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John Dewey

John Dewey

Born 1859 · Died 1952

From Burlington, Vermont, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction

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Quotes

  • “Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”
    Chapter XI
  • “Art expresses, it does not state; it is concerned with existences in their perceived qualities, not with conceptions symbolized in terms.”
    Art as Experience, p. 139
  • “While they denounce as subversive anarchy signs of independent thought, of thinking for themselves on the part of others lest such thought disturb the conditions by which they profit, they think quite literally for themselves, that is of themselves.”
    Part 1
  • “It is a familiar and significant saying that a problem well-put is half-solved.”
    Logic: Theory of Inquiry
  • “But the individual butterfly or earthquake remains just the unique existence which it is. We forget in explaining its occurrence that it is only the occurrence that is explained, not the thing itself.”
    Time and Individuality

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Books by John Dewey in order

Books by John Dewey in the order they were published, from Psychology (1887) to The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953 (2008).

  1. 1PsychologyPsychology1887
  2. 2The School and SocietyThe School and Society1899
  3. 3The Child and the CurriculumThe Child and the Curriculum1902
  4. 4EthicsEthics1908
  5. 5How We ThinkHow We Think1909
  6. 6Schools of To-morrowSchools of To-morrow1915
  7. 7Democracy and EducationDemocracy and Education1916
  8. 8Essays in Experimental LogicEssays in Experimental Logic1916
  9. 9Reconstruction in PhilosophyReconstruction in Philosophy1920
  10. 10Human Nature and ConductHuman Nature and Conduct1922
  11. 11Experience and NatureExperience and Nature1925
  12. 12The Public and Its ProblemsThe Public and Its Problems1926
  13. 13The Philosophy of John DeweyThe Philosophy of John Dewey1928
  14. 14The Quest for CertaintyThe Quest for Certainty1929
  15. 15Art as ExperienceArt as Experience1934
  16. 16Liberalism and Social ActionLiberalism and Social Action1935
  17. 17Experience and EducationExperience and Education1938
  18. 18Logic, the Theory of InquiryLogic, the Theory of Inquiry1938
  19. 19Freedom and CultureFreedom and Culture1939
  20. 20Theory of ValuationTheory of Valuation1939
  21. 21The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 1953The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 7, 1925 - 19532008
  22. 22John DeweyJohn Dewey
  23. 23John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953John Dewey: The Later Works, 1925-1953
  24. 24The Middle Works, 1899-1924The Middle Works, 1899-1924

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