The Middle Works, 1899-1924

by Dewey, John; Boydston, Jo Ann; Ross, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780809328086
• ISBN10: 0809328089
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

In his lucid and perceptive introduction, Ralph Ross states that the fifty-three items constituting this volume "defend Dewey's beliefs at sixty-three, and look forward to what he was yet to write." Dewey's lifelong concern with the process of growth is strongly reflected in these pages. As Ross observes, this process of growth "continues, if we are fortunate, until each life ends. John Dewey was fortunate." Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Essays	p. 1
Valuation and Experimental Knowledge	p. 3
Knowledge and Speech Reaction	p. 29
Realism without Monism or Dualism	p. 40
An Analysis of Reflective Thought	p. 61
Is China a Nation?	p. 72
The Far Eastern Deadlock	p. 79
The Consortium in China	p. 86
Old China and New	p. 93
New Culture in China	p. 108
Hinterlands in China	p. 121
Divided China	p. 127
Shantung Again	p. 139
The Tenth Anniversary of the Republic of China	p. 147
Federalism in China	p. 149
China and Disarmament	p. 156
A Parting of the Ways for America	p. 159
The Issues at Washington	p. 173
Shrewd Tactics Are Shown in Chinese Plea	p. 191
Four Principles for China	p. 194
Underground Burrows	p. 197
Angles of Shantung Question	p. 201
The Conference and a Happy Ending	p. 204
Chinese Resignations	p. 209
Three Results of Treaty	p. 212
A Few Second Thoughts on Four-Power Pact	p. 213
As the Chinese Think	p. 217
America and Chinese Education	p. 228
The Siberian Republic	p. 233
The Far Eastern Republic: Siberia and Japan	p. 240
Racial Prejudice and Friction	p. 242
Public Opinion in Japan	p. 255
Some Factors in Mutual National Understanding	p. 262
Education	p. 272
Events and Meanings	p. 276
Industry and Motives	p. 281
Classicism as an Evangel	p. 286
Mediocrity and Individuality	p. 289
Individuality, Equality and Superiority	p. 295
The American Intellectual Frontier	p. 301
Pragmatic America	p. 306
Social Absolutism	p. 311
Education as a Religion	p. 317
Education as Engineering	p. 323
Education as Politics	p. 329
Reviews	p. 335
Review of Public Opinion	p. 337
Review of Prime Ministers and Presidents by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill and of The Rising Temper of the East by Frazier Hunt	p. 345
Syllabus: Types of Philosophic Thought	p. 349
Contribution to Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Education	p. 397
Miscellany	p. 407
Rejoinder to Dora W. Black's "American Policy in China"	p. 409
Foreword to Salmon O. Levinson's Outlawry of War	p. 411
First Introduction to Scudder Klyce's Universe	p. 412
Reply to "Liberalism and Irrationalism"	p. 421
Report of Interview with Dewey	p. 423
Report	p. 425
Appendixes	p. 431
Abstracts of Kaizo Articles	p. 433
Pragmatism Versus the Pragmatist	p. 443
Professor Dewey's Analysis of Thought	p. 482
Letter of Inquiry	p. 492
American Policy in China	p. 494
Liberalism and Irrationalism	p. 496
Textual Apparatus	p. 501
Textual Commentary	p. 503
Emendations List	p. 510
Alterations in Syllabus and Foreword	p. 529
Line-end Hyphenation	p. 532
Substantive Variants in Quotations	p. 534
Checklist of Dewey's References	p. 540
Index	p. 553
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