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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777371903321

Autore

Dalton Thomas Carlyle

Titolo

Becoming John Dewey [[electronic resource] ] : dilemmas of a philosopher and naturalist / / Thomas C. Dalton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06315-4

9786612063152

0-253-10934-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

191

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Soggetti

Philosophers

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 (p. [293]-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

As one of America's ""public intellectuals,"" John Dewey was                engaged in a lifelong 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 compelled him to become                thoroughly familiar with the theories and methods of physics, psychology, and                neurosciences, as well as become engaged in educational and social reform. Tapping                archival sources and Dewey's extensive