Roger Gibson was best known as a leading exponent of the philosophy of W V Quine.
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11 Facts About Roger Gibson
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Roger Gibson spent his formative years moving throughout the country, eventually coming to live with his maternal grandparents about whom he would later remark were the most influential people in his life.
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Roger Gibson considered his military service one of his greatest achievements.
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Roger Gibson embarked upon the pursuit of philosophy as an academic career in 1967 upon the completion of his military service.
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Roger Gibson was ready to resume his education that year, having served in the United States Marine Corps immediately after high school, between 1962 and 1966, attached for part of that time as aide to General Westmoreland during the height of the Vietnam War.
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Roger Gibson enrolled in Northeast Missouri State College, currently Truman State University, where he graduated in 1971 with a B A in philosophy.
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Roger Gibson developed a budding affinity for analytic philosophy while at the University of Missouri, receiving an M A in 1973 and a Ph.
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Roger Gibson served the discipline both as a leader and as a scholar.
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Roger Gibson served as the Chair of the Department of Philosophy there for a decade between 1989 and 1999.
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Roger Gibson died at the age of 71 in Reston, Virginia, after a long battle with Parkinson's and Parkinson's dementia.
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