Roger E. Bissell is an independent scholar living in Dickson, Tennessee. A research associate with the Molinari Institute, co-host for The Savvy Street Show, and an editor of The Savvy Street, he has written numerous scholarly essays in philosophy and psychology as well as four books, including How the Martians Discovered Algebra: Explorations in Induction and the Philosophy of Mathematics (2014) and What’s in Your File Folder? Essays on the Nature and Logic of Propositions (2019). A lifelong professional musician, Roger has an M.A. in music performance and literature (University of Iowa, 1971) and a B.S. in music theory and composition (Iowa State University, 1970) and most recently co-authored with Vinay Kolhatkar Modernizing Aristotle's Ethics: Toward a New Art and Science of Self-Actualization (2023).