 John Dewey and The Philosopher's Taskreviewed by Michael Glassman - 2003  Title: John Dewey and The Philosopher's TaskAuthor(s): Philip W. Jackson Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807741655, Pages: 119, Year: 2002 Search for book at Amazon.com Philip Jackson performs a valuable service (actually more than one) in his new book John Dewey and The Philosopher’s Task.The philosophical baseline of this book is an exploration of Dewey’s conception of “experience” as presented in one of his most important (Jackson says it may be the most important) philosophic renderings, Experience and Nature. The exploration of this concept takes on a literary quality, foreshadowed in the title, because Dewey wrote four versions of the introductory chapter to this book. There is an inherent mystery in this, why four versions of a chapter that is supposed to explain perhaps Dewey’s most basic concept? Why did a philosopher of such deep convictions feel the need to revise and revise yet again, until he determined to replace the very word he held so closely in his work, “experience”, with the word “culture?” Within these obvious mysteries Jackson finds more subtle questions. What exactly did Dewey see as the philosopher’s task? And how did he reconcile his admiration for the simple... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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