The undiscovered Dewey : religion, morality, and the ethos of democracy /

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Author / Creator:Rogers, Melvin L., author.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
©2009
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166075
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ISBN:9780231516167
0231516169
1299441440
9781299441446
9780231144865
0231144865
9780231144872
0231144873
Digital file characteristics:text file
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-318) and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed October 7, 2020)
Summary:The Undiscovered Dewey explores the profound influence of evolution and its corresponding ideas of contingency and uncertainty on John Dewey's philosophy of action, particularly its argument that inquiry proceeds from the uncertainty of human activity. Dewey separated the meaningfulness of inquiry from a larger metaphysical story concerning the certainty of human progress. He then connected this thread to the way in which our reflective capacities aid us in improving our lives. Dewey therefore launched a new understanding of the modern self that encouraged intervention in socia.
Other form:Print version: Rogers, Melvin L. Undiscovered Dewey. New York : Columbia University Press, 2009 9780231144865
Standard no.:10.7312/roge14486