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The very problem of mind and body suggests division; I do not know of anything so disastrously affected by the habit of division as this particular theme. In its discussion are reflected the splitting off from each other of religion, morals and science; the divorce of philosophy from science and of both from the arts of conduct. The evils which we suffer in education, in religion, in the materialism of business and the aloofness of “intellectuals” from life, in the whole separation of knowledge and practice — all testify to the necessity of seeing mind-body as an integral whole.
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We only think when we are confronted with a problem.
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The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity.
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Birth: | 20th October, 1859 |
Death: | 1st June, 1952 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Philosopher, Psychologist |
John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. He was an American philosopher, psychologist and educator. He is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd most cited psychologist of the 20th century. A well-known public intellectual, he was also a major voice of progressive education and liberalism. He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1879. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He served as professor at the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Chicago. He served as professor of philosophy at Columbia University from 1904-1930. He wrote several books include: The School and Society, The child and the curriculum, How We Think, Democracy and Education, Reconstruction in philosophy, Human nature and conduct, Experience and Nature, The Quest for Certainty, Art as Experience, Logic, the theory of inquiry, Experience and Education, and Freedom and Culture.
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