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Timeline - John Dewey

By Jonathan Edwards

  • Born 1859

    John Dewey was born on October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont [1]
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    John Dewey's Life

    John Dewey was an American philosopher that led the movement of a philosophical school of thought known as pragmatism, which offers an active engagement of the world to test observations, versus merely passively observing them. Dewey was also a leading educator who sought social reform and a proponent in the educational system; particularly early childhood education. Further writings and work involved fields of functional psychology, education, aesthetics, politics and religion. [1][4]

  • Received Doctorate

    Received Doctorate
    John Dewey received his doctorate degree from Johns Hopkins University, and would later go on to teach at the University of Michigan. [2]

  • Pragmatism: John Dewey would attend the University of Chicago in 1894, and would lead the development of pragmatism.[4]

    Pragmatism: John Dewey would attend the University of Chicago in 1894, and would lead the development of pragmatism.[4]
    According to Richard Field, pragmatism says "inquiry should not be understood as consisting of a mind passively observing the world and drawing from this ideas that if true correspond to reality[4]'.
    It was a more a practical approach to saying that not only passively observing the world to conduct research, but rather to actively engage in it. As Field states, "active manipulation of the environment to test hypotheses".

  • Tenure at Columbia University (1904-1930)

    Tenure at Columbia University (1904-1930)
    Dewey would leave Chicago for New York. Disagreements at the University of Chicago led his departure, where he was quickly invited to Columbia University. During his time there, he would write his most known works including Reconstruction in Philosophy, Human Nature and Conduct, Experience and Nature, The Public and its Problems, and The Quest for Certainty. [6]

  • Wrote Experience and Nature.

    Wrote Experience and Nature.
    Dewey's writing during this book is long and extensive. The summary of his works encompasses the ideas of pragmatism at an early stage. This meant, according to Godfrey-Smith in John Dewey's Experience in Nature,"...relationships between cognition and the environment of the thinker." [3]

  • Bibliography

    Bibliography
    Bibliography:
    [1][2][6]Contributor :James S. Gouinlock
    Title: John Dewey
    Website Name: Encyclopædia Britannica
    Published: May 28, 2018
    URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dewey
    Accessed: June 24, 2018 [3] Godfrey-Smith. petergodfreysmith.com. Accessed: 6/24/18 [4] Author: Richard Field. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
    Title: John Dewey (1859—1952)
    Published: undetermined https://www.iep.utm.edu/dewey/
    Accessed: 6/24/2018