John Dewey on the ‘Practical Character of Reality’: A Further Contribution to A. Reck’s ‘John Dewey’s Idea of Ultimate Reality and Meaning’ (URAM 16: 45–55)

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-155
Author(s):  
Thomas M Jeannot
Keyword(s):  
John Dewey ◽  
Ultimate Reality

The Skeptic and The Madman: The Proto‐Pragmatism of Thomas Reid

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Lundestad
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
John Dewey ◽  
Charles Sanders Peirce ◽  
The Other ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
Other Hand

Even though the philosophy of common sense is not justifi able as such, the assump- tion upon which it rests, namely that there are things which we are not in position to doubt is correct. The reason why Thomas Reid was unable to bring this assumption out in a justifi able manner is that his views, both on knowledge and nature, are to be considered dogmatic. American pragmatists such as Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey on the other hand, may be seen as offering us a ‘critical’ and post-Darwinian philosophy of common sense.

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