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Philosophical Study Of Dewey’s Pragmatism

Posted on:2016-12-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330464453576Subject:Foreign philosophy
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From the beginning of the 19th century to the mid-20th century, the period ゝ social transformation in the United States, or that American values remodeling period, exploring on social issues appears, Dewey proposed his own system of philosophy. On the one hand he absorbed Hegel, Darwin and James and others parts of thought, formed from his "experience" philosophy, while its "experience" philosophy is based on building his entire philosophy of pragmatism system. The so-called Dewey’s "pragmatism" political philosophy is based on its re-discuss "democracy" to expand the concept of the core. Its "pragmatism" educational theory is based on its "empiricism" as the center of epistemology. From the development of pragmatism, the basic concept as the starting Dewey. To study the theoretical side by side with the actual research methods, hoping thereby to guide practice.Pragmatism is considered the founder of American Peirce, whose principle Peirce made famous from the perspective of science to create a suitable logical thinking in various disciplines, namely, "to think about the concept of our object in the real sense What may be some effect on. In this case, our conception of these effects is that we all about the concept of this object."If Peirce presented the basic concepts of pragmatism, then William James ·This is clear this concept, he absorbed Peirce’s theory, and the writing of "pragmatism", since as the "pragmatism" is the true meaning of philosophical schools began to appear in the academic community. James combines his "stream of consciousness" has enriched the epistemological theory of pragmatism, that empiricism. Meanwhile advocated methods of scientific experiments to study psychology.If pragmatism Peirce to provide the basic theory can be exploitable, James is the formation of a philosophical school of pragmatism. Dewey is established then the whole theoretical edifice Pragmatism, Dewey its "empiricism" starting to build its pragmatic philosophical system. Which also includes its "instrumentalist" View of Truth, "experimentalism" research methodology, the "new individualism" view of freedom and democracy concept and presents its educational theory and political theory.Dewey’s pragmatism critique of the traditional dualistic view of Western philosophy, emphasizing the role of experience, and redefined the concept of experience.Dewey the experience as a whole that it includes organisms and organisms in which specific environment. Subjective consciousness is not just the human experience, including the process of his people, the experience gained and lessons learned specific scene, as well as the object of experience, and include concrete results arising therefrom. Its theoretical perspectives experience determines its characteristic philosophy.Dewey philosophy includes three features:usability, practicality and inquiry. First, because starting from experience, experience is the source of life, and the core experience of the people. So the theory is useful, or whether the theory can people achieve the desired results in life have become the standard theory is reasonable or not. So practicality theory has become a hallmark of his theory. Secondly, practical and theoretical gene Dewey theory determines its methods must be practical theory. In fact, several landmark pragmatism philosophers have a profound natural science background, and its emphasis on practice can imagine. At the same time based on the life of pragmatism impossible not to pay attention to the practice. Again, pragmatism in fact no clear worldview, he proposed a set of methods should be called. Pragmatism does not think his understanding of the origin of the world, and he does not deny that other philosophers proposed worldview. As the evaluation of future generations, if philosophy is a house, different philosophical and religious ideas which are in different rooms, and Pragmatism is the corridor outside. This is also in line with the pragmatic theory of Truth View exploratory characteristics.In this paper, since the new period of reform and opening-up in our country, to study foreign philosophy including Dewey thought, on the basis of Dewey’s "pragmatism" philosophy for the cautious, carding and research objective. From the social background and the pragmatism philosophy on the basis of theory, combined the American social characteristics, analyzes how Dewey’s theory of pragmatism philosophy has carried on the inheritance and development. And Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy concept are briefly stated. The us with its instrumentalism, pragmatism, empirical and liberalism, expounds the main contents of Dewey’s "pragmatism" philosophy. Combing the structure of the Dewey’s pragmatism, analyses the truth of the Dewey’s pragmatism and values, tells the story of political philosophy of pragmatism philosophy and philosophy of education contains significance as well as its influence on society. And through the description of the properties of Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy, explained the theory of the Dewey’spragmatism content of the system.Based on Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy of rational analysis and research, combining with the characteristics of its philosophy, from the Angle of theory on the objective of Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy is briefly evaluated. From three aspects of philosophy, education, politics, the reasonable analysis of the rationality and limitations of Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy. Then make us more systematic understanding of the Dewey pragmatism, and made us on to Dewey thought learning have more clear cognition.
Keywords/Search Tags:John·Dewey, pragmatism, content, evaluate
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