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This study seeks to examine Umberto Eco's views of the key ideas in John Dewey's Art as Experience. Eco's proferred suggestion of transactional psychology as a corrective to Dewey's views is criticized as a misreading of Dewey's position.
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Jackson, P.W. Eco on Dewey. Studies in Philosophy and Education 10, 337–344 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364548
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364548