a complete theory of knowledge and meaning, his books are still the major texts in Firth's course on "Meaning and Perception...
...movies," Jonathan Daniels wrote. "There is the suggestion of the possibility of violence and the surface of perfectly contained restraint." But Forrestal was convinced Truman would lose in 1948; he stayed out of politics and refused to campaign for the party. In fact, he met a few times with Dewey, giving rise to the rumor that he was making a deal with the Republicans to stay on as Defense Secretary. Three months after Truman was inaugurated, Forrestal was dismissed...
...firm, a Willkie, Dewey or Nixon is a valuable catch; apart from the newcomer's legal talents, his very name can be counted on to pay off in new and profitable business. For the ex-candidate, the arrangement is just as rewarding. Six-figure incomes are common among senior partners of big law firms. At N., M., R., G. & A., Richard Nixon could take in $200,000 a year...