Although primarily addressed to the general reader, the introduction and the last chapters of this work strike straight at reactionary philosophers who obstruct the philosophers who are honest searchers for wisdom. John Dewey was the most famous teacher of philosophy in the early twentieth century, and he was known for his lifelong work to reform America's educational system. Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1859 to strict Calvinist parents. After graduating from the University of Vermont, Dewey taught high school ...
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Although primarily addressed to the general reader, the introduction and the last chapters of this work strike straight at reactionary philosophers who obstruct the philosophers who are honest searchers for wisdom. John Dewey was the most famous teacher of philosophy in the early twentieth century, and he was known for his lifelong work to reform America's educational system. Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1859 to strict Calvinist parents. After graduating from the University of Vermont, Dewey taught high school and studied philosophy in his spare time. He finished his doctorate degree at Johns Hopkins University and continued to teach at various universities around the country, finally landing at Columbia University. While in New York, Dewey became involved in political groups and founded what would become the progressive education movement, which purported that students should learn to think for themselves to become active participants of a democratic society. He was also a founding member of the NAACP and the ACLU. At this time, Dewey was influenced by Karl Marx, and after traveling to different countries to study their educational systems, praised Soviet education and came under scrutiny in the United States. Dewey continued his political and philosophical efforts until his death in 1952.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. A Very Good or slightly better copy in yellow hard covers, in a rubbed and lightly edge-worn Very Good dust jacket (not price-clipped). Tanning at the top edge of the text block, clean/unmarked within, with little cover wear. (Not ex-library. )
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Very good in good jacket. NOT an ex library book. 311 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 3/4" chip top of spine above the title. Price is not clipped.
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Fair. Cloth boards, Book is in nice overall condition, a few pages have highlighting. Pages 145-205 have a production error where there is a tiny nick on outer edge.
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Very Good in Good jacket. First edition. Endpapers with faint offsetting, covers lightly soiled, corners and spine ends slightly bumped, about very good in a good only dust jacket with a large chip on front panel affecting the title, a few other small chips and tears and modest wear to the extremities. An examination of problems in society, broken into four parts: "Democracy and Education", "Human Nature and Scholarship", "Value and Thought" and a section devoted to thinkers Marsh, James and Whitehead.
