Reconstruction in Philosophy

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Beacon Press, Jun 1, 1971 - Philosophy - 272 pages
"It was with this book that Dewey fully launched his campaign for experimental philosophy." - The New Republic

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Section 1
v
Section 2
xi
Section 3
xx
Section 4
xxix
Section 5
1
Section 6
28
Section 7
53
Section 8
77
Section 9
103
Section 10
132
Section 11
161
Section 12
187
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John Dewey (FAA October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology. He was a major representative of progressive education and liberalism. Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics. In his advocacy of democracy, Dewey considered two fundamental elements—schools and civil society—as being major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality.

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