Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies And Interpretations (the Vanderbilt Library Of American Philosophy)

Despite the resurgence of interest in the philosophy of John Dewey, his work on logical theory has received relatively little attention. Ironically, Dewey's logic was his "first and last love." The essays in this collection pay tribute to that love by addressing Dewey's philosophy of logic, from his work at the beginning of the twentieth century to the culmination of his logical thought in the 1938 volume, Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. All the essays are original to this volume and are written by leading Dewey scholars. Ranging from discussions of propositional theory to logic's social and ethical implications, these essays clarify often misunderstood or misrepresented aspects of Dewey's work, while emphasizing the seminal role of logic to Dewey's philosophical endeavors.This collection breaks new ground in its relevance to contemporary philosophy of logic and epistemology and pays special attention to applications in ethics and moral philosophy. The Aesthetics Of Reality : The Development Of Dewey's Ecological Theory Of Experience / Thomas Alexander -- Logic And Judgments Of Practice / Jennifer Welchman -- Experimental Logic : Normative Theory Or Natural History? / Vincent Colapietro -- The Logical Reconstruction Of Experience : Dewey And Lewis / Sandra Rosenthal -- Dewey And Quine On The Logic Of What There Is / John Shook -- Prospects For Mathematizing Dewey's Logical Theory / Tom Burke -- Designation, Characterization, And Theory In Dewey's Logic / Douglas Browning -- Dewey's Logical Forms / Hans Seigfried -- The Role Of Measurement In Inquiry / Jayne Tristan -- Qualities, Universals, Kinds, And The New Riddle Of Induction / Tom Burke -- Achieving Pluralism (why Aids Activists Are Different From Creationists) / John Capps -- The Teachers Union Fight And The Scope Of Dewey's Logic / Michael Eldridge -- Power/inquiry : The Logic Of Pragmatism / John Stuhr. Edited By F. Thomas Burke, D. Micah Hester, And Robert B. Talisse ; Foreword By Larry Hickman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. John Dewey's logical theory received relatively little attention throughout most of the twentieth century, but recently there has been a resurgence of interest in that work. The essays in this collection address many aspects of Dewey's philosophy of logic, from his work at the beginning of the twentieth century to the culmination of his logical thought in the 1938 volume, Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. All the essays are original to this volume and are written by leading Dewey scholars. Ranging from discussions of propositional theory to logic's social and ethical implications, these essays clarify often misunderstood or misrepresented aspects of Dewey's work, while emphasizing the seminal role of logic to Dewey's philosophical endeavors. This collection breaks new ground in its relevance to contemporary philosophy of logic and epistemology and pays special attention to applications in ethics and moral philosophy. Hocking In His Own Words -- 1. What Does Philosophy Say? -- 2. Preface To The 1912 Edition -- 3. Fact, Field And Destiny : Inductive Elements Of Metaphysics -- 4. The Self And Nature -- 5. Passage Beyond Modernity : The Possible Universality Of Solitude -- 6. The Human Will -- 7.a. The Knowledge Of Other Minds Than Our Own -- 7.b. Such Knowledge As We Could Desire -- 7.c. That Knowledge We Have -- 8.a. Are Group Minds Real? -- 8.b. Will Circuits -- 9. Institutions And Change -- 10. The Dialectic Of Liberalism -- 11. The Future Of Liberalism -- 12. Astronomy, Physics And World-meaning -- 13. Faith And World Order -- 14. Vox Dei -- 15. The Unifying Of History -- 16. The Last Fact -- 17. Confessio Fidei. John Lachs, D. Micah Hester, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.