dewey.pragmatism.orgJohn Dewey

, American Pragmatist A wing of the Pragmatism Cybrary John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist. He was born in Burlington, Vermont, on 20 October 1859. Dewey graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879, and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1884. He started his career at the University of Michigan , teaching there from 1884 to 1888 and 1889-1894 , with a one year term at the University of Minnesota in 1888. In 1894 he became the chairman of the department of philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy at the University of Chicago . In 1899, was elected president of the American Psychological Association, and in 1905 he became president of the American Philosophical Association. Dewey taught at Columbia University from 1905 until he retired in 1929, and occasionally taught as professor emeritus until 1939. During his years at Columbia he traveled the world as a philosopher, social and political theorist, and educational consultant. Among his major journeys are his lectures in Japan and China from 1919 to 1921, his visit to Turkey in 1924 to recommend educational policy, and a tour of schools in the USSR in 1928. Of course, Dewey never ignored American social issues. He was outspoken on education, domestic and international politics, and numerous social movements. Among the many concerns that attracted Dewey’s support were women’s suffrage, progressive education , educator’s rights, the Humanistic movement, and world peace. Dewey died in New York City on 1 June 1952. Editions of Dewey’s writings Writings by Dewey Books about Dewey Websites about Dewey His Lasting Influence Dewey made seminal contributions to nearly every field and topic in philosophy and psychology. Besides his role as a primary originator of both functionalist and behaviorist psychology, Dewey was a major inspiration for several allied movements that have shaped 20th century thought, including empiricism, humanism, naturalism, contextualism, and process philosophy. For over 50 years Dewey was the voice for a liberal and progressive democracy that has shaped the destiny of America and the world. Dewey ranks with the greatest thinkers of this or any age on the subjects of pedagogy, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, philosophy of science, and social and political theory. His pragmatic approaches to ethics, aesthetics, and religion have also remained influential. Dewey’s stature is assured as one of the 20th Century’s premier philosophers, along with James, Bradley, Husserl, Russell, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, Carnap, and Quine. A Philosopher’s Faith Inspired by John Dewey My person returns to unwind all its threads, Woven by language into the habits of heads; An old wearied head must bow down one final eve, But my lively thought shines in cloth I helped to weave. Your gift by my leave is but some seeds yet to grow, Whose value was found in times of need long ago; Sow all of these seeds in our vast garden with care, Protect and defend the greater harvest to share. To view such swift change, see truths melt under new suns, To watch how scared souls kept on refining their guns; My nation was home despite such strife with no cease, My freedom was here while humbly searching for peace. By trial did I live, by more trial find my thought’s worth, My death you will get if you conceive no new birth; No life without doubt, for the best fail now and then, No rest for my faith, that each new day tests again. John Shook Recent editions of Dewey’s writings The Collected Works of , 1882-1953 . 37 volumes. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967-1987. The Early Works, 1882-1898 . The Middle Works, 1899-1924 . The Later Works, 1925-1953 . Electronic edition of the Collected Works on CD-ROM , published by Intelex in its Past Masters Collection. The Correspondence of John Dewey . 3 volumes. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999-2004. Available on CD-ROM , published by Intelex in its Past Masters Collection. Volume 1: 1871-1918; Volume 2: 1919-1939; Volume 3: 1940-1953. The Essential Dewey . Two volumes. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. Vol. 1, Pragmatism, Education, Democracy . Vol. 2, Ethics, Logic, Psychology The Moral Writings of , rev. ed. Edited by James Gouinlock. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1994. The Political Writings of . Edited by Debra Morris and Ian Shapiro. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1993. The Philosophy of . Two volumes in one. Edited by John J. McDermott. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Writings by Books Psychology (New York: Harper, 1887; revised, 1889; revised, 1891). Leibniz’s New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition (Chicago: Griggs, 1888). Applied Psychology: An Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Education, by Dewey and James Alexander McClellan (Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1889). Outlines of a Critical Theory of Ethics (Ann Arbor: Michigan Register Publishing Company, 1891). The Study of Ethics: A Syllabus (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Inland, 1894). The Psychology of Number and Its Applications to Methods of Teaching Arithmetic, by Dewey and McClellan, International Education Series, volume 33 (New York: Appleton, 1895; London: Edward Arnold, 1895). Interest in Relation to Training of the Will, National Herbart Society Supplement to the Yearbook for 1895 (Bloomington, Ill.: Public School Publishing Company, 1896); revised as Interest as Related to Will, edited by Charles A. McMurry (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1899). The School and Society: Being Three Lectures by , Supplemented by a Statement of the University Elementary School (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1899; London: P. S. King, 1900; revised and enlarged edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1915; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915). The Child and the Curriculum (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1902). Studies in Logical Theory, by Dewey and others (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1903; London: Unwin, 1909). Ethics, by Dewey and James H. Tufts (New York: Holt, 1908; London: Bell, 1909; revised edition, New York: Holt, 1932). How We Think (Boston: Heath, 1910; London: Harrap, 1910); revised as How We Think, a Restatement of the Relation of Reflective Thinking to the Educative Process (Boston, New York & London: Heath, 1933; London: Harrap, 1933). The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy, and Other Essays in Contemporary Thought (New York: Holt, 1910; London: Bell, 1910). German Philosophy and Politics (New York: Holt, 1915; revised edition, New York: Putnam, 1942). Schools of To-Morrow, by and Evelyn Dewey (New York: Dutton, 1915; London: Dent, 1915). Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education (New York: Macmillan, 1916; New York: Free Press / London: Collier-Macmillan, 1944). Essays in Experimental Logic (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1916). Reconstruction in Philosophy (New York: Holt, 1920; London: University of London Press, 1921; enlarged edition, with a new introduction by Dewey, Boston: Beacon, 1948). Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology (New York: Holt, 1922; London: Allen & Unwin, 1922; republished, with a new introduction, New York: Modern Library, 1930). Experience and Nature (Chicago & London: Open Court, 1925; revised edition, New York: Norton, 1929; London: Allen & Unwin, 1929). The Public and Its Problems (New York: Holt, 1927; London: Allen & Unwin, 1927); republished as The Public and Its Problems: An Essay in Political Inquiry (Chicago: Gateway, 1940). Art and Education, by Dewey, Albert C. Barnes, Laurence Buermeyer, and others (Merion, Pa.: Barnes Foundation Press, 1929; revised and enlarged, 1947; revised and enlarged, 1954). The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action (New York: Minton, Balch, 1929; London: Allen & Unwin, 1930). Individualism, Old and New (New York: Minton,...