Seeking Certainty: A Study on the Relationship between Knowledge and Action: A Study on the Relationship between Knowledge and Action

Author: John Dewey
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: German philosopher Jürgen Habermas called Dewey's The Quest for Certainty "an influential work" and highly praised it. In this book, Dewey discusses the important role of mediating between the fields of cognition and evaluation. Dewey explores the relationship between knowledge and action, emphasizing the practical significance of knowledge and pointing out the inherent connection between theory and practice. This inherent connection makes knowledge a tool and means for achieving human purposes. The book describes how the traditional distinction between knowledge and action has influenced philosophical concepts, explains how the coordination between conclusions of natural science and value concepts dominates various philosophical schools, clarifies that science itself is a form of purposeful practical action, and illustrates that the certainty of knowledge is an ongoing pursuit.