Russell and Dewey on Education: Similarities and Differences

Authors

Timothy Madigan, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2016

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Abstract

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JOHN DEWEY AND BERTRAND RUSSELL were two of the premier philosophers of the twentieth century. During their long lives (each lived to be over 90), their paths crossed on several occasions. While cordial enough when in each others presence, the two men were definitely not on the best of terms. Sidney Hook, who knew and admired them both, once said that there were only two men who Dewey actively disliked—Mortimer Adler and Bertrand Russell. Russell, for his part, never tired of making disparaging remarks about the pragmatists in general and Dewey in particular. This irked Dewey immensely. Still, the two men shared many philosophical traits—an internationalist outlook, a high regard for the scientific method, a concern for social matters, and a suspicion of dogma, especially religious dogma. In this chapter, I will focus upon the educational theories of Russell and Dewey, including the curious fact that each of them (for a short period of time) ran their own elementary schools.

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Publication Information

Madigan, Timothy (2016). "Russell and Dewey on Education: Similarities and Differences." Bertrand Russell: Public Intellectural , 51-60.

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