02730nam 2200577Ia 450 991082392320332120240314013442.01-282-06315-497866120631520-253-10934-5(CKB)1000000000000862(EBL)130930(OCoLC)179118782(SSID)ssj0000277189(PQKBManifestationID)11209181(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277189(PQKBWorkID)10233702(PQKB)11485168(MiAaPQ)EBC130930(MdBmJHUP)muse16889(Au-PeEL)EBL130930(CaPaEBR)ebr10014151(CaONFJC)MIL206315(EXLCZ)99100000000000086220011030d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming John Dewey[electronic resource] dilemmas of a philosopher and naturalist /Thomas C. Dalton1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (393 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34082-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-364) and index.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.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 extensivePhilosophersPhilosophers.191BDalton Thomas Carlyle1698690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823923203321Becoming John Dewey4080358UNINA