The Later Works of John Dewey 1925-1953, Volume 16
1949-1952 Essays, Typescripts, and Knowing and the Known

John Dewey (Author), Jo Ann Boydston (Edited by)

9780809328260

Paperback / softback, published 28 April 2008

598 pages
21 x 13.7 x 4.3 cm, 0.92 kg

Typescripts, essays, and an authoritative edition of Knowing and the known, Dewey's collaborative work with Arthur F. Bentley. In an illuminating introduction T. Z. Lavine defines the collaboration's three goals-the construction of a new language for behavioral inquiry, a critique of formal logicians, in defense of Dewey's Logic, and a critique of logical positivism. In Dewey's words: Largely due to Bentley, I've finally got the nerve inside of me to do what I should have done years ago. What is it to be a linguistic sign or name? and Values, valuations, and social facts, ' both written in 1945, are published here for the first time