John Dewey's logical theory

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Delton Thomas, 1883-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"John Dewey's Logical Theory" by Delton Thomas Howard is a scholarly thesis written in the early 20th century. This work undertakes an historical examination of Dewey's logical theories, seeking to critically review his writings in order, and to understand the evolution of his ideas without imposing rigid development lines. The book aims to clarify Dewey's method of logic and its implications, which have significantly influenced educational and philosophical thought. The opening of the text introduces the author's intent to use a historical lens to analyze Dewey's contributions to logic. Howard emphasizes the importance of the psychological method in Dewey's philosophy, noting that it offers a means to link experience to the formulation of knowledge and reality. Howard lays the groundwork for a detailed exploration of Dewey's various writings, starting with his early articles in which he asserts that the nature of reality should be understood through the lens of human experience. This foundational argument leads into discussions on concepts such as subject and object, individual and universal consciousness, and the role of psychology in grounding philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

"Psychology as philosophic method"

The development of the psychological standpoint

"Moral theory and practice"

Functional psychology

The evolutionary standpoint

"Studies in logical theory"

The polemical period

Later developments

Conclusions.

Credits:

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 48.4 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Release date is 2011-11-26