A Naturalistic Ontology of Generic Traits and Emergent Phenomena: Reinterpreting the Metaphysics of John Dewey

I offer an interpretive reconstruction of John Dewey’s naturalistic metaphysics. I explore the function and interrelation of a number of terms that are central to Dewey’s metaphysics, including “nature,” “continuity,” “generic traits of existence,” the “qualitative,” “experience,” and “emergence.”...

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Main Author: Cherlin, Paul Benjamin
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2017
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1344
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2348&context=dissertations