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Ideas of John Dewey, by Text
[American, 1859 - 1952, Born in Burlington.]
1910
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The Middle Works (15 vols, ed Boydston)
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12:181
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p.85
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22871
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The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate
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12:199
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p.121
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22876
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Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities
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14:22
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p.25
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22865
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Habits constitute the self
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15:176
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p.111
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22874
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Individuality is only developed within groups
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4:180
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p.45
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22868
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The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity
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9:93
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p.119
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22875
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Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living
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p.123
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8478
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Dewey argued long before Wittgenstein that there could not seriously be a private language [Orenstein]
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1929
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The Quest for Certainty
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p.39
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p.194
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21516
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We want certainty in order to achieve secure results for action
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1930
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The Later Works (17 vols, ed Boydston)
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10:267
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p.31
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22866
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Mind is never isolated, but only exists in its interactions
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11:287
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p.103
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22873
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Liberalism should improve the system, and not just ameliorate it
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11:41
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p.103
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22872
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Liberals aim to allow individuals to realise their capacities
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12:16
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p.59
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22869
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Knowledge is either the product of competent enquiry, or it is meaningless
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12:16
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p.61
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22870
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No belief can be so settled that it is not subject to further inquiry
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4:7
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p.40
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22867
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The quest for certainty aims for peace, and avoidance of the stress of action
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6:19
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p.1
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22864
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Philosophy is the study and criticsm of cultural beliefs, to achieve new possibilities
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9:29
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p.198
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22879
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'God' is an imaginative unity of ideal values
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9:53
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p.183
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22877
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We should try attaching the intensity of religious devotion to intelligent social action
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9:57
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p.202
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22880
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The things in civilisation we prize are the products of other members of our community
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9:7
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p.189
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22878
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Religions are so shockingly diverse that they have no common element
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