What is pragmatism?
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Grade Levels
| 11, 12, Undergraduate, Graduate |
Unit Keywords
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Rationale of the Unit
| Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition which questions the traditional separations of theory and practice. Rather than asking what is true, it asks what is productive for further inquiry. |
Background and Resources
Background
The Wikipedia entries for Jane Addams and John Dewey.
See presentations on:
Dewey, John (1896). The reflex arc concept in psychology. Psychological Review, 3, 357-370.
Explore the Adelbert Ames illusions. See whether you can locate the rotating trapezoid.
Resources
Ames, Adelbert (1952). The Ames demonstrations in perception . New York, Hafner.
Bentley, Arthur F. (1954). Inquiries into inquiry: Essays in social theory . Boston: Beacon.
Burke, F. Thomas, Hester, D. Micah, & Talisse, Robert B. (Eds.) (2002). Dewey's logical theory: New studies and interpretations. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1986). Becoming critical: Education, knowledge, and action research . London: Falmer.
Dewey, John (1916). Essays in experimental logic . Chicago: University of Chicago.
Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and education . New York: Collier.
Dewey, John (1920). Reconstruction in Philosophy . Boston: Beacon.
West, Cornel (1989). The American evasion of philosophy: A genealogy of pragmatism . Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. §§3: The coming-of-age of American pragmatism: John Dewey (pp. 69-111).
Other Inquiry Units
See also Eric Howes's The works of John Dewey: A Brief Overview resources on the web,
and Pamela Brown-Seely's How can I build a list of links devoted to John Dewey, inquiry based learning and alternative education?
Courses
Pragmatic Technology course |
Activities and Open-ended problems
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