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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0253109345 9780253109347 1282063154 9781282063150 9780253340825 0253340829 9786612063152 6612063157 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
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.