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Pragmatism versus Marxism : an appraisal of John Dewey's philosophy

Title: Pragmatism versus Marxism : an appraisal of John Dewey's philosophy / George Novack.
Author: Novack, George, 1905-1992
Publication: New York : Pathfinder Press, 1975.

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Description

320 pages; 22 cm

Alternative Title

Appraisal of John Dewey's philosophy

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 309-312.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Pragmatism: America's national philosophy -- 2. Dewey and the progressive movement -- 3. From Puritanism to Pragmatism -- 4. Ideological sources of Dewey's though -- 5. Peirce, James, and the Chicago school -- 6. The inconsistencies of instrumentalism -- 7. Dewey's conceptions of nature and science -- 8. Dewey's logical method -- 9. The instrumentalist theory of knowledge -- 10. History, society, and politics -- 11. Progressive education -- 12. Dewey's views on ethics -- 13. Instrumentalism put to the test -- 14. Deweyism and Marxism -- 15. The metaphysics of bourgeois democracy -- 16. A new road for the American philosophy -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0873484525
9780873484527
0873484533
9780873484534

LCCN

75010032

OCLC

ocm02053223
2053223
SCSB-171207

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Princeton University Library