John Dewey's earlier logical theory / James Scott Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, James Scott, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

Logic.

Physical Description:

vi, 266 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Summary:

When John Dewey's logical theory is discussed, the focus is invariably on his 1938 book Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. His earlier logical works arc seldom referenced except in relation to that later work. As a result, Dewey's earlier logical theory is cut off from his later work, and this later work receives a curiously ahistorical gloss. Examining the earlier works from Studies in Logical Theory to Essays in Experimental Logic, James Scott Johnston provides an unparalleled account of the development of Dewey's thinking in logic, examining various themes and issues Dewey felt relevant to a systematic logical theory. These include the context in which logical theory operates, the ingredients of logical inquiry, the distinctiveness of an instrumentalist logical theory, and the benefit of logical theory to practical concerns-particularly ethics and education. Along the way, and complicating the standard picture of Dewey's logic being indebted to Charles S. Peirce, William James, and Charles Darwin, Johnston argues that Hegel is ultimately a more important influence. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Dewey's Logical Education: From Early Essays to Essays in Experimental Logic 15

Introduction 15

Part 1 Dewey's Motives for Logical Theory 15

Part 2 Dewey's Logical Education 1882-1902 20

Part 3 Dewey's Logical Education 1903-1915 32

2 Dewey's Logical Education: The Influence of Hegel 43

Part 1 The Hegel Scholarship on Dewey 43

Part 2 The Question Concerning Hegel 50

Part 3 Dewey on Hegel 60

Part 4 What Dewey Takes from Hegel 71

3 Dewey's Earliest Views on Logic 75

"Is Logic a Dualistic Science?" (1890) 76

"The Logic of Verification" (1890) 79

"The Present Position of Logical Theory" (1891) 82

"Some Stages of Logical Thought" (1900) 88

Conclusion 95

4 Studies in Logical Theory (1903) 97

The Preface 98

The Relationship of Thought and its Subject-Matter 100

The Antecedents and Stimuli of Thinking 106

Data and Meanings 114

The Objects of Thought 119

Conclusion 123

5 Practical Logics 125

Lectures on "The Logic of Ethics" (1900) 125

"Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality" (1903) 142

How We Think (1910) 146

Conclusion 158

6 Essays in Experimental Logic (1916) 161

The Introduction 162

Miscellaneous Essays 176

"The Logic of Judgments of Practice" 181

Conclusion 195

7 From Essays in Experimental Logic (1916) to Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (1938) 197

Introduction 197

The Existential Matrices of Inquiry 204

Scientific and Social Inquiry 211

Propositions and Inferences in Inquiry 214

Conclusion 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438453453

1438453450

OCLC:

878116842