The Life of John Dewey

By ndunyo82

  • Birth

    John Dewey was born October 20, 1859 in Burlington, Vermont to Archibald Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich. He was the third of the couples four sons. John Dewey. 15 June 2020, www.biography.com/scholar/john-dewey.

  • University of Vermont

    Dewey at the age of 15 enrolled at the University of Vermont. He had a great interest in philosophy and studied under H.A.P Torrey. After four years Dewey graduated second in his class and went on to pursue several different careers in the educational field. John Dewey. 15 June 2020, www.biography.com/scholar/john-dewey.

  • "Studies in Logical Theory"

    Dewey's ideas were different from others, in this writing Dewey discusses the roles of thought and experiences as sources of knowledge and tests of truth. Reality must be defined in terms of experience, there is no reasonable standard of truth with it ever evolving.

  • "Essays in Experimental Logic"

    The essays really portrayed the way thinking and experiences are formed. These studies are somewhat motivated by conviction. His essays explain that thinking/judgement, are the result of questioning or investigation... basically that possession of knowledge implies a judgement, resulting from an inquiry or investigation.
    https://youtu.be/SGjSMqwlP3E

  • "Logic: Theory of Inquiry"

    Dewey published "Logic: Theory of Inquiry" in 1938 and spent over forty years developing. The theory of inquiry or investigation is an account of various types of inquiry and management of the ways that each type of inquiry accomplishes its aims. Dewey believed "the controlled or directed transformation of an indeterminate situation into one that is so determinate in its constituent distinctions and relations as to convert the elements of the original situation into a unified whole."

  • Death

    Dewey lived a long life and spent many years on his works regarding the Theory of Inquiry, and also many theories in education and how children or others "learn by doing" which is an excellent way to teach. Dewey also had an experimental school which he and his wife helped facilitate. Dewey help many prominent positions during his career and left many wonderful works behind from psychology, philosophy, education, and pragmatic thinking.