Dewey and the Ancients

Christopher C. Kirby is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Washington University, USA.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgementsA Note on ConventionsDewey and the Ancients: Editor’s Introduction, Christopher C. KirbyPart I: Dewey and the Greek Tradition1. Dewey and Ancient Philosophies: The Unfinished Cultural Project, John P. Anton2. Potentiality and Naturalism: Dewey’s Metaphysical Metamorphosis, Thomas M. Alexander3. Dewey and “the Greeks:” Inquiry and the Organic Spirit of Greek Philosophy, Christopher C. KirbyPart II: Dewey and Plato 4. Let Education in the Cave: Reclaiming a Progressive Political Role for the Individual in a Modern Democracy, Vasiliki Karavakou5. The Dialogues as Dramatic Rehearsal: Plato’s Republic and the Moral Accounting Metaphor, Albert R. Spencer6. Justice in Society and the Individual: A Comparison of Plato’s Republic and Dewey’s Great Community, Philip Schuyler BishopPart III: Dewey and Aristotle 7. Dewey, Aristotle and the Spectator Theory of Knowledge, Kevin S. Decker8. Beyond Fixed Ends and Limited Moral Community: Aristotle, Dewey, and Contemporary Applications in Ethics, Heather E. Keith9. How to Make Our Passions Clear: How Aristotle’s Understanding of the Passions Enriches the Deweyean Conception of Changing Human Nature, Brent LamonsPart IV: Dewey and the Hellenistic Thought 10. Epicurean Pragmatism, Charles A. Hobbs11. The Peace of the Sword: Dewey and Pyrrhonian Skepticism, Joel AmnottIndex

All in all, this volume constitutes a valuable tool for the study of one aspect of Dewey's thought that has long been neglected, and it surely contributes to a better understanding of the overall project of pragmatism by placing it in continuity with ancient lines of thought.