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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

John Dewey on the futile quest for certainty

The first chapter of Dewey's The Quest for Certainty (which began as his Gifford Lectures, 1928-29), ‘Escape from Peril’, argues that the uncertainty of life in primitive times necessitated looking for certainty in the realm of the true Being or through manipulation by magic. Knowledge of the former became viewed as superior, while the practice of the latter was viewed as lesser. Thus, a division between theory and practice formed which hampered human progress. The development of philosophy came out of a search for the ultimate reality, but has solidified the classification and chasm separating knowledge from belief and practice... (continues)

 





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