Person
John Dewey
Pragmatist philosopher of inquiry, democracy, and education whose work links experience, habit, and public problem-solving.
Why this matters
Dewey grounds how correction, learning, and democratic judgment stay tied to lived practice rather than abstract certainty.
Works6 sources
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Ethics
Dewey, John. Ethics. 2nd ed. 1932. Reprint, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989.
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Experience and Education
Dewey, John. Experience and Education. New York: Macmillan, 1938.
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Experience and Nature
Dewey, John. Experience and Nature. 1925. Reprint, Mineola, NY: Dover, 1958.
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Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology
Dewey, John. Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology. New York: Henry Holt, 1922.
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The Public and Its Problems
Dewey, John. The Public and Its Problems. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1954. First published 1927.
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The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of
Dewey, John. The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation of Knowledge and Action. New York: Minton, Balch, 1929.
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Related books3 books
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After Certainty
How to Live and Judge When Understanding is not Enough
How to live and judge once explanation reaches its limits—judgment, responsibility, and participation without replacement frameworks.
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How Trust Forms
Why Participation Becomes Possible
How people become willing to participate with one another under uncertainty—beliefs, actions, outcomes, and the trust cycle.
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When Trust Stops Tracking Reality
Why Good Intentions Sometimes Become Harmful
How trust drifts from evidence when good intentions stop learning from feedback—through the fictional arc of Calder Family Health and real institutional patterns.
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