Art vs. Science in Dewey and Chernyshevsky

Abstract

In the latter part of the nineteenth century, both Russia and America became fascinated with “science.” The scientific outlook was one natural outgrowth of a culture suspicious of a priori deductive systems — of “reason for the sake of reason.”¹⁶² However, in both countries this fascination with science sometimes resulted in the downplaying of other dimensions of experience, i. e., the aesthetic.