Saturday, August 25, 2007

Logic

Dewey made considerable use of Logic in much the same way as theoreticians use statistics. Numbers can be construed or misconstrued depending on the idea of reality that one is attempting to reach. In much the same manner, Dewey developed a Logic of Asking that supported his contention that truth and reality were not necessarily the one and the same. Dewey made strong inroads in his attempt to break away from reality based philosophers like Descartes. I suppose for Dewey I think therefore I am can be amusingly hopeless. I can be and not think. I can think and if God am i. Dewey's abstract logic is by no means a retardant to his profound inroads in breaking educational psychology away from hopelessly accepting such silliness as I think therefore I am. The profundities of the realities are obvious. You are what? Let us not forget Dewey propelled educational psychologist into a new era of thought. Subjective realitivitism and Logic, keen insight into the human organism and its envionment. Necessary to the development of the human is his deep understanding of the non human elements of existence.

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