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Reconstruction in Philosophy

John Dewey

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. . .But Bacon also brought his charge against the Aristotelian method itself. In its rigorous forms it[Pg 31] aimed at demonstration, and in its milder forms at persuasion. But both demonstration and persuasion aim at conquest of mind rather than of nature. Moreover they both assume that some one is already in possession of a truth or a belief, and that the only problem is to convince some one else, or to teach. In contrast, his new method had an exceedingly slight opinion of the amount of truth already existent, and a lively sense of the extent and importance of truths still to be attained. It would be a logic of discovery, not a logic of argumentation, proof and persuasion. To Bacon, the old logic even at its best was a logic for teaching the already known, and teaching meant indoctrination, discipling. It was an axiom of Aristotle that only that which was already known could be learned, that growth in knowledge consisted simply in bringing together a universal truth of rea. . . Read More

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Dewey's book is an attempt to articulate an alternative vision of what philosophy would look like if it completely eradicated all and not just some remainders of our ancient, superstitious mode of thinking and was instead reconstructed according to the philosophical-scientific movement known as Amer

What is remarkable about this book, which is a series of lectures delivered in Tokyo a year after the end of WWI, is just how bold, radical, and courageous Dewey attacks the commonly held assumptions of classical and modern philosophy. The 1st two lectures are barn burners, in fact I was not sure I

Dewey criticizes philosophers for failing to approach current issues, preferring instead to continue dragging out age old topics that have little relevance to currently pressing issues.

Dewey is at his best being critical of both the rationalist and empiricism schools. Using Bacon's axiom knowledge is power, Dewey uses sciences ability to wrestle with dogma that the world is a closed system. For Dewey science allows us an avenue to reconstruct philosophy to be practical and open to

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Um bom livro para introduzir a visão mais ampla de Dewey sobre a história das ideias.
O autor é pioneiro no modo como utiliza as ciências naturais e sociais na sua reflexão filosófica.
Um dos problemas, especialmente no final do livro, é o caráter muito generalista de Dewey. Para mim, acaba perdendo

John Dewey is my intellectual hero, so taking up one of his works is always a distinct pleasure for me. There is no other thinker at this point in my life who can challenge and delight me the way Dewey does; his philosophy is deeply contemplative but also distinctly practical, and his insights refle

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