The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 2, 1925 - 1953: 1925-1927, Essays, Reviews, Miscellany, and the Public and Its Problems

John Dewey

SIU Press, 2008 - Education - 494 pages

With the exception of Experience and Nature, (Volume 1 of the Later Works), this volume contains all of Dewey's writ­ings for 1925 and 1926, as well as his 1927 book, The Public and Its Problems. A Modern Language Association's Com­mittee on Scholarly Editions textual edi­tion.

The first essay in this volume, "The Development of American Pragmatism," is perhaps Dewey's best-known article of these years, emphasizing the uniquely American origins of his own philosophi­cal innovations. Other essays focus on Dewey's continuing investigation of the "nature of intelligent conduct," as, for example, his debate with David Wight Prall on the underpinnings of value, his study of sense-perception, and his support for outlawing of war. Also appearing here are Dewey's final articles on the culture of the developing world, written for the New Republic after his travels to China, Turkey, and Mexico.

Contents

• The Development of American Pragmatism: 3
• Corporate Personality: 22
• A Naturalistic Theory of SensePerception: 44
• Events and the Future: 62
• Value Objective Reference and Criticism: 78
• The Ethics of Animal Experimentation: 98
• Art in Educationand Education in Art: 111
• The Socratic Dialogues of Plato: 124
• Substance Power and Quality in Locke: 141
• William James in Nineteen TwentySix: 158
• America and the Far East: 173
• Is China a Nation or a Market?: 181
• Church and State in Mexico: 194
• Practical Democracy Review of Walter: 213
• A Key to the New World Review of Bertrand: 226
• Discovery of the State: 259
• The Democratic State: 282
• The Eclipse of the Public: 304
• Search for the Great Community: 325
• The Problem of Method: 351
• Introduction to The Public and Its: 375
• Literature or Mathematics? Comment on: 386
• NOTES: 403
• Textual Notes: 419
• Emendations List: 434
• Alterations in Typescripts: 451
• Lineend Hyphenation: 471
• INDEX: 489

About the author

John Dewey (1859 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 ofpragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology. He was a major representative of progressive education and liberalism. In 1894 Dewey joined the newly founded University of Chicago(1894 1904) where he developed his belief in an empirically based theory of knowledge, becoming associated with the newly emerging Pragmatic philosophy. His time at the University of Chicago resulted in four essays collectively entitled Thought and its Subject-Matter, which was published with collected works from his colleagues at Chicago under the collective title Studies in Logical Theory(1903). During that time Dewey also initiated the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, where he was able to actualize the pedagogical beliefs that provided material for his first major work on education, The School and Social Progress(1899).In 1899, Dewey was elected president of the American Psychological Association. From 1904 until his retirement in 1930 he was professor of philosophy at both Columbia University and Columbia University's Teachers College. In 1905 he became president of the American Philosophical Association. He was a longtime member of the American Federation of Teachers.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 2, 1925 - 1953: 1925-1927, Essays, Reviews, Miscellany, and the Public and Its Problems; Volume 2 of Collected Works of John Dewey Series
• Author: John Dewey
• Editor: Jo Ann Boydston
• Contributor: James Gouinlock
• Publisher: SIU Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0809311313, 9780809311316
• Length: 494 pages
• Subjects: Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern; Philosophy / Individual Philosophers; Philosophy / Logic; Philosophy / Movements / Pragmatism; Political Science / Essays; Political Science / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy; Social Science / Essays