... John Dewey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy and Education by John Dewey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania S... ... upon this particular tool has, however, its dangers—dangers which are not theoretical but exhibited in practice. Why is it, in spite of the fact that... ...ng to Froebel, the actuating force is the presentation of symbols, largely mathematical, corresponding to the essential traits of the Absolute. When t... ...to Froebel, the mystic symbolic value of certain objects and acts (largely mathematical) stand for the Absolute Whole which is in process of unfolding... ...ubject matter to insure its proper inter- action with old. The fundamental theoretical defect of this view lies in ignoring the existence in a living ... ...s depends upon them. For scientific men would have been thought to be mere theoretical dream- ers, totally lacking in social efficiency. It must be bo... ... has been led to foresee (infer) a future eclipse. No matter how great the mathematical probability, the inference is hypothetical—a matter of probabi...

...Excerpt: Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered i...

...tion as Growth ............................................................................................. 46 Chapter Five: Preparation, Unfolding, and Formal Discipline................................................... 58 Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive ........................................................... 74 Chapter Seven: The Democratic C...

...sylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...cally, I cannot discover anything corresponding to the sup- posed act; and theoretically I cannot see that it is indispens- able. We say: “I think so-... ...emischen Empfindungen,” p. 376). It is, in fact, hypothetical, invoked for theoretical uses, and not an out- come of direct observation. No doubt phys... ...unkenness is followed by headache,” and so on. None of these sequences are theoretically invariable, since something may intervene to disturb them. In... ...e sensa- tion. The subject, however, appears to be a logical fiction, like mathematical points and instants. It is introduced, not 99 The Analysis of... ...in our control. I do not wish to assert that this is the whole truth about mathematical propositions, for the question is complicated, and I do not kn... ...e truth is. But I do wish to suggest that the feeling of self-evidence in mathematical propositions has to do with the fact that they are concerned w...

... 7 LECTURE I. RECENT CRITICISMS OF ?CONSCIOUSNESS? ........................................................................... 7 LECTURE II. INSTINCT AND HABIT ................................................................................................................... 29 LECTURE III. DESIRE AND FEELING ...................................................................