Reading Dewey

<p>John Dewey (1859-1952) hailed during his lifetime as America's Philosopher is now recognized as one of the seminal thinkers of the twentieth century. His critical work ranged more broadly than that of either of his contemporaries Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein and he anticipated by several decades some of their most trenchant insights. Dewey's ground breaking contributions to philosophy psychology and educational theory continue to animate research on the cutting edges of those fields.<br />The twelve original interpretive essays included here locate Dewey's major works within their historical context and present a timely reevaluation of each of the major areas of his broad philosophical reach. They explore his contributions to logic ethics social and political philosophy the philosophies of religion and art metaphysics and the philosophy of the human sciences. They also locate Dewey's work as it relates to the dominant strands of modern philosophy as it participates in the major debates of continental philosophy from phenomenology to post-structuralism and as an early contribution to feminist thought.<br />Contributors are Thomas M. Alexander Raymond D. Boisvert James Campbell James W. Garrison Larry A. Hickman Thelma Z. Lavine Joseph Margolis Peter T. Manicas Gregory F. Pappas Steven C. Rockefeller Charlene Haddock Seigfried and John J. Stuhr.</p>