The comprehensive philosophical underpinnings of John Dewey's theory of education are analyzed, concentrating on oven-overlooked primary texts, with the authors connecting his philosophy with six recent and influential positions in late 20th century and early 21st century humanities, including those[...]

This collection includes original studies from scholars from thirteen nations, who explore the epistemic features figured in John Dewey's writings in his discourses on public schooling. Pragmatism was one of the weapons used in the struggles about the development of the child who becomes the future [...]

Considered by many to be a landmark examination into the philosophy of education and its importance in a democratic society, John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" will find an appropriate audience among students of not only education, but philosophy and political science as well. The premise of "De[...]

Bertrand Russell's History of Philosophy refers to Dewey as 'generally admitted to be the leading living philosopher of America'. This honourable mention lay partly in his pragmatic theory of meaning, through which so many baffling philosophical problems were claimed to have been solved - as well as[...]

In the spring of 1918 I was invited by Leland Stanford Junior University to give a series of three lectures upon the West Memorial Foundation. One of the topics included within the scope of the Foundation is Human Conduct and Destiny. This volume is the result, as, according to the terms of the Foun[...]