Inquiry and Analysis: Dewey and Russell on Philosophy
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Date
1998-06
Authors
Pratt, Scott L.
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Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Abstract
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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Keywords
Conceptions of philosophy, Dewey, John, 1859-1952, Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970, Theory of inquiry, Analytic philosophy
Citation
Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 17, No. 2-3, p. 101-122