Useful Knowledge and Beautiful Knowledge in Dewey and Thoreau

In order to see how the wisdom of American pragmatism can be usefully used in response to the crisis of humanities and of democracy and education, the purpose of this paper is to explore elements in Dewey’s thoughts that tend to be hidden in its familiar mainstream reception. The threads of these id...

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Main Author: Naoko Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/7/2/59