John Dewey's Earlier Logical Theory

James Scott Johnston is Associate Professor of Education and Philosophy at Memorial University in Canada. He is the author of Deweyan Inquiry: From Education Theory to Practice and Inquiry and Education: John Dewey and the Quest for Democracy, both published by SUNY Press.

• IntroductionRapid History of Dewey’s LogicRapid Review of Dewey’s Earlier LogicReview of interpretations of Dewey’s Earlier LogicChapter Summaries1. Dewey’s Logical Education: From Early Essays to Essays in Experimental Logic IntroductionPart One: Dewey’s Motives for Logical TheoryPart Two: Dewey’s Logical Education 1882–1902Part Three: Dewey’s Logical Education 1903–19152. Dewey’s Logical Education: The Influence of HegelPart One: The Hegel Scholarship on DeweyPart Two: The Question Concerning HegelPart Three: Dewey on HegelPart Four: What Dewey Takes from Hegel3. Dewey’s Earliest Views on Logic"Is Logic a Dualistic Science?" (1890)"The Logic of Verification" (1890)"The Present Position of Logical Theory" (1891)"Some Stages of Logical Thought" (1900)Conclusion4. Studies in Logical Theory (1903)The PrefaceThe Relationship of Thought and its Subject-MatterThe Antecedents and Stimuli of ThinkingData and MeaningsThe Objects of ThoughtConclusion5. Practical LogicsLectures on "The Logic of Ethics" (1900)"Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality" (1903)How We Think (1910)Conclusion6. Essays in Experimental Logic (1916)The IntroductionMiscellaneous Essays"The Logic of Judgments of Practice"Conclusion7. From Essays in Experimental Logic (1916) to Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (1938)IntroductionThe Existential Matrices of InquiryScientific and Social InquiryPropositions and Inferences in InquiryNotesBibliographyIndex

"...an interesting and thought-provoking book that opens new pathways for understanding Dewey's philosophy." — European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy