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Morris and Dewey—each radical in his conception of how art, work, democracy, and education might be interwoven—imagined ways of living that would be radically more desirable than that which capitalist civilization and culture can provide for, and that each thought could be realizable.
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John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859, the third of four sons born to Archibald Sprague Dewey and Lucina Artemesia Rich of Burlington, Vermont. The eldest sibling died in infancy, but the three surviving brothers attended the public school and the University of Vermont in Burlington with John. While at the University of Vermont, Dewey was exposed...
The central focus of Dewey’s philosophical interests throughout his career was what has been traditionally called “epistemology,” or the “theory of knowledge.” It is indicative, however, of Dewey’s critical stance toward past efforts in this area that he expressly rejected the term “epistemology,” preferring the “theory of inquiry” or “experimental...
Dewey’s naturalistic metaphysics first took shape in articles that he wrote during the decade after the publication of Studies in Logical Theory,a period when he was attempting to elucidate the implications of instrumentalism. Dewey disagreed with William James’s assessment that pragmatic principles were metaphysically neutral. (He discusses this d...
Dewey’s mature thought in ethics and social theory is not only intimately linked to the theory of knowledge in its founding conceptual framework and naturalistic standpoint, but also complementary to it in its emphasis on the social dimension of inquiry both in its processes and its consequences. In fact, it would be reasonable to claim that Dewey’...
Dewey’s one significant treatment of aesthetic theory is offered in Art as Experience, a book that was based on the William James Lectures that he delivered at Harvard University in 1931. The book stands out as a diversion into uncommon philosophical territory for Dewey, adumbrated only by a somewhat sketchy and tangential treatment of art in one c...
Dewey’s philosophical work received varied responses from his philosophical colleagues during his lifetime. There were many philosophers who saw his work, as Dewey himself understood it, as a genuine attempt to apply the principles of an empirical naturalism to the perennial questions of philosophy, providing a beneficial clarification of issues an...
a. Primary Sources
All of the published writings of John Dewey have been newly edited and published in The Collected Works of John Dewey,Jo Ann Boydston, ed., 37 volumes (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-1991). Dewey’s complete correspondence has know been published in electronic form in The Correspondence of John Dewey, 3 vols., Larry Hickman, ed. (Charlottesville, Va: Intelex Corporation). An authoritative collection of Dewey’s writings isThe Essential Dewey,2 vols., Larry Hickman and Thom...
b. Secondary Sources
1. Alexander, Thomas M. The Horizons of Feeling: John Dewey’s Theory of Art, Experience, and Nature.Albany: State University of New York Press, 1987. 2. Boisvert, Raymond D. Dewey’s Metaphysics. New York: Fordham University Press, 1988. 3. Boisvert, Raymond D. John Dewey: Rethinking Our Time.Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998. 4. Bullert, Gary. The Politics of John Dewey. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1983. 5. Campbell, James. Understanding John Dewey: Nature and Cooperative In...
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Richard Field Email: rfield(at)nwmissouri.edu Northwest Missouri State University U. S. A.
Dewey’s philosophical growth can be divided into three phases. His work with Charles Morris at Johns Hopkins left a distinctive Hegelian mark on his thinking, which at first was dominated by Hegelian and neo-Kantian idealism. Dewey’s work during this time period is perhaps most accurately viewed as a slow extrication from his idealistic ...
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Nov 1, 2018 · John Dewey (1859–1952) was one of American pragmatism’s early founders, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, and arguably the most prominent American intellectual for the first half of the twentieth century.
Feb 9, 2005 · John Dewey (1859–1952) was an American philosopher, associated with pragmatism. His immense philosophical and other written output encompasses most areas of philosophy as well as a host of other educational, social and political concerns.
John Dewey: Portrait of a Progressive Thinker. His ideas altered the education of children worldwide. Peter Gibbon. HUMANITIES, Spring 2019, Volume 40, Number 2. Photo caption. “I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.” —John Dewey. “He was loved, honored, vilified, and mocked as perhaps no other ...
Hopkins. Morris won Dewey to Hegel's system. Stanley Hall, then editor of the American Journal of Psychology and later president of Clark University and distinguished in psychology and education, taught Dewey in psychology. Dewey met an interesting group of students at Hopkins including James McK. Cattell, who was on a fellowship after studying ...
