John Dewey's Metaphysical Theory
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John Dewey’s Metaphysical Theory provides an overview and technical exposition of Dewey’s mature ontological theory. In particular, “nature,” “experience,” and their relationship, are given extended treatment through a close reading of primary texts. Following Dewey’s metaphysical postulates and conclusions, the book suggests how experience may reveal the fundamental traits of nature. In addition, the book reveals how Dewey understood the ways in which all phenomena may relate within an inclusive economy of existence, what it means to have an “identity,” what constitutes “selfhood” or personality, and how metaphysics relates to the ideals of democracy and social ethics.
John Dewey’s Metaphysical Theory provides an overview and technical exposition of Dewey’s mature ontological theory. In particular, “nature,” “experience,” and their relationship, are given extended treatment through a close reading of primary texts. Following Dewey’s metaphysical postulates and conclusions, the book suggests how experience may reveal the fundamental traits of nature. In addition, the book reveals how Dewey understood the ways in which all phenomena may relate within an inclusive economy of existence, what it means to have an “identity,” what constitutes “selfhood” or personality, and how metaphysics relates to the ideals of democracy and social ethics.
Provides an accurate and comprehensive exposition of Dewey’s central terms, “experience” and “nature Offers a novel understanding of how human experience both reveals and shapes the natural world Written in an accessible and engaging style
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“John Dewey’s Metaphysical Theory by Paul Benjamin Cherlin offers for the first time a comprehensive, technical yet accessible synthesis of John Dewey’s metaphysics, proposing fresh insights into its genesis, empiricist method, content and practical consequences. It sheds a new light on the role of metaphysics in Dewey’s work … . this remarkable work is highly recommended to anyone interested in Dewey’s metaphysics or, more broadly, in the unity of his work.” (Louis Guichard, Pragmatism Today, Vol. 16 (2), 2025)
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“Elegantly measured throughout, Paul Benjamin Cherlin’s John Dewey’s Metaphysical Theory presents the complexities of Dewey’s metaphysics in deft and graceful prose. Every phrase matters, every word is exactly right. Cherlin gives us philosophical exposition at its best.” (Marilyn Fischer, Professor Emerita of Philosophy, University of Dayton, USA)
“Cherlin’s book is the most comprehensive, sensible, and readable book on this difficult topic... This book will become the standard book onthe topic it treats, superseding those before, both for its comprehensiveness and its careful and thorough account. Cherlin makes Dewey’s “generic traits of existences of all kinds” clearer than it ever has been, perhaps even more than it was to Dewey himself.” (Randall Auxier, Professor of Philosophy and William and Galia Minor Professor of Creative Communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Editor, The Library of Living Philosophers)
“Cherlin, a penetrating reader of Dewey's primary texts, provides us with a comprehensive new interpretation of Dewey's metaphysical theory that bridges the gap between his Middle Works and those that later appear in Experience and Nature. No future scholar of Dewey's philosophy can afford to overlook this important book.” (Len Waks, Professor Emeritus, Temple University. Past President, John Dewey Society)
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