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John Dewey was the foremost philosophical figure and public
intellectual in early to mid-twentieth century America. He is still
the most academically cited Anglophone philosopher of the past
century, and is among the most cited Americans of any century. In
this comprehensive volume spanning thirty-five chapters, leading
scholars help researchers access particular aspects of Dewey's
thought, navigate the enormous and rapidly developing literature,
and participate in current scholarship in light of prospects in key
topical areas. Beginning with a framing essay by Philip Kitcher
calling for a transformation of philosophical research inspired by
Dewey, contributors interpret, appraise, and critique Dewey's
philosophy under the following headings: Metaphysics; Epistemology,
Science, Language, and Mind; Ethics, Law, and the Starting Point;
Social and Political Philosophy, Race, and Feminist Philosophy;
Philosophy of Education; Aesthetics; Instrumental Logic, Philosophy
of Technology, and the Unfinished Project of Modernity; Dewey in
Cross-Cultural Dialogue; The American Philosophical Tradition, the
Social Sciences, and Religion; and Public Philosophy and Practical
Ethics.
Moral Soundings takes a fresh new approach to introducing students
and general readers to contemporary ethics. Rather than surveying
the standard fare in a typical anthology format, Furrow collects
diversified essays around a structured theme: does Western culture
face a moral crisis of values? Prominent voices in the humanities
and social sciences provide a range of perspectives on a
concentrated set of ethical questions dealing with such topics as
family values, the morality of capitalism, the benefits and dangers
of new technologies, global conflict, and the role of religion.
Unlike point/counterpoint books that often oversimplify the
complexity of ethical questions, the readings in Moral Soundings
provoke critical engagement and help students to recognize and
emulate the logical development of arguments-all in engaging and
easily accessible language. Readings are supplemented with helpful
chapter introductions, study questions, and strategically placed
editorial commentary to encourage further discussion and
reflection. These features make Moral Soundings an ideal primary or
supplementary text for undergraduate courses in ethics,
contemporary moral issues, and social and political philosophy.
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Dewey (Hardcover)
Steven Fesmire
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R5,370
Discovery Miles 53 700
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was the dominant voice in American
philosophy through the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the
nascent years of the Cold War. With a professional career spanning
three generations and a profile that no public intellectual has
operated on in the U.S. since, Dewey's biographer Robert Westbrook
accurately describes him as "the most important philosopher in
modern American history." In this superb and engaging introduction,
Steven Fesmire begins with a chapter on Dewey's life and works,
before discussing and assessing Dewey's key ideas across the major
disciplines in philosophy; including metaphysics, epistemology,
aesthetics, ethics, educational philosophy, social-political
philosophy, and religious philosophy. This is an invaluable
introduction and guide to this deeply influential philosopher and
his legacy, and essential reading for anyone coming to Dewey's work
for the first time.
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Dewey (Paperback)
Steven Fesmire
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R890
Discovery Miles 8 900
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Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was the dominant voice in American
philosophy through the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the
nascent years of the Cold War. With a professional career spanning
three generations and a profile that no public intellectual has
operated on in the U.S. since, Dewey's biographer Robert Westbrook
accurately describes him as "the most important philosopher in
modern American history." In this superb and engaging introduction,
Steven Fesmire begins with a chapter on Dewey's life and works,
before discussing and assessing Dewey's key ideas across the major
disciplines in philosophy; including metaphysics, epistemology,
aesthetics, ethics, educational philosophy, social-political
philosophy, and religious philosophy. This is an invaluable
introduction and guide to this deeply influential philosopher and
his legacy, and essential reading for anyone coming to Dewey's work
for the first time.
John Dewey was the foremost philosophical figure and public
intellectual in early to mid-twentieth century America. He is still
the most academically cited Anglophone philosopher of the past
century, and is among the most cited Americans of any century. In
this comprehensive volume spanning thirty-five chapters, leading
scholars help researchers access particular aspects of Dewey's
thought, navigate the enormous and rapidly developing literature,
and participate in current scholarship in light of prospects in key
topical areas. Beginning with a framing essay by Philip Kitcher
calling for a transformation of philosophical research inspired by
Dewey, contributors interpret, appraise, and critique Dewey's
philosophy under the following headings: Metaphysics; Epistemology,
Science, Language, and Mind; Ethics, Law, and the Starting Point;
Social and Political Philosophy, Race, and Feminist Philosophy;
Philosophy of Education; Aesthetics; Instrumental Logic, Philosophy
of Technology, and the Unfinished Project of Modernity; Dewey in
Cross-Cultural Dialogue; The American Philosophical Tradition, the
Social Sciences, and Religion; and Public Philosophy and Practical
Ethics.
While examining the important role of imagination in making
moral judgments, John Dewey and Moral Imagination focuses new
attention on the relationship between American pragmatism and
ethics. Steven Fesmire takes up threads of Dewey s thought that
have been largely unexplored and elaborates pragmatism s
distinctive contribution to understandings of moral experience,
inquiry, and judgment. Building on two Deweyan notions that moral
character, belief, and reasoning are part of a social and
historical context and that moral deliberation is an imaginative,
dramatic rehearsal of possibilities Fesmire shows that moral
imagination can be conceived as a process of aesthetic perception
and artistic creativity. Fesmire s original readings of Dewey shed
new light on the imaginative process, human emotional make-up and
expression, and the nature of moral judgment. This original book
presents a robust and distinctly pragmatic approach to ethics,
politics, moral education, and moral conduct."
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