John Dewey's Later Logical Theory

260 Pages·2020·1.277 MB·English

by  James Scott Johnston

JOHN DEWEY’S
LATER
LOGICAL THEORY
SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
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Randall E. Auxier and John R. Shook, editors
JOHN DEWEY’S
LATER
LOGICAL THEORY
JAMES SCOTT JOHNSTON
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Title: John Dewey’s Later Logical Theory / James Scott Johnston, author.
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Contents
List of Tables vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Dewey’s Logical Education, 1915–1937: From Lectures on the
Types of Logical Theory to Logic: The Theory of Inquiry 9
Chapter 2
Dewey’s Logical Development 1916–1924 35
Chapter 3
Dewey’s Logical Development 1925–1932 75
Chapter 4
Dewey’s Logical Development 1933–1937 131
Appendix 1 175
Notes 179
References 223
Index 233

Tables
1 Dewey’s Logical Development 1915 33
2 Dewey’s Logical Development 1916–1924 73
3 Dewey’s Logical Development 1925–1932 129
4 Dewey’s Logical Development 1933–1937 173
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Acknowledgments
This book began as an extension of the themes of John Dewey’s Earlier
Logical Theory into the period 1916-1937. As such, it had its germina-
tion back in 2008, when I first broached the idea of a chronological
accounting and discussion of Dewey’s 40 year’s journey to Logic: The
Theory of Inquiry. The research for this book began in earnest in 2013,
with a visit to the Center for Dewey Studies and two weeks of inten-
sive reading of Dewey’s papers and familiarization with the then newly
published Lectures.
I wish to acknowledge the following individuals for their assistance
in the coming-to-be of this book:
To Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman for reading and commenting
on earlier drafts.
To Larry Hickman and James Downhour at (now shuttered) Cen-
ter for Dewey Studies at S.I.U. in Carbondale, Il for their hospitality
in hosting me during my session with the Special Collections at the
Morris Library.
To Arthur Sullivan for conversations regarding Bertrand Russell.
To graduate students Michelle Mahoney and Emma Pearce for help
with Dewey’s voluminous correspondence.
To graduate student Bryan Heystee for helping me to compile the
index.
To graduate student Liu Jia for help with collecting the vast sec-
ondary literature related to Dewey’s Logic.
Finally, I wish to thank Education Sciences for the use of material on
pp. 41–44 and 46–48 from “The Logic of Democracy and Education,”
Education Sciences, 7, 2, 2017, 1–8.
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