John Dewey quotes on certainty

John Dewey on certainty

John Dewey (1859–1952) approaches certainty within Pragmatism. Inquiry reconstructs experience through testing consequences; democracy is a way of associated living, not merely a voting system. Systematically, the teaching links democracy, education, experience into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets certainty most directly—useful for searches such as “john dewey quotes on certainty.”

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