Graduation Year
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Granting Department
Philosophy
Major Professor
John P. Anton, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Charles Guignon, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Michael Gibbons, Ph.D.
Keywords
Pragmatism, Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Empiricism
Abstract
This paper will focus on two elements, viz. experience and inquiry, which are central to John Deweys philosophy and their relation to the movement known as pragmatism. Although each of these concepts has received extensive treatment by other schools of thought, the pragmatists, and particularly Dewey, did much to redefine each in hopes of alleviating the tension between conflicting philosophical viewpoints. An explication of Deweys view on experience is the first step in understanding his application of the pragmatic method towards reconstructing philosophical thinking. Therefore, this paper will explore the meaning that Dewey gave to each and how that meaning is helpful to the overall pragmatist project of reuniting philosophical speculation with practical consequences.
Scholar Commons Citation
Kirby, Christopher C., "Experience and Inquiry in John Dewey’s Contextualism" (2005). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/725
