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John Dewey (1859-1952) is generally acknowledged as one of the most pivotal philosophers in the early American pragmatism. Dewey's thinking was closely bound up with the specific time period in which he lived. The elaboration of his philosophical ideas proceeded along the transformation of United States from rural to urban, industrial society still rooted in modern European tradition of thought and its critics.
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Juuso, H. (2012). The Origins and Educational Significance of John Dewey's Philosophy. In: Theories of Bildung and Growth. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-031-6_15
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