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The Later Works of John Dewey, Volume 4, 1925 - 1953: The Quest for Certainty (Dewey, John//Later Works, 1925-1953)
The Later Works of John Dewey Volume 4 1925 1953 The Quest for Certainty - Dewey, John//Later Works, 1925-1953 Author:John Dewey This volume provides an authoritative edition of Dewey’s The Quest for Certainty: A Study of the Relation Between Knowledge and Action. The book is made up of the Gifford Lectures delivered April-May 1929 at the University of Edinburgh. Writing to Sidney Hook, Dewey described this work as a criticism of philosophy as attempt... more »ing to attain theoretical certainty.” In the Philosophical Review Max C. Otto later elaborated: Mr. Dewey wanted, so far as lay in his power, to crumble into dust, once and for all, `the chief fortress of the classic philosophical tradition.”« less