Open AccessJohn Dewey, From Philosophy of Pragmatism to Progressive Education
Author(s) -
Dimitris Pavlis,
John Gkiosos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of arts and humanities (online)/journal of arts and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2167-9053
pISSN - 2167-9045
DOI - 10.18533/journal.v6i9.1257
Subject(s) - pragmatism , philosophy of education , democracy , epistemology , american philosophy , progressive education , philosophy , philosophy education , sociology , pedagogy , higher education , political science , law , politics
The reason for this publication has been our interest in educational issues on the one hand, and, on the other, in the philosophy of education of J. Dewey. This resulted in further approaching the philosophy of Pragmatism and considering its influence on J. Dewey’s philosophy of education. At the same time, we have sought the influences on his work from Aristotelian thought. In this direction, we show that the American philosopher considered the philosophy of pragmatism as applicable to a democratic education, which is also considered to be moral education.