Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

Contributor:

Bode, Boyd Henry, 1873-1953

Brown, Harold Chapman, 1879-1943

Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974

Mead, George H.

Moore, Addison Webster, 1866-1930

Stuart, Henry Waldgrave, 1870-1951

Tufts, James Hayden, 1862-1942

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude" by John Dewey et al. is a collection of philosophical essays written in the early 20th century. The work seeks to explore the concept of creative intelligence from a pragmatic perspective, addressing its application across various fields such as philosophy, logic, psychology, and ethics. The essays aim to encourage a re-evaluation of traditional philosophical problems, emphasizing a more dynamic understanding of intelligence and experience. The opening of the book begins with a prefatory note that sets the tone for the essays to follow, explaining the intent to promote an intellectual collaboration rather than adherence to a single set of beliefs. John Dewey's introduction discusses the stagnation of philosophical thought due to its traditional ties and calls for a necessary recovery of philosophy that responds to contemporary issues. He emphasizes the need for philosophy to engage directly with the evolving complexities of modern life, arguing that philosophers must reevaluate longstanding problems in light of new scientific and social developments to remain relevant and beneficial to human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The need for a recovery of philosophy, by J. Dewey

Reformation of logic, by A. W. Moore

Intelligence and mathematics, by H. C. Brown

Scientific method and individual thinker, by G. H. Mead

Consciousness and psychology, by B. H. Bode

The phases of the economic interest, by H. W. Stuart

The moral life and the construction of values and standards, by J. H. Tufts

Value and existence in philosophy, art, and religion, by H. M. Kallen.

Credits:

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Turgut Dincer 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: 45.3 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Release date is 2010-09-14