Pratt, Scott L.

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Cultural Cartographies: The Logic of Domination and Native Cultural Survival
(Pennsylvania State University, 2000) Pratt, Scott L.; Huhndorf, Shari M. (Shari Michelle), 1965-
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Inquiry and Analysis: Dewey and Russell on Philosophy
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 1998-06) Pratt, Scott L.
In an environment characterized by the emergence of new and diverse (and often opposed) philosophical efforts, there is a need for a conception of philosophy that will promote the exchange and critical consideration of divergent insights. Depending upon the operative conception, philosophical efforts can be viewed as significant, insightful and instructive, or unimportant, misguided and not real philosophy. This paper develops John Dewey's conception of philosophy as a mode of inquiry in contrast with Bertrand Russell's conception of philosophy as a mode of analysis. I argue that while Russell's analytic conception of philosophy justifies the dismissal of non-analytic philosophies, Dewey's conception of philosophy provides a theoretical framework for the comparison, evaluation and interaction of alternatives.
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Race, Education, and Democracy
(Indiana University Press, 2004) Pratt, Scott L.