Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas Of A Philosopher And Naturalist; Author: Dalton, Thomas Carlyle; Hardback; Book

Author: Dalton, Thomas Carlyle
Hardback; Book
416 pages
Published: August 2002
Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253340829

As one of America's public intellectuals, John Dewey was engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more than just a philosopher; it compelled him to become thoroughly familiar with the theories and methods of physics, psychology, and neurosciences, as well as become engaged in educational and social reform. Tapping archival sources and Dewey's extensive correspondence, Dalton reveals that Dewey had close personal and intellectual tiesto scientists and scholars who helped form the mature expression of his thought. Dewey's relationships with F. M. Alexander, Henri Matisse, Niels Bohr, Myrtle McGraw, and Lawrence K. Frank, among otheTapping archival sources and Dewey's extensive correspondence, Thomas Dalton reveals that Dewey had close personal and intellectual ties to scientists and scholars that were influential in forming the mature expression of his thought.