The Essential Dewey, Volume 2: Ethics, Logic, Psychology - Softcover

 
9780253211859: The Essential Dewey, Volume 2: Ethics, Logic, Psychology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0253211859 ISBN 13: 9780253211859
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 are of increasing relevance at the turn of the 21st century.

Based on the award-winning 37-volume critical edition of Dewey's work, The Essential Dewey presents for the first time a collection of Dewey's writings that is both manageable and comprehensive. The volume includes essays and book chapters that exhibit Dewey's intellectual development over time; the selection represents his mature thinking on every major issue to which he turned his attention. Eleven part divisions cover: Dewey in Context; Reconstructing Philosophy; Evolutionary Naturalism; Pragmatic Metaphysics; Habit, Conduct, and Language; Meaning, Truth, and Inquiry; Valuation and Ethics; The Aims of Education; The Individual, the Community, and Democracy; Pragmatism and Culture: Science and Technology, Art and Religion; and Interpretations and Critiques. Taken as a whole, this collection provides unique access to Dewey's understanding of the problems and prospects of human existence and of the philosophical enterprise.

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Review

. . . [T]his set should be a very high priority for public libraries lacking the complete works and is essential for small college libraries; researchers in libraries with the complete set will still find these two volumes most useful. All levels. February 1999 Source: Choice

Book Description

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1999

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253211859
ISBN 13 
9780253211859
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
488
Editor
Hickman Larry A., Alexander Thomas M.

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