John Dewey: rethinking our time

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Written in a manner accessible to non-specialists, this book provides an introduction to all areas central to John Dewey's philosophy: aesthetics, social and political philosophy, education, the philosophy of religion, and theory of knowledge. Boisvert situates Dewey as a thinker who could appreciate the advance of science while remaining an "empirical naturalist" committed to the revelatory powers of lived experience.

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Full title :John Dewey : rethinking our time / Raymond D. Boisvert.

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Publication Date:©1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
Place of Publication:Albany, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1998.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 189 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0791435296, 9780791435298, 079143530X, 9780791435304, 0585076855, 9780585076850
oclc:ocm36074534
LC Classification:B945.D44
Dewey Decimal:191

Introduction: The "naissance" and "renaissance" of American philosophy -- Dewey's reconstruction of the tradition -- 1. The life-world -- Lived experience -- The fallacy of intellectualism -- The primacy of interaction -- Temporality and possibility -- Responsibility -- Evaluating philosophy -- 2. Thinking -- Against epistemology -- Copernican revolutions -- Spectators or inquirers? -- The traits of inquiry -- 3. Democracy -- Winthrop, Locke, and Dewey -- Conjoint, communicated experience -- Freedom as growth -- Equality as individuality -- 4. The public -- Mass or public? -- Problems of the public -- Conditions for reviving the public -- An effective public -- 5. Educating -- A simple credo -- Beyond modern man -- Occupations -- Education is an end in itself -- Education and democracy -- Moral education -- 6. Making -- Art versus arts -- Experience -- Imagination, communication, and expression -- Distraction versus participation -- 7. Devotion -- Religious versus religion -- The :load" carried by traditional religions -- Faith -- God -- Cooperation -- 8. Conclusion -- Postmodern or polytemporal? -- Dewey's relevance.