PHILOSOPHY In the fall of 1965, I was sitting in an Introduction to Philosophy class at North Texas State University (Univ. of North Texas) in Denton Texas. The only thing unusual about that was there was only one philosophy course offered; the one I was in. And it was not offered every term, or even every year. It was deemed "too dangerous" by the administration. Remember, this is 1965. Hair was getting longer, clothing styles were radically changing, there were PEACEFUL demonstrations against police brutality and the war in Viet Nam. To fill young minds with philosophy might incite them to further unrest. The first day of class, the professor asked us to think deeply about the one question we would like to see answered during the course. We were to write that down and hand it in at the next class. The professor promised to address all of those questions during the semester. After giving it some thought, I came up with what may have been my very fi
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