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John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher active in education and social reform. He taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago and Columbia University. He is associated with pragmatism and referred to his philosophy as instrumentalism..
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What are the main differences between Peirce, James, & Dewey?
Peirce, James, & Dewey are generally regarded as the three originators of American pragmatism. Personally, I have noticed each of them for different reasons. James is interesting because of his ...
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What are the consequences of pragmatism for empirical research?
Positivism tells us that only what is verifiable exists. Therefore scientists should study only what they can observe and measure, through which they can explain natural or social phenomena. ...
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Which works of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Dewey does Rorty call “therapeutic”?
In the introduction to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Rorty speaks of later works of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Dewey as
therapeutic rather than constructive, edifying rather than systematic, ...
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Democracy of Education by John Dewey
What does it mean when he states, “Education is the laboratory in which philosophic distinctions become concrete and are tested.”
This is in John Dewey's Democracy and Education, Chapter 24: ...
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Are Tillich and Dewey saying the same thing with regard to “ultimate concern”?
Both Dewey and Tillich refer to "God" in their respective interpretations of the object of faith. Also, each of them uses similar terms in speaking of faith. Tillich speaks of being "ultimately ...
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Responses to the bricklayer critique of Dewey's definition of Inquiry
Apparently, Russell and Dewey had a very provocative debate in the philosophical literature of their time. Unfortunately I am only familiar with Russell's side of the debate, and want to learn more ...
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How did Dewey envisage participatory democracy?
According to Chomskys Requiem for an American Dream:
John Dewey, the leading social philosopher in the late 20C argued that until all institutions - production, commerce, media - are under ...
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For Dewey, why is a beaver dam NOT a tool?
Source: p 216, Philosophy: A Complete Introduction (2012) by Prof. Sharon Kaye MA PhD (in Philosophy, U. Toronto)
3 Which of the following is not a tool, according to Dewey?
a. Universities
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Why would Dewey opine that reading Shakespeare is not an instance of true learning?
8. Which of the following is most likely to be an instance of true
learning, in Dewey's view?
a. You finally untangled the knot in your shoelaces
b. You memorized the multiplication table
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Is Constant Growth of the former Hegelian Dewey not the new Hegelian Absolute?
John Dewey, the former Hegelian, having got rid of the Hegelian religion and fearing to adopt a different one said that the guarantee of not doing that wound be constant growth as the absolute value ...
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John Dewey Interest and Discipline
In Chapter 10 of the book Democracy and Education by John Dewey, what does Dewey mean when he writes the following:
The school cannot immediately escape from the ideals set by prior social ...
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What Does Dewey Mean By Educational “Aims” and “Ends”
In Chapter 8 of Democracy and Education, Dewey begins to discuss aims in education. He starts off by defining the nature of aims.
At first I was under the impression that he was referring to the goals ...
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What are the obscure elements in Deweys Pragmatism?
Roberto Unger, in an essay called Science and Politics between a domesticated and radicalised Pragmatism says:
The philosophical heroes of Domesticated Pragmatism are Wittgenstein and Dewey, ...
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Did Bertrand Russell foresee, in 1943, the 21st century’s propensity to assign factuality to whatever information one finds most comfortable?
I recently read a short paragraph in Russell’s “History of Western Philosophy” which stunned me—it was the shock of recognition—to the extent that I put down the book and stared into space for a good ...
