Popp Evolution's First Philosopher

John Dewey and the Continuity of Nature
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8078-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 169 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Philosophy and Biology

Examines John Dewey’s ideas in the context of evolutionary theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Popp, Jerome A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reading Guide 1. Evolution and Philosophy Introduction
Darwin’s Influence on Dewey
Russell’s Rejection of Evolution
What about Genetic Determinism?
Ultranaturalism
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading Part I. Theory of Evolution 2. What Is Darwinian Evolution? Introduction
Sources of Variation
Three Kinds of Selection
The X and Y Chromosomes
Lamarckian Evolution
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading 3. Preparedness versus Plasticity Dewey and Unlearned Activities
Where Impulses Come From
Preparedness versus Plasticity
Is Euclidean Geometry Innate?
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading 4. Brain Development and the Emergence of the Mind The Triune View of the Brain
The Brain and Information Processing
Neuron Elimination
The Theory of Memes
From Consciousness to Mindedness
The Mind as a Virtual Machine
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading Part II. Morality Naturalized 5. Can Evolution Tell Us What to Do? Does Natural Selection Have Foresight?
The Problem of the Normative
Dewey’s Solution
Democracy as Means
Intelligence as End
Means-Ends Logic
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading 6. Democracy and the Baldwin Effect Intelligence as Inherently Social
The Moral Context of Growth
Dewey’s Criteria for Democracy
The Baldwin Effect
Democracy and the Baldwin Effect
Memeopathy as an Obstacle to Growth
Developing Autonomous Agents
Philosophy for a Small Planet
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading 7. Evolution and Liberalism Introduction
Three Views of the Individual-Society Relationship
Classical Liberalism
Dewey’s New Liberalism
Why Nondemocratic Schools Are Miseducative
Thomas West’s Attack on Dewey’s Progressive Liberalism
Thomas West versus Thomas Jefferson
Is Dewey’s Theory of Mind Too Optimistic?
The Discussion Thus Far
Consider Reading Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jerome A. Popp is Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and the author of Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Education: Toward a Unified Theory of Learning and Teaching and Naturalizing Philosophy of Education: John Dewey in the Postanalytic Period.