John Dewey

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American philosopher author educational reformer human philosopher pragmatist philosopher psychologist university professor

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer known as a leading figure in pragmatism and progressive education.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American philosopher → author → educational reformer → human → philosopher → pragmatist philosopher → psychologist → university professor →
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy →
awardReceived	Honorary degrees from multiple universities →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1859-10-20 →
dateOfDeath	1952-06-01 →
describedBySource	Democracy and Education → surface form: "Democracy and Education (1916)" Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on John Dewey →
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University → University of Vermont →
employer	Columbia University → Teachers College, Columbia University → University of Chicago → University of Michigan →
familyName	Dewey →
fieldOfWork	aesthetics → education → ethics → logic → philosophy → political philosophy → psychology →
givenName	John →
influenced	American liberalism → Mortimer Adler → Paulo Freire → Richard Rorty → Sidney Hook → progressive education movement →
influencedBy	Charles Sanders Peirce → Darwinian evolution → G. W. F. Hegel → William James →
language	English →
mainInterest	democracy → educational theory → ethics → logic of inquiry → social philosophy →
memberOf	American Association of University Professors → American Philosophical Association →
movement	pragmatism → progressive education →
name	John Dewey →
nationality	American →
notableIdea	democracy as a way of life → education as growth → instrumentalism in logic → learning by doing →
notableWork	Art as Experience → Democracy and Education → Experience and Education → Experience and Nature → How We Think → Human Nature and Conduct → Logic: The Theory of Inquiry → The Public and Its Problems →
philosophicalSchool	experimentalism → instrumentalism → pragmatism →
placeOfBirth	Burlington, Vermont →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
residence	Ann Arbor → surface form: "Ann Arbor, Michigan" Chicago, Illinois, United States → surface form: "Chicago, Illinois" New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Alice Chipman Dewey → Roberta Lowitz Grant →

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Democracy and Education → author → John Dewey →

Experience and Education → author → John Dewey →

Experience and Nature → author → John Dewey →

Human Nature and Conduct → author → John Dewey →

The Public and Its Problems → author → John Dewey →

American Federation of Teachers → foundedBy → John Dewey →

UCLS → foundedBy → John Dewey →

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools → foundedBy → John Dewey →

University of Chicago Laboratory Schools → founder → John Dewey →

Teachers College, Columbia University → hasNotableAlumni → John Dewey →

Teachers College, Columbia University → hasNotableFaculty → John Dewey →

William James → influenced → John Dewey →

Carl Rogers → influencedBy → John Dewey →

Willard Van Orman Quine → influencedBy → John Dewey →

Naturalism → isAssociatedWith → John Dewey →

John Dewey → name → John Dewey →

William Smith Medal → notableRecipient → John Dewey →

Democracy and Education → notableWorkOf → John Dewey →