Becoming John Dewey: Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist

Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction: Originality in Social Context Part 1. Sublime Reason and the Comforts of Doubt 1. From Calvinism to Evolutionism 2. Healing an "Inward Laceration" 3. Experimentalist in the Making Part 2. Rendezvous with the New York Avant Garde 4. Contrasting Strategies of Educational Innovation 5. Cultural Disillusionment 6. The Evolution of Mind in Nature Part 3. The Transformational Potential of Consciousness in Art, Politics, and Science 7. Post-Impressionism, Quantum Mechanics, and the Triumph of Phenomenal Experience 8. Communities of Intelligence and the Politics of Spirit 9. The Function of Judgment in Inquiry 10. Locomotion as a Metaphor for Mind Part 4. Naturalism Lost and Found 11. Cultural Pragmatism and the Disappearance of Dewey's Naturalism Conclusion: The Revival of Dewey's Naturalism Notes Bibliography Index