The Middle Works of John Dewey 1899 - 1924

by Dewey, John; Boydston, Jo Ann; Murphey, Murray G.

• ISBN13: 9780809328093
• ISBN10: 0809328097
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

An authoritative edition of Human Nature and Conduct, this work sets forth John Dewey's view that habits are social functions, and that social phenomena, such as habit and custom and scientific methods of inquiry, are both moral and natural. Dewey concludes, "Within the flickering inconsequential acts of separate selves dwells a sense of the whole which claims and dignifies them. In its presence we put off mortality and live in the universal."

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Human Nature and Conduct	p. 1
Preface	p. 3
Introduction	p. 4
The Place of Habit in Conduct	p. 13
Habits as Social Functions	p. 15
Habits and Will	p. 21
Character and Conduct	p. 33
Custom and Habit	p. 43
Custom and Morality	p. 54
Habit and Social Psychology	p. 60
The Place of Impulse in Conduct	p. 63
Impulses and Change of Habits	p. 65
Plasticity of Impulse	p. 69
Changing Human Nature	p. 76
Impulse and Conflict of Habits	p. 88
Classification of Instincts	p. 92
No Separate Instincts	p. 104
Impulse and Thought	p. 117
The Place of Intelligence in Conduct	p. 119
Habit and Intelligence	p. 121
The Psychology of Thinking	p. 127
The Nature of Deliberation	p. 132
Deliberation and Calculation	p. 139
The Uniqueness of Good	p. 146
The Nature of Aims	p. 154
The Nature of Principles	p. 164
Desire and Intelligence	p. 171
The Present and Future	p. 182
Conclusion	p. 191
The Good of Activity	p. 193
Morals Are Human	p. 204
What Is Freedom?	p. 209
Morality Is Social	p. 216
Foreword to the 1930 Modern Library Edition	p. 228
First Edition Pagination Key	p. 231
Textual Apparatus	p. 235
Textual Commentary	p. 237
Emendations List	p. 244
Line-end Hyphenation	p. 247
Checklist of Dewey's References	p. 249
Index	p. 251
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