The Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse Among Humans
“The story of how we humans came to be the way we are has been told many times, and new discoveries continue to prompt retellings. Seldom has the story been told with such verve. Donald Morrison explores the diverse evolutionary challenges, and the biocul
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The Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse Among Humans
Donald M. Morrison
The Coevolution of Language, Teaching, and Civil Discourse Among Humans Our Family Business
Donald M. Morrison Institute for Intelligent Systems University of Memphis Memphis, TN, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-48542-9 ISBN 978-3-030-48543-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48543-6
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Dedicated to my father Donald Harvard Morrison (1914–1959)
…and all the other teachers in our human family, past, present, and future.
Preface
Teaching is our family business. Early in the last century, my paternal grandfather, Louis French Morrison (1880–1961), was assistant superintendent of schools in Morgantown, West Virginia. His first son, my uncle Wilbur Yale Morrison, taught shop for many years in the Morgantown public schools. His second son, my father, Donald Harvard Morrison (note the choice of middle names) was a professor of Government at Dartmouth College, dean of the faculty, and the College’s first provost. On my mother’s side, my aunt, Jane Gibson Likert, taught high school English in Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to family lore, Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States, was her student. Her husband, my uncle Rensis Likert, helped found the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Of my seven brothers and sisters, five (myself included) have been paid to teach. Two are college professors, one is recently retired from teaching English at a private school in Connecticut, and another served as chairman of the department of surgery at a m
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