John Dewey
John Dewey
John Deweywas an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. Although Dewey...
attitude differences making-a-difference
We have already noticed the difference in the attitude of a spectator and of an agent or participant. The former is indifferent to what is going on; one result is just as good as another, since each is just something to look at. The latter is bound up with what is going on; its outcome makes a difference to him.
growing-up eye elegance
If the eye is constantly greeted by harmonious objects, having elegance of form and color, a standard of taste naturally grows up.
nihilism advantage form
No system has ever as yet existed which did not in some form involve the exploitation of some human beings for the advantage of others.
discovery problem identification
The outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself
reading men air
By reading the characteristic features of any man's castles in the air you can make a shrewd guess as to his underlying desires which are frustrated.
mean thinking students
You can teach students to develop the ability to think reflectively, and you can help them understand what this means, but if they are not inclined to do so they never will.
school army media
The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools
art painting ifs
If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist.
moving realization
A being connected with other beings cannot perform his own activities without taking the activities of others into account. For they are the indispensable conditions of the realization of his tendencies. When he moves he stirs them and reciprocally.
music moments harmony
...the moment of passage from disturbance into harmony is that of intensest life.
philosophy finals inquiry
The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda.
gains joints action
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
environment time-and-space
Some things which are remote in space and time from a living creature, especially a human creature, may form his environment even more truly than some of the things close to him.
practice liberty individualism
We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice.