Dewey / Steven Fesmire

By:

Fesmire, Steven

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Routledge, 2015.Description: xxii, 278 pages ; 22 cmISBN:

9781032032245

DDC classification:

191 FES

Contents:

Cover Half Title Page Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chronology Introduction Notes Further reading One Life and works Are you right with Jesus, John? From absolutism to experimentalism Educator, educated The philosopher of the progressive era The philosopher of democracy at home and abroad Retirement? Reading Dewey and the “lost” book Summary Notes Further reading Two Metaphysics reconstructed Metaphysics in a moving world The revolt against dualism Cultural existence in nature as situated Mapping our milieu Experience as cultural inhabitation of nature Hypostatization: the philosophical fallacy Critique of Dewey’s map: the animal plane Summary Notes Further reading Three Epistemology reconstructed Dismantling the epistemology industry The “Oh” of problems, the “Hmm” of inquiries, and the “Good” of judgments Deerstalker hats and construction hard hats The mirror of nature Some truths about the truth I: pragmatism and experimental method Some truths about the truth II: Dewey’s instrumentalism The ends-means continuum: why warranted assertibility is not truthiness Dewey on meaning in the context of analytic philosophy Summary Notes Further reading Four Ethics reconstructed Multidimensional moral experience Dewey’s ethical writings Facts and values Moral imagination The starting point and principles In praise of theory The social basis of character Summary Notes Further reading Five Social-political and educational philosophy reconstructed The democratic ideal The experimental attitude and the democratic ideal Emergent individualism Radicalism for grown-ups Liberalism, old and new Democracy begins in conversation Democratic education vs. industrial education Progressive pedagogy in moral education Summary Notes Further reading Six Aesthetics and technology reconstructed Consummations Experience in its integrity The work of art and generative form The aesthetics of moral life Qualitative thought Art, science, and instrumentalism Does technology corrupt? Summary Notes Further reading Seven Religious philosophy reconstructed Doctrinal religion vs. the religious attitude Democracy as community and communion Summary Notes Further reading Eight Influence and legacy Environmental pragmatism Dewey in contemporary social-political philosophy and ethics Dewey in dialogue Conclusion Summary Notes Further reading Glossary Index

Summary: John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was the dominant voice in American philosophy through the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the nascent years of the Cold War. With a professional career spanning three generations and a profile that no public intellectual has operated on in the U.S. since, Dewey's biographer Robert Westbrook accurately describes him as "the most important philosopher in modern American history." In this superb and engaging introduction, Steven Fesmire begins with a chapter on Dewey’s life and works, before discussing and assessing Dewey's key ideas across the major disciplines in philosophy; including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, educational philosophy, social-political philosophy, and religious philosophy. This is an invaluable introduction and guide to this deeply influential philosopher and his legacy, and essential reading for anyone coming to Dewey's work for the first time.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Philosophy & psychology	Non-fiction	191 FES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		9781032032245

Cover
Half Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
Notes
Further reading
One Life and works
Are you right with Jesus, John?
From absolutism to experimentalism
Educator, educated
The philosopher of the progressive era
The philosopher of democracy at home and abroad
Retirement?
Reading Dewey and the “lost” book
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Two Metaphysics reconstructed
Metaphysics in a moving world
The revolt against dualism
Cultural existence in nature as situated
Mapping our milieu
Experience as cultural inhabitation of nature
Hypostatization: the philosophical fallacy
Critique of Dewey’s map: the animal plane
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Three Epistemology reconstructed
Dismantling the epistemology industry
The “Oh” of problems, the “Hmm” of inquiries, and the “Good” of judgments
Deerstalker hats and construction hard hats
The mirror of nature
Some truths about the truth I: pragmatism and experimental method
Some truths about the truth II: Dewey’s instrumentalism
The ends-means continuum: why warranted assertibility is not truthiness
Dewey on meaning in the context of analytic philosophy
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Four Ethics reconstructed
Multidimensional moral experience
Dewey’s ethical writings
Facts and values
Moral imagination
The starting point and principles
In praise of theory
The social basis of character
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Five Social-political and educational philosophy reconstructed
The democratic ideal
The experimental attitude and the democratic ideal
Emergent individualism
Radicalism for grown-ups
Liberalism, old and new
Democracy begins in conversation
Democratic education vs. industrial education
Progressive pedagogy in moral education
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Six Aesthetics and technology reconstructed
Consummations
Experience in its integrity
The work of art and generative form
The aesthetics of moral life
Qualitative thought
Art, science, and instrumentalism
Does technology corrupt?
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Seven Religious philosophy reconstructed
Doctrinal religion vs. the religious attitude
Democracy as community and communion
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Eight Influence and legacy
Environmental pragmatism
Dewey in contemporary social-political philosophy and ethics
Dewey in dialogue
Conclusion
Summary
Notes
Further reading
Glossary
Index

John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was the dominant voice in American philosophy through the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the nascent years of the Cold War. With a professional career spanning three generations and a profile that no public intellectual has operated on in the U.S. since, Dewey's biographer Robert Westbrook accurately describes him as "the most important philosopher in modern American history." In this superb and engaging introduction, Steven Fesmire begins with a chapter on Dewey’s life and works, before discussing and assessing Dewey's key ideas across the major disciplines in philosophy; including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, educational philosophy, social-political philosophy, and religious philosophy. This is an invaluable introduction and guide to this deeply influential philosopher and his legacy, and essential reading for anyone coming to Dewey's work for the first time.

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