The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and other essays in contemporary thought

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought" by John Dewey is a collection of philosophical essays written in the early 20th century. This work explores the impact of Darwinian ideas on contemporary philosophy and intellectual thought, exposing the shifts in perspectives regarding knowledge, morality, and the essential characteristics of human experience. Dewey's essays aim to illustrate how these evolutionary concepts challenge traditional notions of fixed truths and stable moral values. At the start of the collection, Dewey presents a preface discussing the transformative influence of Darwin's "Origin of Species" on philosophy and the sciences. He emphasizes that Darwin's work initiated a vigorous intellectual revolt against long-held beliefs in fixed forms and absolute truths, inviting a new mode of thinking that acknowledges change and evolution as inherent to knowledge and moral considerations. This opening portion lays the groundwork for understanding the interconnectedness of various philosophical movements and highlights the necessity for philosophy to adapt in light of modern scientific inquiries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The influence of Darwinism on philosophy

Nature and its good: a conversation

Intelligence and morals

The experimental theory of knowledge

The intellectualist criterion for truth

A short catechism concerning truth

Beliefs and existences

Experience and objective idealism

The postulate of immediate empiricism

"Consciousness" and experience

The significance of the problem of knowledge.

Credits:

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Charlie Howard, 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: 44.6 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Release date is 2016-03-22