John Dewey : rethinking our time / Raymond D. Boisvert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boisvert, Raymond D.

Series:

SUNY series in philosophy of education.

SUNY series, the philosophy of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dewey, John, 1859-1952.

Dewey, John.

Physical Description:

xii, 189 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1998.

Summary:

A concise, eminently readable introduction to the thought of America's most prominent philosopher. Written in a manner accessible to non-specialists, this book provides an introduction to all areas central to John Dewey's philosophy: aesthetics, social and political philosophy, education, the philosophy of religion, and theory of knowledge. Boisvert situates Dewey as a thinker who could appreciate the advance of science while remaining an "empirical naturalist" committed to the revelatory powers of lived experience. Raymond D. Boisvert is Professor of Philosophy at Siena College. He is the author of Dewey's Metaphysics .

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The ''Naissance" and "Renaissance" of American Philosophy

Dewey's Reconstruction of the Tradition

1. The Life-World

Lived Experience

The Fallacy of Intellectualism

The Primacy of Interaction

Temporality and Possibility

Responsibility

Evaluating Philosophy

2. Thinking

Against Epistemology

Copernican Revolutions

Spectators or Inquirers?

The Traits of Inquiry

3. Democracy

Winthrop, Locke, and Dewey

Conjoint, Communicated Experience

Freedom as Growth

Equality as Individuality

4. The Public

Mass or Public?

Problems of the Public

Conditions for Reviving the Public

An Effective Public

5. Educating

A Simple Credo

Beyond Modern Man

Occupations

Education Is an End in Itself

Education and Democracy

Moral Education

6. Making

Art versus arts

Experience

Imagination, Communication, and Expression

Distraction versus Participation

7. Devotion

Religious versus Religion

The "Load" Carried by Traditional Religions

Faith

God

Cooperation

8. Conclusion

Postmodern or Polytemporal?

Dewey's Relevance

Appendix A: Biographical Data

Appendix B: Dewey in Cyberspace

Notes

Bibliography

Critical Edition of Works by Dewey

Major Dewey Books by Title

Works by Others

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-184) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9700-3

0-585-07685-5

OCLC:

923396847