Word: dreben
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...Dreben has been at work for a number of years on reinterpreting several 20th century figures in analytic philosophy, a field "which has invented a false history of itself," says Putnam. Dreben, he says, "is lifting the rug up to see what actually happened...
...Dreben says he isn't worried in the least about his output. The manuscripts he keeps in locked files in his Emerson Hall office are simply not ready for publication. "I keep rethinking them...I find it difficult to come to any final conclusions...
...While Dreben may not be known for his publications, he has created a name for himself as an intense, highly original teacher...
Because he teaches only graduate-level classes these days. Dreben is all but unknown among undergraduates. But graduate students in the department say he is highly thought of--as evidenced by the disproportionate number of Ph.D. candidates in Dreben's fields...
...asks the disturbing questions.... You realize that you have to come to terms with something you would like to avoid," the student adds "He is someone who shakes people up He makes people upset, but in a good way, because it makes you think," says another student of Dreben's who also asked to remain anonymous...