Becoming John Dewey : dilemmas of a philosopher and naturalist /

As one of America's 'public intellectuals', John Dewey engaged in a life-long struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more than just a philosopher; it compel...

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Main Author: Dalton, Thomas Carlyle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • From Calvinism to evolutionism
  • Healing an "inward laceration"
  • Experimentalist in the making
  • Contrasting strategies for educational innovation
  • Cultural disillusionment
  • The evolution of mind in nature
  • Post-impressionism, quantum mechanics, and the triumph of phenomenal experience
  • Communities of intelligence and the politics of spirit
  • The function of judgment in inquiry
  • Locomotion as a metaphor for mind
  • Cultural pragmatism and the disappearance of Dewey's naturalism.