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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462032803321

Titolo

Ethics, logic, psychology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Larry A. Hickmann and Thomas M. Alexander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 1998

ISBN

1-280-59639-2

9786613626226

0-253-00900-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (444 p.)

Collana

Essential Dewey ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

HickmanLarry A. <1942->

AlexanderThomas M

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Ethics

Logic

Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Habit, conduct, and language -- pt. 2. Meaning, truth, and inquiry -- pt. 3. Valuation and ethics -- pt. 4. Interpretations and critiques.

Sommario/riassunto

In addition to being one of the greatest technical philosophers of the twentieth century, John Dewey (1859-1952) was an educational innovator, a Progressive Era reformer, and one of America's last great public intellectuals. Dewey's insights into the problems of public education, immigration, the prospects for democratic government, and the relation of religious faith to science are as fresh today as when they were first published. His penetrating treatments of the nature and function of philosophy, the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of life, and the role of inquiry in human experience ar