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Human Nature and Conduct
John Dewey
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John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science (with rules and predictive power) as Biology and Chemistry.
John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science (with rules and predictive power) as Biology and Chemistry.
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For similar reasons, while common-sense does not run into that sharp opposition of virtues or moral goods and natural goods which has played such a large part in professed moralities, it does not insist upon an exact identity of the two. Virtues are ends because they are such important means. To be honest, courageous, kin. . . Read More
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John Dewey's Ethical Naturalism
Together with Charles Peirce, William James, and Josiah Royce, John Dewey forms part of an outpouring of American thought in the early 20th Century frequently called the "golden age of American philosophy". Peirce, James and Dewey founded and taught variations of philo
Another delicious text from Prof. Dewey, so delicious I could almost taste it as I read this example of early 20th-century psychology. However, although he says "let the evil of today be sufficient thereof", I find his text can be improved on somewhat as a new philosophy is called for which incorpor
A common sense philosophy of life. Clearly stated. Convincing. Illuminatng.
After revisiting this book in 2020, I wrote an essay called
"(De)Liberation: John Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct in the 21st Century." It was published as a three-part series by Science and Philosophy on Medium (see posts here: Introduction and Part One, Parts Two and Three, and Conclusion).
I also
If you don't mind wading through Dewey's dense vocabulary and sentence construction, Human Nature and Conduct provides an interesting critique of and alternative to the Platonic, Utilitarian, and religious conceptions of morality and progress.
لفتت نظري في المعرض صورة الراجل الوقور الجميل ده وبقرأ العنوان قولت حلو كتاب تاني هيأكد وجهة نظري ورؤيتي للإنسان وسلوكه وكده, لكن اللي حصل غير كده.
اقدر اقول إن الكتاب ده سبب في تغيير جوهري جديد في رؤيتي للناس وللحياة, ومن أقوى الكتب المتسقة مع نفسها وقادر يغطي كل جوانب الموضوع برؤية متكاملة مفيهاش ت
This book came recommended by Steven Jackson when he visited UMD last year. I'm a fan of Jackson's work on repair, and was curious about how his ideas connected back to Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct.
I've been slowly reading it, savoring each chapter on bus rides to work since then. It's a lovely
A philosophy book I didn't hate? Ah well, it is the end of the world after all.
Loved the parts about how society works and thinks, surprisingly relevant one hundred years after its first printing during these protests. I liked the way he slipped in Buddhism and aggressively attacked philosophers he
"The only ones who have the right to criticize "radicals" -- adopting for the moment that perversion of language which identities the radical with the destructive rebel -- are those who put as much effort into reconstruction as the rebels are putting into destruction. The primary accusation against