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Faculty Position University of Michigan
1884-1888 and 1889-1894 not clear as to why there was a gap in 1888 and 1889.
"The Psychology of Kant" was an unpublished and lost dissertation. Dewey's Dissertation did not survive, Dewey's critique of Kant was that he couldn't describe human psychology.
Shane J. Ralston. (2020). John Dewey on Hegel Versus Kant.
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The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology
John Dewey gives a reconstruction of the reflex arc concept. this forms the starting point of transactional paradigm or functionalism in psychology. The "Reflex Arc" was thought to explain human behavior by body-mind. Dewey expresses the opinion "the principles of explanation and classification which the reflex arc idea has replaced are not sufficiently displaced"(Dewey 1894). Deweys beliefs were that the dualism was part of the central nervous system and not the soul. -
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President of American Philosophical Association
Dewey Published more than 700 articles. His most significant writings were "The reflex arc concept in psychology", Human nature and conduct", and " Experience and nature". This is where Dewey worked until he retired in 1930. -
Death Date
John Dewey died of pneumonia. Then was cremated