Experience and value : essays on John Dewey and pragmatic naturalism / S. Morris Eames ; edited by Elizabeth R. Eames and Richard W. Field
- Author
- Eames, S. Morris (Samuel Morris), 1916-1986
- Additional Titles
- Essays on John Dewey and pragmatic naturalism
- Published
- Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, [2003]
- Copyright Date
- ©2003
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Eames, Elizabeth Ramsden and Field, Richard W., 1957-
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- The leading principles of pragmatic naturalism -- Experience and philosophical method in John Dewey -- Primary experience in the philosophy of John Dewey -- The cognitive and the noncognitive in Dewey's theory of valuation -- Immediate and mediated values -- Valuing, obligation, and evaluation -- Dewey's views of the truth, beauty, and goodness -- General education and the two cultures -- Scientific grounds for valuational norms -- Creativity and democracy -- The lost individual and religious unity -- Religion as the quality of excellence.
- Summary
- "Experience and Value: Essays on John Dewey and Pragmatic Naturalism brings together twelve philosophical essays spanning the career of noted Dewey scholar, S. Morris Eames. The volume includes both critiques and interpretations of important issues in John Dewey's value theory as well as the application of Eames's pragmatic naturalism in addressing contemporary problems in social theory, education, and religion."--Jacket.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 1429417501 (electronic bk.)
9781429417501 (electronic bk.) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158) and index.
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