John Dewey

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born

October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont, The United States

died

June 01, 1952

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male

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Philosophy, Psychology, Education

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John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophy of pragmatism and of functional psychology. He was a major representative of the progressive and progressive populist philosophies of schooling during the first half of the 20th century in the USA.

Although Dewey is known best for his publications concerning education, he also wrote about many other topics, including experience, nature, art, logic, inquiry, democracy, and ethics. Despite the technology not having existed during his lifetime, Dewey also predicted the rise of text messagin...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 2,474 ratings · 211 reviews · 174 distinct works

	Art as Experience 3.95 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Experience and Education 3.79 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 1938 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Democracy and Education 3.90 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1916 — 60 editions	My rating:
	The School and Society and The Child and the Curriculum by John Dewey, Philip W. Jackson (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	My rating:
	How We Think 3.71 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1910 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Public & Its Problems 3.76 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1954 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Experience and Nature 4.15 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1925 — 13 editions	My rating:
	A Common Faith 3.56 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1934 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Reconstruction in Philosophy 3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1919 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Human Nature And Conduct 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1921 — 22 editions	My rating:

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“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
― John Dewey

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“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination. ”
― John Dewey, The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action

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“We only think when confronted with a problem.”
― John Dewey

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