Project Gutenberg 2012-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 509 Dewey, John 1859 1952 20017102 Reconstruction in Philosophy Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Michael Seow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Reconstruction in Philosophy" by John Dewey is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work explores the transformation of philosophical ideas in light of societal changes and advancements in science, arguing for a new understanding of philosophy that emphasizes its social function rather than its quest for absolute knowledge. Dewey seeks to bridge the gap between traditional concepts of philosophy and contemporary thought by addressing the conflicts between imaginative beliefs and factual knowledge. The opening of the book introduces the idea that human experience is deeply intertwined with memory and imagination, which shape our understanding of the world. Dewey contrasts the human ability to preserve past experiences with that of animals, emphasizing that human recollection transforms raw memories into narratives filled with emotional significance. He argues that this interplay of collective memory and imagination forms the foundation of philosophical thought and discourse. Dewey suggests that to understand the origins and functions of philosophy, one must also consider the influences of social traditions and emotional factors, which give rise to philosophical inquiry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40089/40089-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Philosophy B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 420866 420875 2024-09-17T04:14:09.814926 2023-09-17T12:29:11.790078 text/html text/html 406112 2012-06-26T11:20:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 195747 2012-06-26T11:20:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218370 2024-09-17T04:14:17.864343 application/epub+zip 222887 2024-09-17T04:14:11.629887 application/epub+zip 206784 2024-09-17T04:14:10.708886 application/epub+zip 352827 2024-09-17T04:14:22.041339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301503 2024-09-17T04:14:16.495372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286276 2022-09-18T11:10:37.842262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344374 344146 2024-09-17T04:14:08.810874 2023-09-17T12:29:10.826049 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 344109 2012-06-26T11:20:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 123645 2012-06-26T11:20:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 344101 2012-06-26T11:20:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 123617 2012-06-26T11:20:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19836 2024-09-17T04:14:22.183328 application/rdf+xml 18601 2024-09-17T04:14:10.825907 image/jpeg 3357 2024-09-17T04:14:10.767902 image/jpeg 195912 2024-09-17T04:14:09.849913 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia