John Dewey | |
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Born | 20 October 1859 Burlington, Vermont, Unitit States |
Dee'd | 1 Juin 1952 New York Ceety, New York, Unitit States | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Varsity o Vermont Johns Hopkins Varsity |
Era | 20t-century philosophy |
Schuil | Pragmatism |
Institutions | Varsity o Michigan Varsity o Chicago Varsity o Chicago Laboratory Schuils Columbia Varsity |
Main interests | Philosophy o eddication, epistemology, jurnalism, ethics |
Notable ideas | Reflective thinkin[1] American Association of University Professors Immediate empiricism Inquiry intae Moscow shaw trials aboot Trotsky Eddicational progressivism |
John Dewey (/ˈduːi/; October 20, 1859 – Juin 1, 1952) wis an American philosopher, psychologist, an eddicational reformer whase ideas hae been influential in eddication an social reform. Dewey is ane o the primary figurs associatit wi the philosophy o pragmatism an is conseedert ane o the foonders o functional psychology. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Dewey as the 93rd maist citit psychologist o the 20t century.[2] A well-kent public intellectual, he wis a major vyce o progressive eddication an liberalism anaa.[3][4] Awtho Dewey is kent best for his furthsettins anent education, he wrate aboot sindry ither topics anaa, includin epistemology, metapheesics, aesthetics, airt, logic, social theory, an ethics.