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John Dewey
John Dewey (great american thinkers)
214 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 1981
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September 2, 2015“He did not believe that the purpose of philosophy is to reveal the basic structure of an eternal reality. […] But, he did not believe that 2,500 years of philosophizing was based on mistake.”
“The philosopher, then, as the general critic, is the man who engages in criticism as a way of life for the sake of instituting and securing more enduring and extensive reasonable values.”
“Dewey criticizes the interpretation and use of the reflex arc concept from two perspectives.”
“The earnest desire to make philosophy relevant to the mundane and diverse concerns of men; the need to break out of the narrow confines of the university environment and to interact with the larger social environment of the common man; the profound conviction that the interaction of social philosophy with common man was a two-way process from which both would benefit, are all exhibited here.”
“He was skeptical of grand solutions and panaceas of social problems; he did not believe in the coming of some type of utopia.”
“It is he and not the subject-matter which determines both quality and quantity of learning.”
“In an essay titled ‘An Empirical Survey of Empiricisms,’ Dewey put into practice his conviction that the great philosophic systems of the past can be best evaluated in relation to the background of their cultural contexts. He isolates three main concepts of experience that have been influential in shaping philosophic thought.”
“The philosopher, then, as the general critic, is the man who engages in criticism as a way of life for the sake of instituting and securing more enduring and extensive reasonable values.”
“Dewey criticizes the interpretation and use of the reflex arc concept from two perspectives.”
“The earnest desire to make philosophy relevant to the mundane and diverse concerns of men; the need to break out of the narrow confines of the university environment and to interact with the larger social environment of the common man; the profound conviction that the interaction of social philosophy with common man was a two-way process from which both would benefit, are all exhibited here.”
“He was skeptical of grand solutions and panaceas of social problems; he did not believe in the coming of some type of utopia.”
“It is he and not the subject-matter which determines both quality and quantity of learning.”
“In an essay titled ‘An Empirical Survey of Empiricisms,’ Dewey put into practice his conviction that the great philosophic systems of the past can be best evaluated in relation to the background of their cultural contexts. He isolates three main concepts of experience that have been influential in shaping philosophic thought.”
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September 10, 2023It is a well written and well researched short introduction to the thought of John Dewey. It successfully introduced central themes of my interest, such as philosophy as criticism, experience and naturalism, and made me interest in Dewey's concepts of art and transaction between human and nature. At the same time, it was successful in making me feel overwhelmed on how much Dewey has written and how much I need to read to actually understand his thought.
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