The Transformation of Philosophy (English Collector's Edition)

Author: (American) Dewey, J.
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: After 1903, Dewey began to shift towards pragmatism. The following half-century was a period when the American industrial movement was flourishing. In his book Reconstruction in Philosophy, Dewey sought the possibility and necessity of philosophical transformation by examining the history of scientific methodology, the development of natural science, and the contradictions between scientific truth and human values. He explored the growth points of his philosophical development and proposed tasks for philosophical transformation. He strove to connect his philosophy closely with the life and economy during the American industrialization process, making philosophy practical, reflecting the pursuit of material interests by the American bourgeoisie. From the standpoint of pragmatist empiricism, he attempted to transform philosophy into experiential naturalism and instrumentalism consistent with the methodology of natural science, applying it to people's practical activities, thereby transforming the social-historical perspective into a behavioral method for dealing with various specific social-historical environments. In 1919, during the outbreak of the world-shaking May Fourth Movement, Dewey was invited by Hu Shi and others to lecture in China. He watched China's intellectual liberation movement with great interest and gave multiple lectures in places such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, and Shanxi over more than two years, exerting a significant influence on the development of pragmatism in modern Chinese intellectual and cultural thought.