The undiscovered Dewey : religion, morality, and the ethos of democracy / Melvin L. Rogers.
The undiscovered Dewey : religion, morality, and the ethos of democracy / Melvin L. Rogers.
The undiscovered Dewey : religion, morality, and the ethos of democracy / Melvin L. Rogers.
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New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N191/94
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English
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xxi, 328 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Dewey and the problem of intellectual retrieval -- Avoiding the criticism : Dewey's darwinian enlightenment -- Redirection : religious certainty and the quest for meaning -- The plan of this book -- Part I: From certainty to contingency -- Protestant self-assertion and spiritual sick...
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Publisher
New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2009.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2009.
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"The Undiscovered Dewey explores the profound influence of evolution and its corresponding ideas of contingency and uncertainty on John Dewey's philosophy of action, particularly its argument that inquiry proceeds from the uncertainty of human activity." "Melvin L. Rogers explicitly connects Dewey's theory of inquiry to his religious, moral, and po...
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The undiscovered Dewey : religion, morality, and the ethos of democracy / Melvin L. Rogers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N191/94
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74VvmVJkeNWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvmVJkeNWX
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ISBN
0231516169 (ebook)
9780231144865 (hbk.)
0231144865 (hbk.)
9780231516167 (ebook)
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191
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991006533549702626
