Project Gutenberg 2012-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 182 Dewey, John 1859 1952 Essays in Experimental Logic The relationship of thought and its subject-matter -- The antecedents and stimuli of thinking -- Data and meanings -- The objects of thought -- Some stages of logical thought -- The logical character of ideas -- The control of ideas by facts -- Naïve realism vs. presentative realism -- Epistemological realism: the alleged ubiquity of the knowledge relation -- The existence of the world as a logical problem -- What pragmatism means by practical -- An added note as to the "practical" -- The logic of judgments of practice. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Essays in Experimental Logic" by John Dewey is a philosophical work written in the early 20th century. The text delves into the intricacies of logic and thought, attempting to bridge the gap between intellectual processes and the experiences that inform them. At its core, the book argues for an understanding of knowledge as an experiential and experimental endeavor, underscoring how reflection and inquiry play essential roles in shaping human understanding. The opening of the essays presents an introduction to Dewey's foundational ideas. He emphasizes the relationship between experience and knowledge, positing that knowledge arises from reflection upon a prior, non-reflective stage of experience that is rich in social and contextual elements. Dewey argues that thinking should not be viewed as an isolated mental activity but rather as an integral part of our active engagements with the world. Moreover, he seeks to clarify misconceptions surrounding the relationship between thought and the objects of knowledge, insisting on the importance of grounding philosophical discussions within real-world experiences. This sets the stage for later essays that further explore the dynamics of logic and inquiry in shaping both individual understanding and collective knowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Logic Thought and thinking Realism BC Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 771116 771125 2024-09-17T08:09:10.299231 2023-09-17T16:13:08.379268 text/html text/html 773045 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 257234 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 332864 2024-09-17T08:09:20.456190 application/epub+zip 338686 2024-09-17T08:09:12.570249 application/epub+zip 338687 2024-09-17T08:09:11.281280 application/epub+zip 622447 2024-09-17T08:09:26.535131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563886 2024-09-17T08:09:19.330187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563941 2022-09-18T16:28:04.866122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 695233 695107 2024-09-17T08:09:08.984219 2023-09-17T16:13:07.320257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 695038 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 241578 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 695058 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241512 2012-09-19T07:22:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20939 2024-09-17T08:09:26.677140 application/rdf+xml 17047 2024-09-17T08:09:11.665225 image/jpeg 4192 2024-09-17T08:09:11.473214 image/jpeg 312312 2024-09-17T08:09:10.359268 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