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John Dewey
Born in Burlington, Vermont on October 20, 1859. -
Founds Laboratory School
Dewey and William R. Harper found what will be called the University Primary School in Chicago. Dewey continues to write and speak about the importance of educational institutions and teaching methods. Hildebrand, David. John Dewey. 1 Nov. 2018, plato.stanford.edu/entries/dewey/. -
Dewey Criticizes Reflex Arc Framework
In response to the reflex arc framework, Dewey, while working as a professor at Chicago University wrote a critique in 1896. He argued that in trying to justify actions as just a reflex to a stimulus we instead realized that this stimulus was a mixture of tons of other little things we experience. Dewey said that "it is evident that terms such as stimulus, response, sensation, and movement “mean distinctions of flexible function only, not of fixed existence” (Hildebrand 2018). -
John Dewey and James Tufts write "Ethics"
In their book titled Ethics, Dewey and Tufts argue that understanding ethics and morality is not a single sided theory. A persons morality is tied up within their own consciousness and affected by their entire life of experiences and consequences. Dewey, John, and James H Tufts. Ethics. George Bell and Sons, 1909, www.gutenberg.org/files/39551/39551-h/39551-h.htm. -
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Died
Died in New York, New York on June 1, 1952 of pneumonia.
