When Gorillas Do Philosophy: Philosophy at Pittsburg State University, 1912-1990

Authors

Donald W. Viney, Pittsburg State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Logos-Sophia: The Journal of the Pittsburg State University Philosophical Society

Volume

2

First Page

7

12

Publication Date

Spring 1990

Abstract

Charles B. Pyle (1872-1957), who received his doctorate in philosophy from Boston University under the direction of E. S. Brightman, taught at the Kansas State Teacher's College--now Pittsburg State University--from 1924 until 1947 and was chair of the Department of Psychology and Philosophy from 1924 until 1942. He introduced the basic curriculum in philosophy at the university and, in his final years, directed the thesis of Prescott Johnson (perhaps the only philosophy master's thesis to have been completed at PSU). Johnson went on to teach at Monmouth College in Illinois. This article traces philosophy at PSU from the time of Pyle until 1990.

Recommended Citation

Viney, Donald W., "When Gorillas Do Philosophy: Philosophy at Pittsburg State University, 1912-1990" (1990). Faculty Submissions. 9.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/phil_faculty/9